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Mobilize your advertising. Admob, the world’s largest advertising marketplace for mobile sites, provides solutions for advertising, analytics, and metrics on the mobile platform.

UNDERSTAND THE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT

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W3C mobileOK Checker: Reviewing mobile friendliness
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Is your website mobile friendly? W3C mobileOK Checker let's you know.

BE MOBILE FRIENDLY

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ALOQA: Always be a local
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Traveling on business? Avoid looking like a tourist by pulling up mobile information on events, places and Facebook friends near you.

LOCALIZE

Mobile

Mobile9: free stuff for your phone
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If you're tired of being nickel-and-dimed for mobile apps and accessories, check out mobile9. This mobile only destination is your one-stop shop for free wallpapers, ringtones, and applications uploaded by its community members.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR PHONE

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Qipit
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Want to turn your mobile phone into your personal assistant? Poof! Qipit allows you to take a picture of your documents, create a digital copy, and email the file to your contacts.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

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Sears Mobile
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Are you using "M-commerce" to fulfill your holiday shopping needs? Maybe you should be. Sears has recently launched the beta version of a mini-shopping site aimed at mobile users.

SHOP MOBILE AT SEARS

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Stay on top of your online networking by setting up an account at Ping.fm. Update up to 30 different social networking sites simultaneously including facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and del.icio.us. You can post via your mobile phone, PC or Mac.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

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Packers
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The Packers made a winning play with their decision to tackle mobile.

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY

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MPD on Twitter
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The Milwaukee Police have jumped on the twitter paddy wagon, er bandwagon. Let’s see if mobile twitter followers will impact the crime rate with their ability to instantly report crimes.

CHECK OUT THE FUTURE OF CRIME BUSTING

Mobile

Upgrade your mobile phone with free Google apps: Get Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube and other Google products.

ACCESS APPS

Mobile

GetJar: Appsolutely everything for your mobile phone
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The Apple Store isn't the only place to get cool mobile apps. GetJar is the little-known, independent app store with lots of opportunities for developers to flex their programming muscle.

GET MORE COOL APPS

Handy

Instant Weather Text Alerts from The Weather Channel
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Get mobile text alerts about current forecasts, severe weather alerts, snow alerts, daily surf and sea conditions and more.

Insta-Alert Me

Easy

Confused as to how to transfer music from your computer onto your mobile device? skySYNC makes it easy.

Get In-sync

Mobile

5 iPhone Apps For The Winter Olympics
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Check out five Olympic iPhone apps favorited by some of the 2010 Olympic athletes: Ski-Jump Game, NBC Olympics, Vancouver 2010, Ice Bullet Game and 2010 Guide to Winter Olympics.

You’ve Got Game

Mobile

10 great tools to go mobile
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Is your blog mobile friendly? These tools make it easy to get phone friendly on the fly.

Mobile blogs

Mobile

Scan one of these barcodes with your mobile device and see photos, videos, files or music that the creator attached to it. Perfect for marketing campaigns and job searches!

Stick it

Hot

Similar to FourSquare, Hot Potato let’s you connect with friends and followers at live events (like SXSW for example). Share the experience through comments, questions, images and more.

Hot Potato

Innovative

Stride gum use barcodes in marketing
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Stride Gum added a Microsoft Tag barcode inside packages of their Mystery Gum. Scan the barcode and you’ll be sent to a secret landing page with a mystery offer. Thumbs up for fun and innovative marketing.

Chew on this

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Kooaba: Turn digital images into smart visuals
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Take your print ads to the next level. Get inspired by the music label EMI, who asked print readers to take a picture of a band's print ad with their mobile smartphone. Upon doing so, readers were directed to a mobile music store where they could purchase the band's album.

Print gets interactive

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Want to get more out of your tradeshow experience? We’ve developed BoothTag, a smartphone scavenger hunt for tradeshows. Connect with businesses and attendees in fun new way. Catch the debut at the BizTech Expo, April 28-29. The top points scoring attendee wins an iPad!

BoothTag

Tradeshow

Catch BoothTag in action on April 28-29 at the BizTech Expo. Take part of a smartphone scavenger hunt while connecting with businesses and attendees. The top points scoring attendee wins an iPad!

BoothTag

Foursquare

Learn how Chicago Tourism is using Foursquare to increase exploration in the windy city.

Click Here Badge

Mobile

Foursquare or Gowalla? Now you don’t have to choose! Check into venues on both, simultaneously, with Check.in.

Check.in

Mobile

MMA: Best practice guidelines for mobile content programs
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Keep this on hand: The Mobile Marketing Association recently released updated best practice guidelines for cross carrier mobile content programs.

Mobile for the Masses

Communicate

Take your team to the next level. Use this tool for real-time collaboration, microblogging, wikis, groups, mobile access and more.

Flowr Power

Hotel

Use your smartphone as a hotel room key
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Skip the trip to the checkout desk and use your smartphone as your hotel room key.

A Key Application

Document

Use your cell phone as a scanner. Take a digital picture and use this inexpensive program to create a professional looking scan.

