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Headquartered in Dublin, dotMobi - a wholly owned subsidiary of Afilias Limited - is a worldwide leader in enabling the development & discovery of quality mobile content through innovative services, in turn helping businesses and individuals reach the world's billions of mobile phone users. dotMobi spurs mobile industry innovation by giving content providers the tools they need to ensure the Web will work on mobile phones with speed, accuracy and relevant content.
• Visit http://dotMobi.mobi for information on .mobi top-level domains and all dotMobi services.
• Visit http://mobiForge.com and http://goMobi.info for mobile site development and services.
• Visit http://mobiThinking.com for mobile marketing information and services.
• Of course, use the .mobi equivalents of these sites to guarantee a quality experience on your mobile device. And see the dotMobi blog at http://blog.mobi.
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has released a European Broadband Scorecard comparing the UK's performance in broadband and mobile broadband with European countries. The regulator has been tasked with proving that progress is being made towards the UK Government's ambitious goal that the UK 'should have the best superfast broadband network in Europe by 2015'. more»
For 3 days in April, the international hosting community will once again come together at the WHD.global in Europa Park, Germany to meet and discuss all things hosting related. dotMobi's goMobi team will be there to showcase our mobile website publishing platform. If you are looking for a solution to help you create, publish and market sophisticated mobile sites quickly and easily then we have the solution for you. more»
Mobile Web technology provider dotMobi and Verio Europe, global experts in online solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the immediate availability of the goMobi mobile Web publishing solution through Verio in the European market. more»
Mobile Web technology provider dotMobi and Verio Europe, global experts in online solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the immediate availability of the goMobi mobile Web publishing solution through Verio in the European market. more»
Partnership will allow dotMobi to offer Digital Element's robust mobile carrier and connection type databases to its customers and further enhance Digital Element's mobile carrier and connection type identification capabilities. more»
Nginx, Inc., provider of the high-performance NGINX Web server, and mobile Web technology specialist dotMobi today announced the immediate availability of a device detection module for NGINX using dotMobi's DeviceAtlas solution. more»
intelligence from dotMobi's DeviceAtlas product into Webtrends analytics solutions. That means Webtrends analytics can now include detailed data from DeviceAtlas on which mobile phones and devices - like game consoles and media players - are being used to interact with a customer's online presence. more»
Komli Mobile, part of Komli Media, Asia Pacific's leading digital media technology platform, serves more than 20 billion ad impressions in over 60 countries each month, at the lowest-possible latency of less than two milliseconds. more»
The goMobi mobile site builder solution, made by mobile Web experts dotMobi, allows customers to create sophisticated, made-for-mobile websites without the need for technical knowledge. more»
dotMobi, makers of the mobile website publishing platform goMobi, have announced an agreement with the Endurance International Group to provide its award-winning software across several of its Web hosting brands, making goMobi available to more than two million new customers. more»
HostGator, a world-leading provider of Web hosting services to clients from more than 200 countries, has signed a global agreement with mobile Web expert dotMobi to offer the goMobi mobile website publishing solution to its customers. more»
Varnish Software, the world's leading provider of the open source Varnish Cache Web application accelerator, and mobile Web pioneer dotMobi have announced a partnership to embed device awareness capabilities from dotMobi's award-winning DeviceAtlas device detection solution into Varnish Cache. more»
Today, dotMobi announced that our goMobi mobile website builder is a part of the Start Mobile initiative from Google. Start Mobile is designed to ensure businesses in German-language markets can quickly and easily join the mobile Web revolution. more»
GetMo aims to help UK businesses establish a presence on the mobile Web and, since 2010, dotMobi's goMobi mobile website builder has allowed businesses to create sophisticated mobile websites with an easy-to-use cloud service. more»
Mobile innovators Usablenet and dotMobi today announced that dotMobi's DeviceAtlas mobile device detection solution now provides Usablenet's multichannel content platform with device awareness capabilities. more»
LuxCloud, a leader in cloud computing services, and mobile Web pioneer dotMobi today announced that the award-winning goMobi mobile website builder is now available to LuxCloud's global network of resellers. more»
There were almost half a billion smartphones shipped globally in 2011 according to IDC, Strategy Analytics and Canalys (Gartner's stats are still to come). But this is just a small part of mobile phone picture. more»
The major focus for these new properties is HTML5, which allows advanced Web apps to be completely optimized and provide a faster, richer experience for end users. Having these properties on the server side means fewer requests for the client and less content that has to be sent. It's a win-win on both sides! more»
