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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• Going mobile gets faster with Mobify 2.0 update

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

  
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  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

  
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  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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• How to Smartly Market Your Services on Twitter

  
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• Google acquires AdMob for $750million

  
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  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

  
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  (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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• Mobile to be the driver of social media and PhindMe Mobile is ready with Everywhereigo

  
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  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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• Found On The Mobile Web – 188

  
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• What Happened To The Cloud?

  
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  Microsoft’s subsidiary Danger lost a tremendous amount of data that was stored on servers for T-Mobile Sidekick cell phones. For those owning this phone, if the device has been reset recently or the batteries have either run out or removed, this data appears to be irretrievable.T-Mobile customers hitAccording to ...
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• Weekly Roll-Up: Top Stories, Memes and Moments (7-Nov-2009)

  
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• Does Twitter Have An Internal iPhone App?

  
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  Awhile back I was surfing the Twitter developers wiki and noticed 2 interesting images uploaded by Ryan Sarver , Twitter’s Platform Project Manager.  One of the images looks like a very rough status message entry screen, with a toggle button for Twitter’s new geolocation feature.  This same feature just ...
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• Installing Google Android for Mobile Browser Testing on Mac OS X

  
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• Maybe the best heist ever: everything you need to know about the EBay Skype sale

  
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  It has been a fairly humiliating experience for EBay. When the auction-site bought VoiP giant Skype for $3.1 billion back in 2005, it quickly became hailed  as one of the worst purchases of the millenium. Ever since, EBay has been trying to get rid of Skype. Today, it finally leaped the last hurdle. What has ...
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• RealPlayer at #CRUSHITCHICAGO

  
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  RealPlayer has been a globe trotting entity lately. It’s been a whirlwind and it’s been fun. But, most important of all, it’s gotten a great reception. Perhaps the best crowd we’ve engaged with so far was at last night’s  #CRUSHITCHICAGO . Nearly 200 people packed the LaSalle Ballroom at the Doubletree ...
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• Mobile application developer gets deal for 80 footie clubs

  
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  We’ve often commented on how the community aspect of sports clubs makes them the perfect target for mobile . Your mobile device can keep you closer to your community than any other digital channel. As further proof of that, today we have news that mobile content and app company Bright AI has been chosen to ...
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• Almost one year later, FCC approves AT&T buyout of Centenial

  
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  Well it’s been a long time coming, but the FCC has finally given it’s approval for AT&T to buy out operator Centennial Communications . Five days from now, it will have been a year since the larger operator announced it’s intentions for the purchase, which is valued at almost $3 billion. Who is ...
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• SaaS Project Management Service Integrates Zoho Docs

  
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• LinkedIn Is Getting a Redesign [Pics]

  
  New Web 2.0 Magazine — Authority: 453
  Business social network LinkedIn, fresh off its milestone of 50+ million users , is now getting a makeover, and it definitely changes the way you use the social media website. In a detailed blog post , the company announced that it has begun a limited test of its new design. It features a newer, longer top-level ...
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