Tag Archives: mobile

Mowser’s Founder is Bitter, Thinks Mobile Web is Dead

Russell Beattie’s Mowser is shutting down and boy is he bitter. … the general answer is that I don’t actually believe in the “Mobile Web” anymore, and therefore am less inclined to spend time and effort in a market I … Continue reading

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Mobile Startups: Hire Mike Rowehl

At first I was in denial. Now I’m on acceptance. Fine, Miker, leave. I like Miker, simple as that. Hire him, but only if your company is on the “raggedy edge of mobile”.

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“Thousands of Gphones”

So today Google dropped the bomb, which was really more like a water balloon. It announced Android, the Gphone that wasn’t. If you’re lazy like me, you can watch the official video. They haven’t demoed anything, no devices announced, and … Continue reading

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3 Reasons Why I Don’t Want a Gphone

*Obviously not an official logo Donnie Flood posted 5 reasons why everyone wants a Gphone and I was thinking to myself if I would get one. Based on all the available info, the answer right now is no. (Now I … Continue reading

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Google AdSense For Mobile Security Vulnerability

Google launched their AdSense for Mobile to the public recently. The implementation of the AdSense Mobile code in PHP looks something like this: < ?php $GLOBALS['google']['ad_type']=’text’; $GLOBALS['google']['channel']=”; $GLOBALS['google']['client']=’pub-00000000000000; $GLOBALS['google']['format']=’mobile_single’; $GLOBALS['google']['https']=$_SERVER['HTTPS']; $GLOBALS['google']['host']=$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; $GLOBALS['google']['ip']=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; $GLOBALS['google']['markup']=’xhtml’; $GLOBALS['google']['output']=’xhtml’; $GLOBALS['google']['ref']=$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; $GLOBALS['google']['url']=$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; $GLOBALS['google']['useragent']=$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; require(‘http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.php’); … Continue reading

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iPhone Unlocking Rundown

I’ve been following the saga of iPhoneSimFree.com which claims to have a 100% software solution for unlocking the iPhone. So far they’re only selling licenses in bulk for $36 for 50. (That is make the iPhone accept other sim cards … Continue reading

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Mobile Monday – Social Software

Just got back from Mobile Monday where the theme this month was about mobile social apps. The companies that presented were, bebo.com, loopt, and Nokia’s Mosh. It was a huge turn out and there was a line out the door … Continue reading

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AdMob AdMonitor

My current gig is at AdMob and we recently re-did the home page and took out a small little widget that had a live scrolling ticker of actual ad requests. When we redesigned the home page there just wasn’t room … Continue reading

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