AOL moves towards the mobile internet

It is interesting to see more and more of the internet giants rallying to the call of mobile search.

The American internet leader AOL has released an upgraded beta version of its mobile search service.

To simplify the amount of typing needed to get a search result, it features a keyword/tab combination, something which Google is also looking at.

The results you'll get will include AOL content such as city information from CityGuide, playing times for movies from Moviefone, and geographical data from MapQuest.

Socialising online through mobiles is all the rage

The mobile phone giant T-Mobile, which has a mobile phone package with unlimited web browsing for £1 a day, says that 48% of their customers use their service to update their profiles on social networking websites like MySpace and FaceBook while out and about.

We are experiencing a major change in the way we socialise, driven by our ability to access the internet, through mobiles and delivered at broadband speeds.

And the pace of this change is speeding up. T-Mobile is expecting to double the number of its mobile internet customers by the end of 2007.

Google makes a move on the mobile web

It is interesting news that Google is now moving into the mobile web market in a big way.

A recent deal with Sprint Nextel Corporation now positions Google to build services to run on Sprint's planned WiMAX high-speed wireless network.

The next few years will be interesting as we see the mobile internet develop, and I'm sure that Google will continue to make sure that its technology will be ever present and continually useful too.

Google is on most people's computer screen and soon it will be on most people's mobile phone as well.

Vodaphone's ad campaign

You may have seen vodaphone's ad campaign it's all over London, saying the 'internet is now mobile'. I really think this will create massive interest in using the web on your phone.