Found On The Mobile Web #243

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 2356 mobile sites. Entertainment and Leisure/Literature The Manga Man 2.0 http://winksite.mobi/xhtml/ms_main.cfm?susid=25133 Philip K. Dick Award nominated author Alexander Besher ‘s novel “The Manga Man” is the story of a half-digital, half-human “post-Zen” Butoh dancer-assassin whose mission is “to stop the warlords who plan … Continue reading

Yahoo Goes Hyper-Local on Android and iOS

Like AOL with Patch, Yahoo is getting into the local news business.  The portal site has launched a Beta of the new Yahoo Local at beta.local.yahoo.com. The old local.yahoo.com was focused on local business search and events listings.  The Beta banishes search and focuses on news, events (including movie listings) and deals. Unlike Patch, which hires a full time local editor in each community, Yahoo seems to be relying on RSS feeds and individual user contributions for its local news. … Continue reading

Patch.com – Hyper-Local Mobile News from AOL

Patch is a “hyper-local” news site that delivers professionally written and edited news, photos and videos for nearly 500 small US cities, towns and neighborhoods Each locality has its own site on a sub-domain URL i.e., halfmoonbay.patch.com. The ad-supported sites are full-featured local news sources. updated frequently with the latest local news, sports, weather, photos, videos and event listings. There are also columns, classified ads, letters to the editor and a directory of local shops and services. Patch, a startup … Continue reading

Found On The Mobile Web 49

Found on the Mobile Web is an occasional 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 1340 mobile sites. Except as noted I “found” all of these sites on Naiyer Asif’s Oh! Mobile Directory one of the largest and cerainly the fastest growing mobile portal. Somehow Naiyer always seems to be the first to discover new mobile websites. Business/Banking and Payments/US National … Continue reading