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Italys Consumer Watchdog Investigating 3 For Overcharging For Mobile Web Services

Another story of mobile broadband sticker shock. Italy’s competition authority AGCM is looking into complaints that customers of 3, the Hutchison Whampoa-owned mobile network, was grossly overcharging for mobile web services. Reuters reports that the AGCM has “ordered” 3 to suspend the invoices of some customers, whose bills for the service reached some 10,000 euros ($15,850). The consumer watchdog said it was specifically looking into whether customers had been properly warned that they would trigger such high prices if they went over their 5 gigabyte per month data limit. The bills in question range from September 21, 2007 to May of this year, when 3 upgraded its billing system to prevent more cases like this happening.

Mobile Content Bits: Opera Mobile 9.5; Verizon Mobile Banking; Google Mobile Reviews; Mobile Posse

Opera launches Mobile 9.5: Opera Software (OSL: OPERA) released today Opera Mobile 9.5 in beta, a new browser for Windows Mobile touchscreen devices. The browser can be downloaded at http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/. Opera Mobile 9.5 beta is supposed to be faster and is also nice because it defaults to the page overview mode, allowing the user to view the entire Web page to be able to recognize the Web site. The user can pan and zoom to focus on specific areas of the page.

Brands engage mobile bloggers to surf surge in mobile web usage.

Brands engage mobile bloggers to surf surge in mobile web usage. - UK re-launches as 'Moblog' on new mobile blogging platform. London –Moblog, the UK based mobile blogging community and technology provider today announced a major upgrade to their platform, simplifying sign-up and enhancing mobile web features for its users, as well as re-branding the service from moblog: UK to Moblog. “We have focused on making blogging from a mobile device simpler than ever through new features, and through our partners such as Spinvox and Shozu. The release of our community site adapted for the mobile web means blogging and participating on the move has never been easier or more feature rich.” said Alfie Dennen, co-founder of the company.

Myxer Announces Turnkey Mobile Content Syndication Solution - 'Myxer Select'

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Myxer, the leader in ad-supported mobile content, today announced the new Myxer Select program for mobile handset manufacturers, wireless network operators, and web destinations. The program provides them with the ability to create a customized mobile content store, selecting content from the world's largest assembled collection of mobile content, with over one million items. Myxer Select partners can be up and running with their own mobile content download site (on the web and/or mobile web) in a matter of days. Myxer Select is delivered over the award-winning Myxer Mobile Platform, a robust, scalable and proven mobile content delivery platform that currently delivers over 22 million downloads per month, at a rate of over 8 mobile downloads per second.

Is Today's Web Still 'the Web'?

snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister raises questions regarding the transforming nature of the Web now that Tim Berners-Lee's early vision has been supplanted by today's much more complex model. AJAX, Google Web Toolkit, Flash and Silverlight all have McAllister asking, 'Is [the Web] still the Web if you can't navigate directly to specific content? Is it still the Web if the content can't be indexed and searched? Is it still the Web if you can only view the application on certain clients or devices? Is it still the Web if you can't view source?' Such questions bely a much bigger question for Web developers, McAllister writes. If today's RIAs no longer resemble the 'Web,' then should we be shoehorning these apps into the Web's infrastructure, or is the problem that the client platforms simply aren't evolving fast enough to meet

Web Browser Wars Go Mobile

alphadogg writes "A new generation of mobile Web browsers is finally making the Web a reality on handheld devices. The latest example is last week's beta launch of Opera Mobile 9.5, a native Web browser for high-end smartphones. It's an evolutionary release for the Norwegian software company, but it comes just days after Apple's iPhone 3G, with its highly capable Safari browser, went on sale. Other brand-new entrants, such as Mobile Firefox and Skyfire, are expected later this year, at least in beta form. But the evolving mobile browsers are only one part of the picture. Mobile browsing is affected by the client hardware, ranging from the processor to the kind of wireless network being used, all of which have improved markedly. It's also affected by the design of Web sites being targeted, and there's new attention being focused on optimiz

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Moblog: Brands engage mobile bloggers to surf surge in mobile web usage. Moblog:UK re-launches as 'Moblog' on new mobile blogging platform

Moblog: Brands engage mobile bloggers to surf surge in mobile web usage. Moblog:UK re-launches as 'Moblog' on new mobile blogging platform

BT: BT Joins Inventor Of The World Wide Web To Promote Study Of Web Science'

BT today became a founding sponsor of the Web Science Research Initiative, an international body established to promote the science and development of the World Wide Web. Established by British Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, with co-directors Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall and Danny Weitzner, the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) exists to promote the study of Web Science', a new academic discipline focusing on the analysis, engineering and social impact of the World Wide Web.

Mobile Web Developer Challenge - Yankee Group and Netbiscuits Aim to Boost Mobile Internet Diversity

RESTON, Va., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with Yankee Group's upcoming Mobile Internet World conference, Netbiscuits, lead sponsor of the MIW Developers Summit, is inviting everyone to share their vision of the Mobile Internet and compete in the first Mobile Web Developer Challenge. Participants will submit their own Mobile Websites, portals, communities, games, download centers, video channels, shops, campaigns, or landing pages created with a free trial of the Netbiscuits platform. Submissions entered by 11:59 pm PT on October 15th will be judged by a panel of industry experts on design, fluidity, content and execution to win free access to professional development tools used by eBay, Yahoo!, and Nokia.

Mobile group to establish security standards for mobile web

Until recently, the development of mobile-friendly websites has been regarded as nothing more than an irrelevant black art. That has since changed, thanks to more web-capable phones making their way into the mainstream (such as, of course, the iPhone). But the landslide of new and improved mobile sites has opened the doors to a sort of standard-free chaos, where almost anything (that works) goes and security is a second thought. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) group hopes to change that, however, by launching a new initiative that focuses on mobile development without sacrificing important principles like security.