Scan Plan

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This Google GPS enabled mobile app allows you to track your location history and pull out trends such as time at work vs. time at home, places you’ve visited and more.

Trend Tracker

Mobile

Kobo: A complete eReading experience.
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Who needs a Kindle? This service allows you to read paid and free ebooks from your smartphone.

Free eBooks

Hot

Mobile gaming is getting smarter. Popular iPhone game Skies of Glory now joins the early ranks of smartphone games that allow iPhone and Android users to battle against one another in real time.

iPhone vs. Android

Map

PinPoints: Share the where!
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Use the PinPoint map to search for an address. Copy the URL and send to yourself or someone else. Click -- and your browser or mobile phone will automatically program navigation software.

Get Gone

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Sync Google Calendar with your phone's calendar
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Follow these steps to sync Google Calendar with your cell phone's calendar.

Stay Current

Mobile

Mobile micropayments are the next big thing. Use this slick mobile service to instantly pay back friends the next time you find yourself without cash at lunch.

Mobile Money

Mobile

Rounding out the top five is one of our latest Hot Sheet contenders from October 2010, in one of our most popular topic categories --mobile. Keep an eye on mobile micropayments; we think it's going to be big.

Mobile Money

Halloween

Get into the Halloween spirit. Check out these 15 hot apps for your mobile phone.

Who You Gonna Call?

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shopkick: Rewards for walking in store
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Download this app before you hit the stores this holiday season. You'll receive instant mobile deal alerts from participating stores when you walk in the door. Early adopters include Best Buy, Macy's and more.

In Store Mobile Discounts

Mobile

Your wallet just got a little lighter. Forget the hassle of remembering rewards cards for numerous retailers. This app stores multiple retailer's reward card info and allows cashiers to scan right from your phone.

Mobile Rewards

Prevention

Learn the average life span for your electronic gadgets along with tips for extending their life, common ailments, and advice on when to pull the plug for good.

An Ounce of Prevention

Travel

Your how-to guide to maximize your travel experience
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Get the most out of your travel experiences -- this new (Beta) site helps you stay current on trip-related items including social sites, mobile apps and more.

Stay Connected

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One free app a day
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Visit this site daily to download one free iPhone, iPad and/or Android app a day from a selection of those that normally cost .99 to $4.00.

Appsolutely Fabulous

Football

Whether you're looking to virtually visit the line of scrimmage or you're simply interested in recipes, check out seven mobile apps that enhance your Super Bowl fun.

Go Appers for the Packers!

Mobile

TextualAds: Facebook marries mobile marketing
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Create a custom tab for your Facebook profile to collect your fans' mobile numbers, select your target audience and send them relevant deals they can't refuse.

Cell your Services

Mobile

Top 10 mobile applications of 2010
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What do Angry Birds, Kayak and LocalEats have in common? They've all made Mobile Marketer's top 10 mobile apps list for 2010.

Mobile Must-haves

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Find your mobile phone fast
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Can't find your mobile phone? Use this website to give yourself a ring.

Find it Fast

Mobile

Fast Society: Text your message to a group of friends
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Never get separated from your group again. This service allows you to reach everyone in your party by sending a text to one number. Great for staying in touch at concerts, festivals and more.

Built to Party

Mobile

DriveGain fuel economy app for iPhone
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Got an iPhone? Download this free app, select the type of car you're driving and learn how much you're spending on fuel as you drive.

Mobilization Monetization

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wikiHow: Tips for extending the life of your mobile phone battery
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Is your mobile phone battery running low? Turn off the vibration function and keep your ringer on low. The vibration function eats up your battery life more quickly.

Get More Battery Saving Tips

Tickets

StubHub Mobile Ticket Application
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This mobile app will act like your personal assistant the next time you're in the market for event tickets. It can even interact with your iTunes playlist and let you know when your favorite artists are coming to town.

Yeah, That's the Ticket

Cash

Have a bunch of unused or dated electronics around the house? Enter a description of the condition and this site will offer you a dollar amount. If you agree, they'll send you free packaging and shipping labels.

Cash for Digi-Trash

Mobile

Free Mobile Video Calls
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Show off your new bike/pupppy/TV. Use this service to make free video enhanced calls on your smartphone.

See What I Mean?

Mobile

This mobile app combines two popular features of existing apps. It reads your email aloud to you and let's you reply by voice so you'll never be tempted to drive and text again.

Stop Distracted Driving

Compare

Google Shopper is a barcode scanner that goes one step further. Scan a barcode or say the name of an item into your smartphone and you'll get the best prices available online and locally.

It Just Makes Cents

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Tax Updates From The IRS
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Check-in on the status of your tax refund and receive up-to-date information via tweets from the IRS.

Show Me The Money

Food

These five food related apps cover everything from making restaurant reservations on the run to using your phone as a recipe timer.

5 Favorite Food Apps

Tip

Web browsers remember your passwords -- but only if you stick to the same browser. This password service will work across all the platforms you use, including mobile, tablets, browsers and more.

