Mobile marketing company Quattro Wireless and Ford launched a new website for the car company’s Lincoln brand. Specially designed for smartphone users (which smartphone models exactly?), the new mobile site boasts a virtual showroom with vehicle specification, photos and video; shopping tools including a dealer locator and inventory information; as well as information for owners…
Google Custom Search goes mobile
This one’s for mobile site webmasters/owners. Now they can add the Google Custom Search to their mobile site, just like they could do it on a full-blown website. The reason is obvious – Google wants to serve ads wherever they can, while providing a great service to the site visitors, no matter which device they…
United States Postal Service Launches New Mobile Site
The United States Postal Service has embraced the mobile web with a new mobile site. The site, located at m.usps.com features many of the popular features found on their main website, including the track and confirm tool, post office locations, ZIP code lookup, and more. In addition to the new mobile site, the USPS is…
RIM Actively Seeking WebKit Developers
When RIM acquired Torch Mobile, I think all of us on the BlackBerry scene were convinced Waterloo had big plans for its mobile browser… and with good reason, as in my opinion, the thing needs a LOT of work. With that in mind, RIM may have accidentally (or maybe they just don’t care) spilled the…
Baidu to power China Unicom’s mobile search service
China’s leading search engine Baidu has entered into a partnership deal with China Unicom to provide search services for the carrier’s 3G mobile subscribers. Under the agreement, Baidu will be the default search engine on China Unicom’s handsets. In addition, few Baidu apps will also be pre-installed, enabling users to quickly access Baidu Knows, Baidu…
Mozilla App Coming Soon to iPhone
Following a recent interview, Mozilla CEO John Lilly let slip that “Mozilla will release an app to the iPhone App Store in the next few weeks. … It’ll surprise people.” Further prodding revealed that both the AwesomeBar and Weave (which let you access cloud-stored bookmarks and history, much like Opera Link) will be a part…
Microsoft makes a Bing push in China
Like any giant company, Microsoft wants a piece of the ever-growing Chinese market. In that sense, they are re-launching their mobile offering in the country in a move to compete with the leading players – Google and Baidu.com. The new Microsoft portal has been established, offering downloads of mobile clients for Bing and Windows Live…
dotMobi announces mobile domain/keyword bundles for Chinese market
dotMobi has teamed up with China-based mobile keyword vendor Huarui to offer mobile keyword and .mobi domain bundle for Chinese brands and businesses. From the press release: Keywords – memorable words that a user can type into a mobile phone instead of a number – are very popular in China. And specific to the Chinese…
Volkswagen of Americalaunches smartphone-optimized mobile website
Volkswagen of America which is usually at the high-end of technology (just like some other automakers) is going “smart” mobile, with a launch of the smartphone-optimized mobile website. Located at m.vw.com, the new site is compatible with “all web-enabled cell phones and mobile devices,” whatever that means. Actually, I think they refer to the Apple…
Google search for Android/iPhone/Palm webOS gets enhanced Search Options
Google has updated its mobile search product for its users with iPhone, Palm Pre and Android-powered devices. It’s the “Search Options” that has been updated, allowing you to slice and dice search results. As a result, you’ll be able to fine tune your search results by date and site type (i.e. forums, reviews, web). In…