Opera is out with the December edition of their “State of the Mobile Web” report. Key findings include: Facebook and vKontakte are the most visited social networks for Opera Mini users. Unique Opera Mini users of Facebook grew more than 693% in 2008. As for vKontakte, thanks to the popularity of Opera Mini in Russian-speaking…
Opera Mini for Android Ready to Rock
Opera has wrapped up the 4.2 beta for their Mini browser on Android, and now has the full, final version available on the Market. This is fine timing before the Mobile World Congress, as we’re hearing there will be a couple of Android handsets being launched, and no doubt folks will be eager to see…
One and two character .mobi domains are coming!
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi domain, announced that they will make available .mobi domain names with one and two alphanumeric characters, such as q.mobi, k9.mobi, 13.mobi or ny.mobi. The idea is, of course, to provide brands with an easy to remember domain that will help companies extend their offering to the mobile. At the…
Google puts iPhone-optimized iGoogle portal out to pasture
Web-based services pop-up and fizzle-out all the time in the mobile space. There’s just no telling what service will soar and which services will fail. Google has apparently deemed their iPhone-optimized iGoogle.com portal a failure and has put the iPhone-customized portal out to pasture. iGoogle.com allowed you to customize your homepage with all manner of…
Yet another Mobile Browser Enters the Game: Bolt
What, like we didn’t have enough on our hands with Fennec, Opera and Skyfire? Guess not. Bolt, the latest mobile browser to hit the internets, supports streaming video, JavaScript, AJAX, RSS, and all of the usual security features. The biggest thing is that Bolt works with most phones, so it’s potentially a great option for…
Apple Changing ‘Duplicate Functionality’ Policy? New 3rd Party Web Browsers Appearing in App Store
Times, they are a changin’. Especially when it comes to inclusion policies within the Apple App Store. Word is spreading now that Apple may have/is making a shift in their strict ‘duplicate functionality’ policies. When the App Store submission process opened, many developers from all over the globe were stunned when their apps were turned…
Fennec Alpha 2 Launched
Mozilla’s mobile browser, Fennec, is moving right along and nailing their second alpha stage today. Nothing especially flashy in the new version (mostly performance improvements in panning, zooming and usability), but they do mention “new content manipulation hooks for extension authors”. Plug-ins were the biggest thing for Firefox, and plenty of folks are looking forward…
Nokia.mobi extended with a new section – Here & Now
Nokia announced that their popular mobile website, Nokia.mobi, now has a new section called “Here and Now” aimed at the 18-35 age segment, with content from partners such as Reuters and Rollingstone.com. The new site’s section enables users to do such things as: Listen to music Grab downloads Read the Buzz about celebrities Get to…
Most people will be accessing the InterWeb via Mobile in…..2020!
Yep, that’s a bit of a shock for those predicting that it would be in the next few years or so! According to a new report by the “Pew Internet & American Life Project”, people will only be using Mobile devices to access the net in around 2020. The “Future of the Internet III” study…
Opera’s “State of the Mobile Web” November 2008 report is out
Opera Software is out with their “State of the Mobile Web” report for November 2008. In it, the company behind the popular web browser reviews the top sites and top phones for Opera Mini in both Europe and North America. Here are the highlights: Opera Mini users viewed more than 5.7 billion pages in November.…