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A Guide to Mobile Web Design Tips and Tricks Having a mobile-optimized web site can really make your site stand apart from the pack. Even though smartphones like the iPhone and Google Android devices can display "the full web," having a web page formatted for smaller screens and with features that can take advantage of a touch screen, geolocation, or address book functionality can make the mobile web browsing experience that much better. Even just a few years ago, optimizing websites for mobile browsers was a painful and difficult process, in part because of the limitations of most mobile browsers. Today, thanks to the proliferation of WebKit (which powers the browsers on the iPhone, Android and webOS devices, with BlackBerry expected to join the mix next year), it's much easier to decide on a strategy for making your website pop on mobile platforms. We've put together a toolkit of resources for the designer and non-designer alike to get you started. Did we miss your favorite tool or service? Tools for Designers Other Resources

The Indie Gala - Set your price. Donate. Play! appvent calendar 2009 | every day a free iPhone game Jason Grigsby’s DOs and DON’Ts of Mobile Strategy Last week Jason Grigsby visited Google as part of our Web Exponents speaker series which highlights innovations in web technology. Jason is a tech leader in mobile web development. In addition to spotting trends in the mobile space, Jason is at the front lines building mobile apps at Cloud Four. Jason’s mobile strategy counterexamples include Chanel (they have an iPhone app but their website is unusable on the iPhone) and the difficulties of finding an Apple Store on the iPhone. DOs: Know your customers and what devices they use. DON’Ts: Don’t assume customers have downloaded your app. These all ring true for anyone with experience building for mobile. integrated image resizingvideo conversion and resizingseparation of content from markup so content can be used in native appsprioritization of content based on contextfull-featured APIs The challenge in my opinion is in the steps of breaking out content from markup and determining which content is appropriate for a given device.

The Google Places API (Developer Preview) - Google Maps API Web Services - Google Code Looking to use this service in a JavaScript application? Check out the Places Library of the Google Maps API v3. The Google Places API is a service that returns information about Places — defined within this API as establishments, geographic locations, or prominent points of interest — using HTTP requests. The following Place requests are available: Place Searches return a list of Places based on a user's location or search string. Each of the services is accessed as an HTTP request, and returns either an JSON or XML response. Authentication The Google Places API uses an API key to identify your application. Visit the Google APIs Console at and log in with your Google account. Places API Enterprise Customers Some features of the Places API — such as review summaries, and certain request filters — requires additional licensing, available as part of a Places API enterprise license. Visit the APIs Console and log in with your Google Account.