Hello Everyone,

Want to know how many calories are in the food you are about to order at your favorite restaurant or coffeehouse? 

Search from thousands of different fast food, brand name and generic foods to get instant information on calories, carbohydrates, proteins, sugars and other nutrients, for free.

You can even search by restaurant names.

You can do  this and much, much more all from the comfort of your mobile Smart Phone browser, SMS text message interface, or desktop computer.

1.
From your mobile phone’s browser go to:
http://ccm.about.com

or

2.
From your computer go to:
http://www.calorie-count.com

Please note that you can setup the optional text messaging search & answer feature from the standard version of the website on your desktop computer, only.

Bon Appétit,

Mark

Hello Everyone,

Do you wish your favorite websites had a mobile friendly version that you could use on your mobile phone? 

Even though mobile devices are outnumbering computers and are able to browse the web, many websites do not have a mobile friendly version available. 

Viewing a standard resolution, graphics-heavy site on your mobile phone is often not a satisfying experience as it will most likely take a very long time to download, display, and navigate.

Luckily, there is a free online utility that can convert a standard website into a mobile friendly version without the website owner having to do anything to the site.

Thus, until your favorites sites have been updated so as to automatically detect a mobile phone connection that will signal the site to beam over a mobile optimized version, you may use a rather nifty service from Google to convert the site for you.

Do I have your attention yet?  (Smile) Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

I hope you enjoy this 50 minute Pod Cast in which I interview Ms. Roselle Ambubuyog, Code Factory’s Mobile Speak, for Windows Mobile, product manager.

Code Factory is the developer of Mobile Speak, the world’s leading screen reading, screen magnification, and Braille interface program for mobile devices.  It provides accessibility to blind and low vision users of wireless products such as cell phones and pocket PCs.

In this interview, Roselle officially announces and describes Code Factory’s new Windows Mobile GPS application, compares and contrasts Windows Mobile Smart Phones, Symbian, and Pocket PC devices, describe how to electronically display CDMA device I.D. numbers using MSS, defines the purpose of the Code Factory BLOG, discusses Code Factory’s support channels and policies and much, much more.  

Learn all about Code Factory at: http://www.codefactory.es/

You may contact Roselle at either roselle.ambubuyog@codefactory.es or
support.codefactory@gmail.com

Enjoy,

Mark
Episode 29: An Interview with Roselle Ambubuyog

Hello,

Is today your lucky day?

Use your mobile phone to get today’s lottery results, instantly.

From your mobile phone Web browser:

1.
Go to:
http://infospace.com/info.avant/infoapp/lotto.htm

2.
After the page opens, select a state or region.  This can be done by pressing the phone’s [ENTER] key on the selection field; a list box will open.  Choose the state or region.  The list box will close.

3.
Press the Down Arrow on the phone until you land on the “Get Results” button.

4.
Finally press the [ENTER] Key.  Today’s lottery results will be displayed for the state or region you selected.

Good Luck,

Mark

 

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following seven tasks you can perform with your mobile phone both useful and enjoyable.

1.
BUILD A BLOG:

Did you know that you can both create and update your BLOG from your cell phone?  That’s right!  You can actually create a new BLOG from your phone just by sending a text message to go@blogger.com.  In short order, you will receive a reply listing your new BLOG’s ‘ URL and a “claim code” to enter at http://go.blogger.com.  From this website, you have the option of routing mobile posts to the new BLOG you just created or an existing one.  While on the site, simply choose a template (if necessary) and you are done.  You will see your initial text message and any additional posts sent to that same email address will instantly appear on your new BLOG.  This is a simple way to get your first BLOG up and running, immediately.  Read the rest of this entry »

Great Site Ranking in Google The Secret’s Out
Google recently filed a US patent which reveals a great deal of how they rank your web site. Some of it you could never have guessed at…

How many years did you register your domain name for?
If it was only one then Google could hold that against you.

Why? Read the rest of this entry »

Greetings:

From the humble seeds of our technological imagination, have blossomed the fearless fruits of wireless progress.  Amen. (Mark Marcus:  February 6, 1967)

As is our nature, with each new fruit borne on the vine of what is now known to be the Information Superhighway, we, incredibly simplistic and characteristically conceited humans, that is, must invent, create, conjugate, elucidate, manipulate, punctuate, masticate, thus, in one way or another, find ways to express the inevitably unforeseen and most likely unforgiving consequences of our tech time toys.  Amen.  (Mark Marcus:  March 18, 1998) 

One of the most incredibly wicked weapons we wield in the “war on wisdom” is the wildly popular and wretchedly worthy wireless Smart Phone.  Amen.  (Mark Marcus:  August 10, 2005)    

Alas, we must admit and endure, from now unto forever, that we and we alone are responsible for the cunningly crass and cleverly conceived concept of “butt dialing”.

As defined in world class dictionaries, “butt dialing” is when one unknowingly and/or accidentally calls someone from a cell/wireless/mobile phone while it, the truly titillating, timeless, and, more importantly, transmitting trinket, is on one’s person but not in one’s hand.  Amen.  (Mark Marcus:  Friday, April 11, 2008)

Hello Everyone,

When you are ready to clean your laptop computer’s display screen, please keep the following in mind: Read the rest of this entry »

Hello,

One of the most puzzling decisions you may find yourself having to make is determining what kind of mobile phone to purchase.   

Believe it or not, the answer to this question is not simple, especially if you require the use of adaptive technology in order to access the phone such as a screen magnifier, screen reader, and/or Braille display.

In an effort to assist you in your purchasing decision, I offer the following suggestions: Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

Introducing Amazon.com’s Text Pay Me Service: 

In addition to Amazon.com’s Text Buy It feature, which allows you to browse and purchase products, via text message, from your mobile phone, Amazon.com has also introduced Text Pay Me, a service that allows you to send, receive, and request money, via text message, from your mobile phone.

This is, without a doubt, ground breaking technology for both sighted and non sighted Smart Phone users, alike. 

I am happy to provide the following information to you.

Enjoy,

Mark

AMAZON TEXT PAY ME

With Amazon TextPayMe, you can send money to any mobile number or email address right from your mobile phone. Some ways in which you can use Amazon TextPayMe include paying your friends, splitting a restaurant bill, or paying your babysitter.

LIST OF MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Read the rest of this entry »