Afilias Limited, a global provider of top-level domain registry services, today dismissed the report of a recent Google investment of $200 million in the article "Google's mobile moves make money ... and sense" in the Dec. 18, 2011, issue of The Telegraph (UK). The article stated, "The recent $200 million investment in dotMobi ... underscore(s) how prescient Google was in that acquisition." more»
cPanel and dotMobi today announced the immediate availability of the goMobi mobile website builder via the cPanel platform. This means cPanel Web hosting companies can now offer their customers a unique, leading-edge way to connect with on-the-go consumers and prospects. more»
Five years ago - on September 26, 2006 - the .mobi domain opened its doors for registrations. Only five years ago but, back then, no iPhone. No Android. The Motorola Razr was still cool... more»
dotMobi today announced the availability of its cloud-based goMobi service on the industry-leading Parallels virtualization and automation platform for Web services providers. goMobi offers a quick, easy and inexpensive way for businesses to create mobile websites with a great user experience on practically any mobile device. more»
Mobile Web pioneer dotMobi today announced the enhancement of its award-winning DeviceAtlas® service with DeviceAtlas Cloud, a new version that helps designers, developers, agencies and Web companies optimize content for mobile devices by enabling faster, easier and more cost-effective device detection.
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On February 10, Google hosted a webinar called, "Think Mobile." Unlike many webinars, this one was packed with information. The first half of the program was a presentation on the phenomenal growth of mobile by Mary Meeker, a partner at the investment firm of Kleiner Perkins. more»
dotMobi, a worldwide leader in the development & discovery of quality mobile content and the company behind the .mobi Internet domain, today announced a series of new, innovative features for both users and sales partners of goMobi™, the world's first content mobilization platform -- a hybrid of a traditional content management system and a practically automatic mobile website builder. more»
The 2010 study demonstrates that the mobile Web is continuing its explosive global growth. The 2008 study showed 150,000 mobile-ready websites, while the 2010 study showed approximately 3.01 million sites, representing an incredible two-year growth of more than 2,000 percent. And that growth level significantly outpaces early desktop growth. more»
dotMobi, a worldwide leader in the development and discovery of quality mobile content, today announced the global availability of goMobi, a unique product designed to help businesses quickly and easily create and publish quality mobile websites in mere minutes. more»
In case you haven't seen the good news elsewhere, the dotMobi company has been acquired by Afilias - an expert at supporting and growing new TLDs. For them, this acquisition is an opportunity to capitalize on a high growth area of the internet - mobile usage. more»
dotMobi has been admitted as a member of LACTLD -- a long acronym for the longer "Latin American and Caribbean ccTLDs Organization." The LACTLD is a not-for-profit organization of the ccTLD managers in Latin America and the Caribbean. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi top-level Internet domain, today announced the availability of its one-of-a-kind mobile keyword and .mobi domain bundle for Chinese brands and businesses, offered in partnership with China-based mobile keyword vendor Huarui. more»
While the .mobi domain is the centerpiece of everything we do as a company, we offer many other services and tools to help drive the growth of mobile content... dotMobi launched significant enhancements to both our DeviceAtlas and mobiReady product sites. more»
Designed to help businesses take advantage of the growing mobile Web channel by automatically creating their mobile sites using existing content from their PC-based Web sites, Instant Mobilizer now offers a vCard feature that allows site visitors to save a business' phone and address directly into their contacts. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet domain for finding mobile-friendly Web content as well as the mobiForge mobile Web developers forum, today announced that AutoTrader.mobi was the millionth site tested by the mobiReady tool for checking the mobile-readiness of Web content. more»
If you’ve been following our news on the mobile benchmarks we’ve developed with our friends at Gomez, you’ll be interested in seeing our mobile banking benchmarks that American Banker just ran. more»
Gomez, Inc. and dotMobi annouce the launch of the world’s first comprehensive benchmarks to compare and rank the mobile Web experience provided by the top businesses in the airline, banking and search industries. more»
Instant Mobilizer is a patent-pending service designed to help small and medium sized businesses around the world reach their customers quickly and affordably through the mobile Web by seamlessly transforming existing PC-based Web sites for use on all mobile phones, on all networks. more»
dotMobi today announced highlights of a new study on mobile Web trends that shows mobile Web content creation continues to explode. Based on a review of the largest top-level Internet domains, dotMobi has seen a sevenfold growth in the number of mobile Web sites in the past year. more»
dotMobi today announced the allocation of the first two-letter mobile Internet domain to the Nevada Commission on Tourism (NCOT): http://nv.mobi; launch of nv.mobi represents first use of a two-letter domain by a state to market itself to travelers via mobile phones. more»
dotMobi today announced it is now accepting applicants into beta trials for a new edition of the award-winning DeviceAtlas™ mobile device database designed exclusively for developers building sites with Microsoft ASP.NET.
With DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET, developers using ASP.NET 2.0 and above will now be able to easily expand their sites to embrace mobile audiences as well as PC-based users. DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET will seamlessly replace Microsoft profiles with this new Web-based service. more»
dotMobi, the company behind .mobi today announced the allocation of the first two-character mobile Internet domain to Fifth Third Bank: http://53.mobi. In January of this year, dotMobi announced that it is making available .mobi domain names with one and two alphanumeric characters, such as q.mobi, k9.mobi, 13.mobi or ny.mobi. more»
dotMobi today announced its collaboration with the GSM Association (GSMA) to make the award-winning DeviceAtlas database available with an option for Type Allocation Codes (TAC). This will allow network operators to offer a host of new, innovative content and services tailored to users’ handsets. more»
dotMobi today announced the global availability of Instant Mobilizer™, a service that brings small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) around the world in touch with their customer base quickly and affordably through the mobile Web without any development effort. more»
As readers of blog.mobi will likely already know, dotMobi has announced that we're making one character and two character .mobi domains available. Unlike other domain registries, dotMobi was able to receive ICANN permission to release these domains because we're not selling them. We're making them available for free. more»
dotMobi, the company behind .mobi, today announced that they will make available .mobi domain names with one and two alphanumeric characters, such as q.mobi, k9.mobi, 13.mobi or ny.mobi. more»
Over the past two years of the .mobi domain, many of the first "verticals" that went mobile have not been a surprise because of the nature of their industries, however, the one industry that caught me unaware in terms of popularity has been banking and finance. more»
dotMobi, the company behind .mobi – the only Internet address created specifically for locating content that works on all mobile phones – today announced that ClairMail will now use DeviceAtlas to take their leading mobile banking solutions to the masses, regardless of handset. more»
DeviceAtlas 2.1 includes a number of key features, including data analytics and improved search capabilities. These innovative features join recent technical enhancements like automated phone capability tests and the ability to download personalized versions of the database. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet domain designed to help consumers find Web content that works on mobile phones, today announced the channel release of Instant Mobilizer™, a patent-pending service created to help small and medium businesses around the world reach their customers quickly and affordably through the mobile Web. more»
When the .mobi domain launched in September 2006, people quickly understood it was a Top-Level Domain (TLD) designed to locate mobile content in the same way - for example - that .se locates Swedish content or .museum helps users recognize genuine museum activity. In short, think "mobile phone" when you think ".mobi". Now, the .tel domain is launching... So do you still need a .mobi domain? more»
You might have heard us talking lately about our plans to better serve the Small and Medium Sized business segment (SMBs). This group of (often times) locally run businesses has much to gain from the mobile Internet but faces time, money, and resource constraints... more»
In his role, Brand will work closely with the more than 135 .mobi registrars throughout the world as well as with domain investors to help ensure that .mobi continues its role as the primary naming convention for locating mobile content. more»
dotMobi today announced that more than one million .mobi domains have been registered since its launch two years ago; from October 2006, dotMobi has seen continued growth in the amount of registrants as companies pursue the increased visibility and targeted marketing the mobile Web offers. more»
Tthis 2.0 release moves DeviceAtlas from a "read-only" database to a "read-write" version with the introduction of a variety of technical enhancements, including automated phone capability tests, advanced search features and powerful graph options to generate insight into device data patterns along with the ability to download personalized versions of the database. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi internet domain designed to help consumers find mobile-friendly content, today announced a special online auction for 200 highly desired premium .mobi domain names. more»
dotMobi, the company behind dev.mobi - the world's leading cross-platform mobile developer forum - today announced a preview release of DeviceAtlas, version 2.0. With this release, the award-winning DeviceAtlas moves from a "read-only" database to a "read-write" version with the introduction of automated phone capability tests. more»
dotMobi, the company behind .mobi - the only ICANN-approved Internet address designed specifically for helping consumers find mobile content - today announced the inclusion of Mobizoft video content adaptation data into the award-winning DeviceAtlas, the definitive source of mobile handset information for mobile content developers. more»
