Archive for Content
by Darla Mack
March 4, 2008 at 8:53 am · Filed under Mobile messaging 2.0, iPhone, Apple, Content, LinkedIn
LinkedIn announced on their blog that their social media professional portal has now gone mobile.
LinkedIn Mobile is in beta and available on any web enabled wireless phone that uses WAP… which most of them do.
The beta product includes a version specially optimized for the iPhone and is available immediately in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese with additional languages to follow.
Mobile users simply go to http://m.linkedin.com from your mobile device.
by Darla Mack
March 3, 2008 at 10:53 am · Filed under ATT, Carriers, Content
Sometimes we consumers rarely pay attention to the available content that comes from our service providers… although we should because sometimes its ridiculously overpriced.
AT&T consumers in Tallahasse, Florida will be happy to know that AT&T will be issuing refunds for fraudulent charges due to purchased content that was advertised as “free”.
According to Cellular News, consumers were billed for services like ringtones and text messaging that were advertised as free. AT&T has agreed to pay thousands of Florida consumers.
Under a settlement that was announced by Florida Attorney General, Bill McCollum, AT&T Mobility, a unit of AT&T will also pay the state $2.5 million and contribute $500,000 toward consumer education on safe Internet usage.
by Imran Ali
January 26, 2008 at 5:43 pm · Filed under SMS, User Interface, News, Content
The New York Times has just launched an SMS news service, driven by increasing traffic to their mobile site. However the user experience strikes me as kinda weird…
- Text a keyword to a shortcode (698698 - ‘Pogue‘)…keywords include the NYT’s columnists and sections.
- Receive a text message containing URLs for the latest three stories in the selected category.
- Click on the URL to view the site in your mobile browser.
I guess its a roundabout way of further increasing usage of the mobile site…but, um why not just bookmark the URLs in question and save yourself the cost of sending or receiving a text message?
