{"id":3922,"date":"2009-05-15T08:36:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T16:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wapreview.com\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2009-05-15T08:39:15","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T16:39:15","slug":"smart-mobs-on-the-mobile-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/3922\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Mobs On the Mobile Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Smart Mobile Mobile\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/SmartMobs.jpg\" alt=\"Smart Mobile Mobile\" width=\"189\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartmobs.com\/\">Smart Mobs<\/a> is an active and popular Web site covering\u00a0 technology, especially mobile and the Internet, and its relation to society, culture and politics.\u00a0 The emphasis is on using tech for social good and political action.\u00a0 The site has a big following among web and mobile people.<\/p>\n<p><em>Smart Mobs<\/em>&#8216; editor and a major contributor is Howard Rheingold, an author and researcher who\u00a0 has been studying technology and its effects on thought and human\u00a0 interaction since the 1980&#8217;s. Among his many accomplishments, he\u00a0 is credited with coining the term &#8220;Virtual Community&#8221;. Rheingold is best know for his ground breaking 2002 book, also titled &#8220;<em>Smart Mobs<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0 The book explores how mobile technology, particularly text messaging, has enabled communication and cooperation among groups of disconnected people for social interaction and political action with profound effects on culture, politics and society.<\/p>\n<p>The new Smart Mobs mobile site was built using <a title=\"mobile site\" href=\"http:\/\/mobify.me\/\">Mobify<\/a> and includes the full editorial connect of the desktop site.<\/p>\n<p><em>Filed in:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/?id=198\">Wap Review Directory &#8211; Technology\/Mobile\/News &#8211; Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ratings:<\/em> <span class=\"small\">Content <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/sm-blue-star.gif\" alt=\"*\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/sm-blue-star.gif\" alt=\"*\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/sm-blue-star.gif\" alt=\"*\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/sm-blue-star.gif\" alt=\"*\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/blue-starOL.gif\" alt=\"_\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/> Usability <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/sm-red-star.gif\" alt=\"X\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/sm-red-star.gif\" alt=\"X\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/sm-red-star.gif\" alt=\"X\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/sm-red-star.gif\" alt=\"X\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/red-starOL.gif\" alt=\"_\" width=\"15\" height=\"13\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ready.mobi Score: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ready.mobi\/results.jsp?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fsmartmobs.mobify.me%2F&amp;locale=en_EN\">2 &#8220;Bad&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mobile Link:<\/em> <a title=\"mobile site\" href=\"http:\/\/smartmobs.mobify.me\/\"> smartmobs.mobify.me<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart Mobs is an active and popular Web site covering\u00a0 technology, especially mobile and the Internet, and its relation to society, culture and politics.\u00a0 The emphasis is on using tech for social good and political action.\u00a0 The site has a big following among web and mobile people. Smart Mobs&#8216; editor and a major contributor is Howard Rheingold, an author and researcher who\u00a0 has been studying technology and its effects on thought and human\u00a0 interaction since the 1980&#8217;s. 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