Remember Your Passwords

Thrifty

Need a little tech support? This online service provides free answers via a panel of volunteers.

Free Tech Support

Tradeshow

Alto-Shaam recently used the BoothTag platform to allow tradeshow visitors to get instant product information with their smartphones. Unique barcodes were placed on equipment -- upon scanning, visitors were able to review product info, photos, video and more. And Alto-Shaam received record of each visitor's specific product interest.

Create Your Own Scan Plan

Mobile

It's Growing Season -- check out 5 DIY gardening apps that cover everything from what to grow and when to pick, to the tools to use along the way.

Plant One On Me

Money

Are you paying for more cell service than you need? This site pulls usage information directly from your carrier and provides you with unbiased options that can save you serious change.

Cell Cents

Wine

Choose The Perfect Bottle Of Wine
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This free mobile app for iPhone and Android users will come in handy next time you find yourself in a wine aisle with hundreds of bottles to choose from.

Hello, Vino

Travel

GateGuru: Imagine A Great In-Airport Experience
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If you're traveling this Labor Day weekend, make sure to track down this mobile app for iPhone and Android. Covering 115+ major airports, it details the closest gift shops, restaurants, book stores and more located before and after security checkpoints.

Be The Gate Guru

Time-Saving

One Reading List, Everywhere You Are
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Referred to as "a DVR for the web" by the New York Times, this app allows you to save what you find on the web to watch and read on any device at any time.

Read It Later

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Next time you're dining at a foreign restaurant, make sure you have the Google Goggles app installed on your iPhone or Android phone. Snap a picture of the item description and you'll find out what's really in that exotic delicacy.

Language Translation In A Snap

Mobile

This mobile app was designed to allow people in or around emergency situations to quickly report information back to the first responders who need it most.

The Smartphone App That Saves Lives

Events

With 28 booths, 779 attendees, 10,267 scans and 90.4% participation, learn how BoothTag allowed Paccar to deliver valuable foot traffic to sponsors at the 2011 New Roads to Success event.

Dramatic Results For Events

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Mobile Search Strategy
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A recent Google study says that 77% of smartphone users visit search engines and 90% of these searches result in an action. Make sure your SEO strategy takes mobile search into account. Utilize the free Google Adwords Keyword Research tool to filter options for mobile devices.

Mobile Search Strategy

Mobile

fring: Make Free Group Video Calls
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Smartphone users can download this free app and enjoy a video chat with up to four friends simultaneously.

Free Group Video Calls

Apps

Android and iPhone users will love this mobile search platform that allows you to search for apps based on what they do and not what they're called.

Apps In A Snap

Game-Changing

One half of all local searches are performed on mobile devices. 91% of mobile internet access is used to socialize. Catch more eye-popping stats on mobile in Microsoft Tag's telling infographic.

The Growth Of Mobile Marketing

Location

This location-based Q&A platform utilizes existing check-in platforms like Foursquare and Gowalla. Use the service to ask a question to anyone checked into these services, "Are there any tables open?" and get a real-time answer.

Know What's Happening Now

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Keep track of your trick-or-treaters this Halloween using Google Latitude. This free app and service allows family members to receive real-time location information, viewable on a map, with a moving marker displaying your traveling boys and ghouls.

Track Your Treaters

Mobile

Mobile Marketing Association Guidelines
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Keep this on hand: The Mobile Marketing Association recently released updated best practice guidelines for cross carrier mobile content programs.

Mobile For The Masses

Video

Tout: Video Status Updates
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Use this service to create 15 second video updates with your Android or Apple smartphones. Distribute across multiple platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for instant video status updates

Video Status Updates

Research

Haven't got a clue what you want beyond a "phone" or "tablet"? Tell Sortable your requirements and price range and it will suggest products that fit the bill.

Narrow Your Options

Geolocation

Find out about the best food and drink deals while you're on the road and ready to use them. Check the website or download an Android/Apple smartphone app to zero in on free bottle service at a night club or to score $20 worth of pizza for $10.

Cheap Eats On The Streets

Mobile

Mobile Websites vs. Mobile Apps
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Looking to make a decision regarding the creation of a mobile website vs. a mobile app? Take these considerations into mind. Tip: Scroll down for an "at-a-glance" comparison chart.

Mobile Sites vs. Apps

Local

For those times when you've thought to yourself, "I'd pay $20 if someone brought me a Kopp's cheeseburger right now" -- turn to the Zaarly community. Whatever it is you're looking for, whether goods or services, offer to purchase it locally and your wish is their command. For the right price.

Name Your Price For Anything

Mobile

Whether you're an iPhone or Android user, these 10 apps that find apps, will help you efficiently zero in on those most worth of taking up the precious real estate on your phone.

10 Apps for Finding Apps

Mobile Photo Sharing

Facebook Camera, which is now available in the App Store for free, sincerely improves upon the photo capabilities offered by Facebook’s primary app for iPhone and iPod touch devices.

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