Tweet Posting pictures of celebrities as a profile picture… linking to a scene from a favorite movie on YouTube… Quoting a movie line… all of these things seem pretty harmless, but without owning the copyright, they’re infringing on someone’s intellectual property. And, if SOPA / PIPA passes, if someone visits your site and does any [...] Read more »
Admob Google Deal is On and Will Stay On
Tweet Today the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously not to block Google’s acquisition of the popular mobile advertising network Admob. The following media release was issued today by the FTC regarding the Google Admob deal and the reasoning behind the FTC’s decision to let the deal stand: After Thorough Review, Agency Finds [...] Read more »
Breaking News! dotMobi Acquired by Afilias
Tweet Not to lose a moment, here is the press release. Thanks to Vance Hedderel for providing it: DUBLIN, IRELAND – 11 February 2010 – HYPERLINK “http://www.afilias.info”Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services and the registry operator for .INFO, today announced that it has acquired mTLD Top-Level Domain Ltd., the sponsoring organization and registry [...] Read more »
Economist New Media Forum Broadcast Live
Tweet Event to feature top media and business thought leaders Note: the links in this story are not optimized for mobile The Naked Media show from ScribeMedia.org is offering free web viewing of their live broadcast from the Economist Media Convergence Conference in New York City on Tuesday, October 20th @ 3:15pm Eastern Time. Register [...] Read more »
Mobile Hotel Site Wins Developer Award | Lodging Mobi
Tweet Sacramento, CA (1888PressRelease) July 24, 2009 - In recognition of ongoing excellence in mobile web development, the Mobility.mobi forum community bestows top honors to the latest and most innovative .mobi websites in its .mobi-of-the-Month™ awards competition. As the largest and most active .mobi community in the world, Mobility.mobi brings together thousands of mobile web innovators and [...] Read more »
Red Bull Wins RedBull Mobi | WIPO Transfer
Tweet In the latest move by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), RedBull.mobi was ordered transfered from a private citizen to the Poland-based energy drink company. According to the complaint, the registrant of the name signed a registration agreement in the Hebrew language, and stated in his response that he is commonly known by the [...] Read more »
Mobile Web Predictions for 2009
Tweet Every year people claim “That this year is the year of the mobile web!” It kind of reminds me of the Chicago Cubs fans’ mantra, “Just wait ’til next year!” I believe we are on the verge of mass mobile web adoption in English-speaking countries, but I will stop short of saying it will [...] Read more »
Yale University Wants Yale mobi
Tweet Yale University has filed an arbitration case with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) seeking to obtain yale.mobi. Currently, that domain name is registered at GoDaddy with the message: “This .MOBI domain is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.” It is not registered with an obvious trademark holder, such as the lock or forklift manufacturer, [...] Read more »
Mobi Enthusiast Prepares for Upgrade
Tweet It’s time to get ready for an overhaul of mobienthusiast.mobi, and that means there will be a bit of confusion while categories are deleted and files are redirected. Please stand by, and use the “search” feature to find the article you would like to read. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience this may [...] Read more »
