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Fifth Third Bank – First LL.mobi

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A couple of months ago, dotMobi announced the availability of one and two character domain names. These so called “L” and “LL” names are considered highly desirable because they are easier to type, an especially important consideration for mobile. If a short name is a logical abbreviation of a company or site’s full name it can be easy to remember too. Like aa.com for American Airlines and kp.org for Kaiser Permanente, a big U.S. HMO. Rather than selling these short … Continue reading →

Hotel.mobi – Not as Promised

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I saw a  press release today on TMC.net touting a new hotel search and booking site; ” Hotel.mobi, a portal run by Quinv SA, a Luxembourg-based company that invests in domain names and high value web portals, has announced the official launch of its website, http://www.hotel.mobi a web directory enabling mobile users to find the hotels near their current location and call the hotels’ booking desks in one single click.” All of which sounds great.  For some reason mobile sites … Continue reading →

Canada’s “The Score” Goes Mobile

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The Score  is a  Canadian cable TV sports chanel.  The Score’s mobile site ( m.thescore.com) covers all major North American professional sports with news, information, highlights, schedules, betting line and live scores. As befits the name, The Score Mobile’s front pages consists of the latest live scores for a single sport, currently NBA basketball.  You can customize The Score Mobile to show a different sport or league on the front page and adjust the auto refresh frequency and set your … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web 52

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Found on the Mobile Web is an 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 1416 mobile sites. Search Mosio Mobile m.mosio.com Mosio is similar to Yahoo Answers but for mobile. You can text any question from your phone or enter it on the site and have it answered by real people (other Mosio members).Source: Oh! Mobile Directory … Continue reading →

USGovXML – Big Government Data Mobile Mashup

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The US government makes an enormous amount of data available for free as downloadable XML files and through Web based APIs .  There’s a comprehensive listing of government data sources and tips for using them at usgovxml.com. Many of these data sources could easily be turned into useful web and mobile web services. USGovXML.com  has created a collection of sample mobile mashups using a small subset of the available US government data services at  usgovxml.com/mobile. There’s a huge amount of … Continue reading →

Buzzwire Wants to be the Mobile Digg

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There have been numerous attempts at duplicating the success of Digg on the mobile web.  Mobile sites like Admob owned TapTap along with bMarks, Mobilised and Tappity copy the basic Digg model of a crowd sourced URL sharing recommendation engine.  These sites seem to be getting a fair amount of traffic although none of four has anything like Digg’s name recognition. Buzzwire, a new service at m.buzzwire.com which was launched today, aims to change that.  Buzzwire, as a  company, is … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web #51

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Found on the Mobile Web is an weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview.mobi mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 1377 mobile sites. Sports NCAA tnsgroup.mobi/ncaa.htm Just in time for March madness, here’s a  directory of links to over 275 NCAA Division I University sporting websites. That’s over 80% of all Division I schools. The links are arranged by conference so it’s easy … Continue reading →

Mobile Guide to the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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In LA for the Oscars?  Don’t miss visiting the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2500 pink and bronze stars set in three and a half miles of sidewalk beginning at the corner of Hollywood and La Brea. Each star is dedicated to a great performer or fictional character from  motion pictures, live theater, radio, television or recording. You can buy overpriced maps of the Walk of Fame at tourist traps all over the LA area but there’s a better way to … Continue reading →