dotMobi, the consortium behind .mobi, the only Internet address created specifically for finding Web sites that work on mobile phones, today announced the launch of ringtones.mobi, a site that makes it easier for music fans to buy ringtones and mobile-friendly wallpaper images from independent and established music acts. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet address designed to help consumers find mobile-specific content, today announced that Microsoft's MSN Mobile group will use dotMobi's DeviceAtlas mobile device database to help develop and deliver mobile-aware content to its customers. more»
In response to the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake, dotMobi - the company behind the .mobi Internet domain name for locating content that works on mobile phones - has collaborated with the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) to create a mobile website at chinaredcross.mobi. more»
As you can probably guess, everyone at dotMobi loves the mobile web. And when we're not building new sites and services for the mobile web, we're often writing about it. Sometimes on this blog. Sometimes at mobiThinking.com or dev.mobi. And sometimes in a brand new book called Mobile Internet for Dummies. more»
The Autism Research Institute, a leading non-profit organization, has launched a mobile website, autism.mobi, designed specifically for users of mobile devices and mobile phones, including the Apple iPhone. more»
dotMobi today announced that is accepting proposals for find.mobi, a consumer-facing mobile search tool; find.mobi was created by dotMobi's research and development team to demonstrate an operational mobile search engine that made the most of the mobile web and needs of on-the-go users. more»
As part of its ongoing series of unique methods of allocating Internet domain names, dotMobi is bringing 16 "premium names" to market at Moniker's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Auction on May 23, 2008. more»
DomainsBot, the leading domain name suggestion and search engine company, will now include .mobi in their domain name search and suggestion tool, used by the majority of the world's best-known Internet domain name retailers. more»
dotMobi, the company behind .mobi, today unveiled forthcoming updates to the recently launched DeviceAtlas, which is the definitive global source of mobile handset information for mobile content developers. more»
dotMobi, the consortium behind .mobi, today announced that award-winning country music artist Tim McGraw has launched a mobile Internet site: mcgraw2go.mobi. more»
dotMobi, the company behind .mobi, today announced the launch of DeviceAtlas; low-to-no cost, comprehensive database of global mobile handset information now available to assist Web developers in creating "device aware" content. more»
Starting Wednesday, November 28, dotMobi will release 100 names of interest to leisure and sports brands around the world. The auction will be hosted by Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names. more»
Britain's most popular newspaper, The Sun, is the first UK national newspaper to launch a .mobi web site; thesun.mobi gives readers access to the paper from any mobile phone or device that can access mobile internet services. more»
dotMobi successfully closed its first-ever online auction on October 3. dotMobi auctioned 100 domain names, making it the first domain company to offer selected names directly to the market via an online auction process. more»
The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) today announced the formation of the Mobile Internet in Developing Countries task force aimed at bring valuable new communications, content, and commerce to developing countries using .mobi domains and solutions. more»
Following two successful auction appearances over the past year, dotMobi is making a select group of 45 domains from its premium names list available via live and silent auctions. The .mobi names scheduled for auction cross a variety of categories, including entertainment, finance, food, government, health, internet and retail. more»
dotMobi today announced the first in a series of three monthly online auctions for highly desired premium domain names, including ask.mobi, atm.mobi, cars.mobi, love.mobi and moto.mobi. Beginning Wednesday, September 26, 100 "Premium Names" will be auctioned through Sedo. more»
dotMobi has appointed Trey Harvin, longtime Internet and technology veteran, as CEO of dotMobi and David Ryder as VP of Marketing and Sales; they will be charged with building on the success of dotMobi to date and taking the company forward with more innovative products for expanding the use of the mobile web. more»
dotMobi today launched an upgraded version of ready.mobi, its free, industry-leading mobile Web test tool; evaluates the quality of mobile websites using mobile industry standards and best practices to ensure sites work on all mobile phones around the world. more»
As North America approaches one of its busiest travel weekends, several new .mobi sites are providing travelers with the information they need while on the road. Mobile Web sites that use a .mobi Internet address are guaranteed to work on practically all mobile phones, no matter who the mobile operator is. more»
The following comments are provided by Neil Edwards, CEO of dotMobi, where he personally addresses popular myths regarding the .mobi top-level domain. "There are three rumors floating around the blogosphere about dotMobi right now. I feel compelled to give you the CEO view on them. You may choose to ignore what I say, but I have no problem answering the mail in a public forum." more»
