MakeUseOf.com Made Mobile Friendly with Mobify

MakUseOf is a popular tech blog that reviews desktop and mobile software, websites and webapps and offers tips and downloads to help make your computer and smartphone use more productive. The emphasis is on great but little known Websites, free apps  and tips for Linux, Mac, iPhone and Windows users. In addition to the main blog, MakeUseOf also hosts the Directory, an extensive catalog with capsule reviews of the editor’s favorite mobile and web apps.  MakeUseOf Answers is a user … Continue reading

Instabam – Your World Through The Eyes of Others

A new location aware mobile web app that displays photos taken near your current location. The photos come from the popular iPhone photo taking and photo sharing app Instagram using the later’s public API. Most are altered using Instagram’s arty (some say cheesy) filters. Pictures are displayed as a grid of thumbnails. Taping a picture shows it full-screen along with when and where it was shot and the photographer’s name and avatar. A slider lets you alter the range that … Continue reading

RadioShack’s New Mobile Shopping Site

RadioShack (aka “The Shack”), the ubiquitous (over 6000 stores and a big on-line business) US retailer of electronics and gadgets, has a new mobile site. Mobile visitors to radioshack.com are redirected to the mobile property at m.radioshack.com. The well designed mobile site adapts itself to work well on everything from the old Openwave feature phone browser to the iPhone 4. The mobile Radio Shack front page lets you browse RadioShack’s huge on-line catalog by category, search for a particular product … Continue reading

Taltopia – A Mobile Social Network For Artists

Taltopia is a social network for the artistic community. It’s a place where actors, musicians, artists, photographers, models and comedians can connect with their fans and industry pros like casting directors, model agencies, record labels and talent managers. Artist members can upload photos, videos and audio tracks of their work. Presentations are rated by the community using a “Fame” and “Shame” voting system with the highest rated presentations appearing on the site’s home page. Industry professionals post casting calls and … Continue reading

paidContent Mobile Works in All Browsers

Although it’s been around since 2007, I just discovered the mobile edition of paidContent.org, a leading tech news site covering digital media including entertainment, publishing, advertising, marketing, and technology. Founded in 2002, Paid content was acquired in 2008 by the UK’s Guardian Media Group, publisher of The Observer and Guardian daily newspapers. The mobile edition has a clean attractive design that echoes the style of paidContent’s desktop site. paidContent.org  has managed to create a one size fits all mobile webapp … Continue reading

Google Finance Mobile Web Update Is Broken On Many Platforms

A new iOS and Android optimized mobile web version of Google Finance ( www.google.com/m/finance)  was launched a couple of weeks ago.  It looks (image above, left) and works great on the target devices and also on my Samsung Wave Bada phone,which I used to create the screen shots. However, the update has made mobile web version of Finance unusable for anyone using anything else.Visiting the site with Opera Mini, Opera Mobile or Symbian Webkit still brings up the legacy version … Continue reading

Found On The Mobile Web #211

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 2215 mobile sites. Mail-IM-Talk-PIM/Productivity and PIM Checklist miniapps.co.uk/checklist/ an HTML5 checklist webapp which works offline using the local storage API. Works with Mobile Safari, Android 2.1, N900 MicroB and Mobile Firefox and Palm WebOS. Content: Usability: Reference – Tools EveryTimeZone everytimezone.com Android, iPhone, … Continue reading

Found On The Mobile Web #210

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 2206 mobile sites. Sports SportsTap sportstap.mobi Touch optimized sports portal with live sports scores, news and stats for the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, College Football and Basketball, Motorsports, Soccer, Golf and Tennis. Adapts nicely to smaller screens and non-touch devices as long as … Continue reading