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Moblog is a blend of the words mobile and weblog. A mobile weblog, or Moblog, consists of content posted to the Internet from a mobile or portable device, such as a cellular phone or PDA. Moblogs generally involve technology which allows publishing from a mobile device.

Much of the earliest development of Moblogs occurred in Japan, among the first countries in the world where camera phones (portable phones with built-in cameras) were widely commercially available.

According to Joi Ito's History of Moblogs, the first post to the web from a mobile user was from Steve Mann in 1995. He used a wearable computer, a more elaborate predecessor to modern Moblogging devices. The first post to the Internet from an ordinary mobile device is believed to be by Tom Vilmer Paamand in Denmark in May 2000.

The term "Moblogging" itself was coined by Adam Greenfield to describe the practice in 2002. He went on to organise the First International Moblogging Conference (or 1IMC) in July 2003 in Tokyo, with the help of Paul Baron, Gen Kanai, Carsten Schwesig and Steve Graff. Less known about is the First International Love Hotel Moblogging Conference that took place a day before the real 1IMC event.

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Pocket Picks is a new mobile news blog from the UK. Created by the team behind the UK’s leading mobile games site Pocket Gamer, Pocket Picks is a brand new site designed to help you make the most of entertainment on your mobile.

Pocket Picks will feature news, hands-on tests, practical how-to guides, in-depth features, opinion pieces, interviews and competitions in every area of mobile entertainment.

Although it was launched today, there's plenty to explore already, including news of ITV's imminent mobile TV services, the latest on Nokia's plans to take on Apple with music downloads and Skype's entry into the mobile space, plus a guide to uploading your cameraphone snaps to the web, a hands-on trial of Gmail on the go and a handy introduction mobile citizen journalism.

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Overview of Blogging

Weblogging is a technique that makes it easy for people to publish their thoughts on the World Wide Web. Since the dawn of the Web, it's always been possible to publish content, but blogging simplifies the process and adds important features. Anyone with a web browser can publish a blog, without knowing HTML or any of the other technologies usually associated with web publishing: FTP, Telnet, Javascript, Java Servlets. Blogging is still in a volcanic stage technologically; the landscape is covered with competing and rapidly evolving packages and protocols.

The term "blog" is a shortened version of "weblog," which refers to a web site that is frequently updated, diary fashion. "Weblog" itself is based on "web," as in the World Wide Web, and "log", in the sense of a record of events.

Anton Zuiker has written an excellent, concise description of blogging.

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