Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

QFS.mobi – Easy Anonymous Mobile File Sharing

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File sharing services like Rapidshare around since the dawn of the Internet. They let you anonymously upload a file that can then be downloaded by anyone with Web access. While these services have gotten a bad name because they are widely used for illegal sharing of copyrighted material, they also make it possible for non-technical users to share self generated and legally sharable content like their own wedding videos without the need to install software or resort to kludges like … Continue reading →

Tuitwit – Promising New Mobile Web Twitter Client

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A reader sent me a link to a new Twitter mobile web client called Tuitwit. It was created from scratch by Indonesian developer Judotens Budiarto and is running on Google App Engine. It’s optimized for basic and mid range phones with a default page size of about 25 KB, including images and style sheet. Page size can be reduced to as little as 6 KB by turning off images on the Settings page. For a new release Tuitwit is remarkably … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #198

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Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2105 mobile sites. Entertainment TheUrbanTwist m.theurbantwist.com Enterainment blog featuring music, videos, news, and opinions with a youthful, urban slant. Mobile View by Mobify. Content: Usability: Travel-Transit/Transit Twin Cities Transit tctransit.mobi Interactive bus schedules for The Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota). Looks like an … Continue reading →

Data Plans Now Required On Verizon 3G Feature Phones

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Verzion is making a number of  pricing changes effective Monday, January 18.  There’s some good news for heavy talkers, unlimited voice pricing is being reduced from $99.99 to $69.99 and unlimited talk and messaging is dropping  from $119.99 to $89.99. Family plans see similar reductions.  Prices for voice plans  other than unlimited aren’t changing However the news on the data front is not so good. A data plan will be required for anyone switching to most 3G capable non-smartphones (a.k.a. … Continue reading →

Nokia Conversations Uses Mippin To Mobilize!

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Nokia Conversations which calls itself, “The Official Nokia Blog” is one of the handset maker’s primary ways of interacting with users. It’s really more of a tech news site than a typical dry corporate blog. Conversations is about firmware updates, game and app reviews and coverage of Nokia in the news. In keeping with the blog’s name it’s a two way communication channel, reader comments are actively encouraged. Nokia doesn’t appear to censor negative comments either as it’s very easy … Continue reading →

OpenMBTA’s Boston Transit Schedule iPhone App Now On Mobile Web

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OpenMBTA is a project by developer Daniel Choi and other volunteers whose goal is to promote the use of public transportation by providing free open source transit apps for Boston area residents and travelers. Their first project was a slick location aware iPhone app combining the MTBA’s GTFS schedule data with Google maps to create interactactive map-based schedules for Boston’s bus, rail and ferry transit services. Last month, OpenMBTA launched a  mobile web version of the app at openmbta.org/mobile. The … Continue reading →

Mobify Lands Boing Boing

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Boing Boing, the hugely popular blog covering entertainment, technology, gadgets, politics, fair use and all manner of weird things, has gone mobile. Virtually all of Boing Boing’s content, including videos and blog comments, is available in the site’s mobile view at m.boingboing.net, which mobile browsers now see by default. There is a link to the full site on the mobile pages for those who prefer desktop formatting on their phones. The new mobile presence is the work of Vancouver based … Continue reading →

SuperGenPass – Secure, Free Password Management For Desktop and Mobile Browsers

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SuperGenPass is a free solution to the problem of generating and managing secure and unique passwords for online services. It’s based around an open source JavaScript hashing algorithm that generates a complex unique password from the combination of  any Internet domain name and a master password chosen by you. The same unique password is always generated for any combination of domain and master password. SuperGenPass is very secure. Everything runs in your browser, nothing is transmitted to the “cloud”. Neither … Continue reading →