dotMobi, the official registry for the .mobi domain, is helping automotive leaders use .mobi to supply information to drivers while on the road. The .mobi domain eliminates the need for downloading data-heavy, cost-intensive PC web content. more»
dotMobi, the consortium behind the first and only Internet address created for mobile phones, today announced that The Weather Channel Interactive has become the first company to secure rights to a premium .mobi domain through participation in a unique RFP premium name process. more»
dotMobi, the company behind .mobi top-level domain, today announced its plans to create a definitive database of mobile handset information from across the world. The dotMobi mobile device database, scheduled to launch in late 2007, will make developing mobile applications significantly easier and less expensive. more»
dotMobi, the company behind .mobi, today announced that it is making approximately 650 city names available to city governments. Until today, dotMobi has kept these names on reserve to ensure that they would be available for cities to develop relevant content for locals and for tourists. more»
The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) today signed an Industry Alliance Memorandum of Agreement to support each organisation's initiatives. The alliance will promote the development of mobile Internet services through .mobi domains as well as a common set of industry best practices for mobile browsing. more»
The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) and the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) today announced the signing of a global Industry Alliance Memorandum of Agreement to support common set of mobile advertising, mobile search and mobile commerce best practices. more»
dotMobi today announced its support for the Mobile Advertising Guidelines developed by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). According to the MMA, the Mobile Advertising Guidelines were created to develop consistent formats and policies for mobile advertising. more»
Amtrak today announced the launch of Amtrak.mobi a new domain for Amtrak to guide mobile users to made-for-mobile Internet content and services that can be accessed with the confidence of knowing a site will work on practically any mobile phone. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the first and only Internet address designed specifically for mobile phones, today announced more than 500,000 .mobi domains have been registered in 104 countries since the domain's commercial launch in October 2006. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the first and only Internet address designed specifically for mobile phones, today announced that its CEO, Neil Edwards has been elected as Vice Chairman for the new Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Chapter of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). more»
To meet the needs of its millions of international passengers, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) -- the Scandinavian carrier -- has continued with its tradition of innovation in air travel by launching SAS.mobi, the first .mobi site from a major airline. more»
dotMobi today announced that Visa International has made an investment in dotMobi and will have a representative on dotMobi's Board of Directors. more»
The Web development community now has a certification program to recognize professionals who demonstrate excellence in mobile content development. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi domain today announced its evaluation of the mobile readiness of the 100 most visited sites on the Internet. more»
The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG), a dotMobi-accredited, independent not-for-profit industry forum, today announced that 10 leading mobile and Internet companies have recently joined the group. more»
dotMobi, the company behind the first and only Internet address designed specifically for mobile phones, today announced more than 400,000 .mobi domains have been registered in 104 countries since the domain's launch in October 2006. more»
On the heels of a successful auction appearance in 2006 when .mobi domain names sold for a combined total of just under US$400,000, dotMobi is making 15 premium names available via auction. more»
dotMobi today announced that China's biggest music star, Wei Wei, has launched http://weiwei.mobi as the sole channel for the global debut of her new album. more»
dotMobi today announced an exclusive partnership with Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), making them an official worldwide registry for the dotMobi domain. more»
dotMobi today announced plans to launch a range of white label directory, research and database licensing services based around the company's global directory of mobile Internet content. more»
Cerkle, one of the first secure social networking communities, chooses .mobi as the parent domain to take its services mobile. more»
dotMobi today announced a partnership with Akmin Technologies to publish the .mobi Site Builder, a tool to be made available exclusively to .mobi registrars around the world. more»
dotMobi today announced the appointment of James Pearce as vice president of technology; expanding powerful resources for developer community. more»