Talking Around the Mobile Web

Although many have cell phones and other mobile devices that would permit mobile surfing, few do. Part of this is explained by the poor appearance of many websites as seen through a mobile device Given the push to have more mobile-friendly websites, hopefully this will change. The dotMobi community is providing resources and we now have a dotMobi Mobile Web Developers Guide.

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Adtech: Internet Advertising Smoke – Mirrors

With this link-bait title, let me start out by pointing out that there was value at the show, and, I think, many potential advertising buyers in the audience.   There were several very interesting booths, and some real innovators some of which we interviewed: I will have my educated, more gentle staff detail many of those here in the next few weeks. But I must say that…

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Microsoft Grabs Stake In CareerBuilder

As Microsoft preaches its advertising solution virtues to the masses, they have put some more money in the collection plate of the three major newspaper publishers who back online classifieds site CareerBuilder.

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Encyclopedia Of Life Is Born

The Encyclopedia of Life, which intends “to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of life on Earth,” was launched today.  And as fascinating as this story is from any standpoint, it may also lend some perspective on issues raised by sites like Wikipedia.

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