Mobile operators launch open source interface for web developers

Mobile operators 3 Group, AT&T, T-Mobile, Telenor, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and Vodafone, have jointly launched a new initiative called Bondi that aims to provide a secure web services interface to all web developers across multiple device platforms to create new mobile applications.

Managing Business Web Services

Web services technologies form the underpinning for how enterprises integrate with the Web. Integration, however, presents unique complexities and risks. Having sensitive business data flowing in and out of the Web increases the risk of exposure and raises compliance issues. Dealing with hundreds of customers and partners, each of which may require a unique relationship, can create bottlenecks to adding revenue. And as the usage of Web services increases with successful adoption, critical operational and performance problems can arise.

Managing Business Web Services

Web services technologies form the underpinning for how enterprises integrate with the Web. Integration, however, presents unique complexities and risks. Having sensitive business data flowing in and out of the Web increases the risk of exposure and raises compliance issues. Dealing with hundreds of customers and partners, each of which may require a unique relationship, can create bottlenecks to adding revenue. And as the usage of Web services increases with successful adoption, critical operational and performance problems can arise.

Securing and Managing Customer-Facing Web Services

Web services technologies form the underpinning for how enterprises integrate with the Web. Integration, however, presents unique complexities and risks. Having sensitive business data flowing in and out of the Web increases the risk of exposure and raises compliance issues. Dealing with hundreds of customers and partners, each of which may require a unique relationship, can create bottlenecks to adding revenue. And as the usage of Web services increases with successful adoption, critical operational and performance problems can arise.

Securing and Managing Customer-Facing Web Services

Web services technologies form the underpinning for how enterprises integrate with the Web. Integration, however, presents unique complexities and risks. Having sensitive business data flowing in and out of the Web increases the risk of exposure and raises compliance issues. Dealing with hundreds of customers and partners, each of which may require a unique relationship, can create bottlenecks to adding revenue. And as the usage of Web services increases with successful adoption, critical operational and performance problems can arise.

Securing and Managing Customer-Facing Web Services

Web services technologies form the underpinning for how enterprises integrate with the Web. Integration, however, presents unique complexities and risks. Having sensitive business data flowing in and out of the Web increases the risk of exposure and raises compliance issues. Dealing with hundreds of customers and partners, each of which may require a unique relationship, can create bottlenecks to adding revenue. And as the usage of Web services increases with successful adoption, critical operational and performance problems can arise.

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Implementing Visual and Data Mashups Online

In my previous article, "Web and Enterprise Mashups for Web Services and Data," I covered different tools for the enterprise mashup creation, including web services mashups and data aggregation mashups. I also have shown how tools such as Aqua Logic can facilitate web services mashups. These tools are geared to provide a new breed of enterprise services and to ease business application development. But, these tools do not work with some popular communication protocols, such as RSS. In this article, I will discuss online mashups, which are not yet designed for the enterprise but could lead to new and exciting online applications. This, in turn, can lead to new businesses based on the ideas or implementations that arise from these application and services.

Building a Business Logic Layer Over Multiple Web Services

Over the last few years, there have been significant developments in the Web services world. Many enterprises have embraced Web services to build business-to-business transactions and a uniform communication layer among applications over corporate intranets. This article discusses how to leverage application resident business logic by building a business logic layer over multiple Web services.

Brands engage mobile bloggers to surf surge in mobile web usage.

Brands engage mobile bloggers to surf surge in mobile web usage. Moblog:UK re-launches as 'Moblog' on new mobile blogging platform

Opera Mobile Says Mobile Web Grew By Users And Page Views In July

Opera, the company that has created the Opera Mini browser for mobile phones, released figures for July showing how the browser was used worldwide. Of course, this is just the view from one mobile browser, but it can give us a sense of how mobile web usage is growing. In July, 15.8 million people used Opera Mini, jumping 9.4 percent over June. Those users viewed more than 3.7 billion pages, representing a 15.9 percent jump over the previous month. On average, that translates to about 236 pages for each person.

Movial Joins LiMo Foundation and Opens Source Code to Linux Mobile Community

Foundation, the global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry. As part of its commitment to the Linux mobile community, Movial has also unveiled it is open sourcing an innovative technology, Browser D-Bus Bridge, that enables Web developers and designers, operators and device manufacturers for the first time ever, to easily create extremely capable User Interfaces (UI) that transform Web widgets into seamless user driven mobile applications providing new, value-added and differentiated services and superior user experiences.

ACCESS Announces NetFront Browser Widgets on ACCESS Linux Platform, Support for Mobile...

ACCESS Announces NetFront Browser Widgets on ACCESS Linux Platform, Support for Mobile Internet Devices - LinuxWorld Demos to Showcase End-to-End Convergence Solutions SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- LINUXWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO -- ACCESS CO., LTD., a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets, today announced it is extending the functionality of ACCESS Linux Platform with the addition of NetFront(TM) Browser Widgets for mobile handsets and consumer electronics, and support for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). With these new capabilities, businesses can quickly implement a wide range of widget services and deploy products in a new category of Internet-savvy mobile devices, based on ACCESS Linux Platform.

Movial Joins LiMo Foundation(TM) and Opens Source Code to Linux Mobile Community

Movial, the company that inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences, today announced it has joined LiMo Foundation, the global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry. As part of its commitment to the Linux mobile community, Movial has also unveiled it is open sourcing an innovative technology, Browser D-Bus Bridge, that enables Web developers and designers, operators and device manufacturers for the first time ever, to easily create extremely capable User Interfaces (UI) that transform Web widgets into seamless user driven mobile applications providing new, value-added and differentiated services and superior user experiences.

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