Mobile Web

The mobile web refers to the process of accessing the Internet from a portable device other than a typical desktop or laptop computer. Typically, the mobile web is accessed while in a location other than the home or office. Web-enabled cell phones are the most common mobile devices used to access the mobile web, although other gadgets like MP3 players and e-book readers are increasingly offering Internet capabilities.

Usage of the mobile web has been hampered in the past by several factors, including inadequate devices, slow wireless network speeds, and poorly developed web content.

Device manufacturers have redoubled efforts to improve web browsing, lead in large part by Apple's iPhone which features their Safari web browser in an almost-complete form.

Wireless network speeds are also improving with 3G coming of age and 4G in the works.

Marketers, web designers, developers, and copywriters are making efforts to ensure that mobile web users are treated to content that is optimized for small screens as well as the users' mobile context.

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• Yet another Fennec mobile browser beta - Mozilla needs to get a move on

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 586
  Following hot after independent mobile browser Bolts recent European win , Firefox has released the newest in a long line of beta’s for it’s own mobile browser. Fennec Beta 5 is the fifth beta version of the browser since it’s launch in March of this year. Who in the what now? The Mozilla Foundation ...
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• Internetlessness makes one appreciate the mobile web

  
  Es Tea Double Eye — Authority: 121
  Since the dreadfull move to a new house this weekend, I’ve been left at the mercy of the merciless Telkom. Thankfully, the iPhone has been a godsend to keep me in touch with my reality. It also made me think a whole lot about the mobile web and how extremely far behind it is. Sure, on the iPhone most web sites ...
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• Google Declares To Take Ownership Of Admob

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  By Meena KarNov. 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Google Inc. in the recent days, launched several new services, tools and features to increase its web presence and on Monday they announced their decision of taking the ownership of Admob, the firm that develops technology for plopping advertisements in mobile phones.To take this ...
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• Rdio killed the Video stars?

  
  broadstuff — Authority: 593
  Rdio leaked screen for Blackberry from ReadWriteWeb So, today we get the "leaked" first cut edition of Rdios screens on ReadWriteWeb : Weve been lucky enough to get our hands on leaked screenshots from one version of Rdio, the forthcoming music app from Skype, KaZaA and Joost creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus ...
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• Samsung courts mobile developers with open platform, dinner.

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 586
  Samsung played “wait and see” for quite some time on mobile apps, but it is now taking some serious steps towards attracting mobile developers. Today it announced the launch of an open mobile platform, with a Software Development Kit (SDK) that will help developers to create apps for millions of Samsung ...
  19 hours ago

• Bitstream Inc. and CEO Anna Chagnon Listed as Finalists in 6th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business

  
  MobilityWire — Authority: 420
  Company shortlisted in Most Innovative Company and Best Executive of the Year categories MARLBOROUGH, Massachusetts – MobilityWire ® – November 10, 2009 Bitstream Inc. ( NASDAQ: BITS ) was named a Finalist in the Most Innovative Company of the year category and company CEO Anna Chagnon was ...
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• Going mobile gets faster with Mobify 2.0 update

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 586
  Mobify is one of a breed of services called “mobilizers”. It’s a method of creating a mobile web page from an existing on-line one. It’s an automatic service - Mobify subscribers simply use the web-hosted visual interface to transcode their page. Now Mobify has announced a host of new features with Mobify ...
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• Mobile application round-up: Android, iPhone, Blackberry and more

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 586
  There has been a lot of interesting moves in the mobile application market this last day, so we’ve rounded up the best of the stories here on GoMo News. Hugely popular iPhone music application Shazam has released a new “Encore” app. Loopt , the free location-based mobile social network for Blackberry, has ...
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• Computer-to-computer calling coming to Google Voice?

  
  TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos — Authority: 168
  Section: Communications , VoIP , Mobile , Web , Google In an announcement that came earlier this morning, Google has purchased Gizmo5. Now for those unfamiliar, Gizmo5 is a VoIP provider similar to Skype. Of course, you may be thinking, Google already has Google Voice, and that is a good point. However, that ...
  1 day ago

• Computer-to-computer calling coming to Google Voice?

  
  Gadgetell — Authority: 627
  Section: Communications , VoIP , Mobile , Web , Google In an announcement that came earlier this morning, Google has purchased Gizmo5. Now for those unfamiliar, Gizmo5 is a VoIP provider similar to Skype. Of course, you may be thinking, Google already has Google Voice, and that is a good point. However, that ...
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• Google to buy AdMob for $750 mn

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  San Francisco, Nov 10 (DPA) Google is to pay $750 million to buy AdMob, a provider of advertising on mobile phones, the internet search leader announced Monday.The deal is the third largest ever undertaken by Google and underscores the company’s strategy of extending its online advertising dominance to the mobile ...
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• Google to Buy AdMob for $750 Million - WSJ.com

  
  Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check — Authority: 444
  Not a bad ROI for ~3 years work…  See this AdMob CEO post for more details Google Inc. agreed to acquire AdMob, a provider of display ads for cellphones, for $750 million in stock in a deal that is one of the Internet search giants biggest deals. AdMob, founded in 2006 by Omar Hamoui while he was a ...
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• How to Smartly Market Your Services on Twitter

  
  Affiliate Marketing Reviews — Authority: 128
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• Google acquires AdMob for $750million

  
  Web AddiCT(s); — Authority: 471
  This just in…Today we announced that AdMob has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google for $750 million. We are extremely excited about this new partnership and what it means for our publishers.AdMob’s people, products and tools will continue to work to effectively monetize your mobile traffic – ...
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• An excruciatingly rambling essay on why I love Gowalla

  
  ::asian freckles:: — Authority: 106
  (NOTE: these are all purely my interpretations and could very well be 100% contrary to each company’s intentions. But I’m an English major; we were taught to interpret to the death, and love is always subjective.) (SECOND NOTE: this turned out to be really fucking long. This isnt an apology. Its just a factual ...
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• How to Write a Great Web Link

  
  Blogging — Authority: 149
  A link is a signpost, a promise. If a customer clicks on your link they are spending their time. Don’t make them waste it.Read full story… Follow us on Twitter Original post: How to Write a Great Web Link a2a_linkname="How to Write a Great Web ...
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• Kapow Tech’s Guide to Reducing Content Migration Pains

  
  Blogging — Authority: 149
  Your needs evolve, technology changes, vendors get acquired…something eventually inspires a change of content management platforms. And when it does, you quickly find yourself staring down the business end of a content migration.Nobody likes this. And depending on your situation, you will face any number of ...
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• Partnership Provides Integrated Document Capture, ECM And BPM

  
  Blogging — Authority: 149
  Another partnership, this time between document management software vendor Datacap and enterprise content management and business process management developer FileVision (news, site) will see the two companies market their respective software solutions as a package.Read full story… Follow us on Twitter ...
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• Simplify eDiscovery Workflows Using Atlas Compliance Automation

  
  Blogging — Authority: 149
  Today eDiscovery workflow gets a little easier. Thanks to PSS Systems’ (news, site) release of Atlas Compliance Automation 2.0 (ACA 2.0), a development platform that will let PSS clients and partners integrate the Atlas Suite with their information stores.Read full story… Follow us on Twitter Original ...
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• Mobile to be the driver of social media and PhindMe Mobile is ready with Everywhereigo

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 586
  Fact: Facebook revealed that users of the mobile web and mobile application versions of its service grew from 20 million to over 65 million in a little over 6 months. Fact: As well, marketers have begun to take seriously the promotional benefit of social media, as Forreste r reported in its study “Social Media ...
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