ICANN has gone mobile for the upcoming public meeting in Mexico City, using icann.mobi to publish useful information for all attending the event.

The mobile version of the website will help conference attendees access information directly from their phones including the full meeting schedule, a map of the venue, a twitter feed, security advice, taxi numbers, hotel information, restaurant and bar reviews, as well as the weather forecast.

[via ISquattedYour.EU]

The new 2.0 firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch includes a new Safari shortcut that goes beyond “.com”.

According to The Unofficial Apple Weblog, when you type in your web address you can now hold down the “.com” button to get the choice of three more extensions – “.net”, “.edu” and “.org”.

There is no word on whether or not “.mobi” will ever be added to the list.

[via Tuaw.com]

dotMobi, the registry for .MOBI domains, has purchased the intellectual rights to Mowser, a software that automatically converts regular web pages into sites that are compatible with the mobile web.

The deal was made less than a month after Russell Beattie, the founder of Mowser, said he didn’t believe in the mobile web anymore and was going to stop working on the program.

[via TechCrunch]