Wadja (m.wadja.com) Is a mobile focused social network that has been around for about a year. It’s very mobile centric, there is a desktop version of Wadja but you never really need to go there, everything can be done from the mobile web site. Wadja has the usual social networking features of profiles, friends, content (music, video, pictures) sharing and chat. The thing that sets Wadja apart is the ability to send free SMS text messages to any number in … Continue reading
Check it out at mobile.myspace.com. It’s amazing how how the internet giants are rushing to the off-portal mobile web. It took AdMob to show that there’s real money in mobile advertising. Next Microsoft, Nokia, Google and DoubleClick jump into the business of delivering mobile ads. That seemed to trigger News Corp, which had limited MySpace’s mobile presence to exclusive carrier deals, to open it up to everyone. MySpace may be late to adopt the mobile religion but there’s very little … Continue reading
Nokia has launched a mobile content sharing network called MOSH. There’s a PC site at mosh.nokia.com and the mobile version is at mosh.nokia.mobi. MOSH is an open network. Anyone can browse the site with a PC or phone and download videos, images, ringtones, games and applications. Registration, which can be done on either the PC or mobile site, is only required to upload. Registered users can organize content into collections, create a profile page and comment on each other’s content. … Continue reading
Multiply (multiply.com/m/) is a social networking site which claims 6 million members. Multiply’s mobile edition comes in two forms, one for the iPhone and the other for all other mobile devices. The two share the same url with browser detection serving enhanced Ajaxized content to iPhones. Multiply is a relatively closed network. Without a Multiply account you can’t do anything on the site. You can register right on the mobile site or on the Multiply desktop site at multipy.com. Registration … Continue reading
The “wisdom of the crowd” concept where the averaged opinions of thousands of people is used to evaluate the worth of a product or idea is a certainly big part of today’s web, think of Amazon Reviews, TripAdvisor.com or Digg. As much as it’s a part of the current web 2.0 buzz it’s not a new idea. Zagat Survey has been applying the “wisdom of the crowd” since 1979. Its first product was a New York City restaurant guidebook based … Continue reading
I got an email from Ivan at Wattpad.com announcing his new mobile service, FeedM8. What it does is create a mobile site from an RSS feed. There are other services that do this. But the only ones I can recommend are Mowser (review), Winksite (review) and now FeedM8. I like these three because they are the only ones of the dozen or so I’ve tried that split long posts into mobile sized chunks and deliver clean and valid markup that … Continue reading
A number of recent Found on the Mobile Web posts have included local newspapers from Gannett, the largest US publisher of daily papers. I’d heard that Gannett had plans to create a mobile site for every one of their newspapers and TV stations. They’ve reached that goal and have issued a press release listing all 106 sites, including the URL of each site. It’s amazing how almost every press release announcing a new mobile site is doesn’t list the url! … Continue reading
Social Bookmarking with popularity rating – what Digg does – but for mobile web sites is what TapTap, Mobilised and :bMarks are about. There’s a tremendous of interest in the mobile web right now with new mobile sites appearing daily. But discovery is a problem both for mobile users and publishers. There’s a need for a place were users can recommend sites and let the crowd vote to determine which ones are most worthy. TapTap (m.taptap.net/) is from AdMob. I … Continue reading