Rules for URL shortening services

URL shortening has become a vital tool for social media networks especially with Twitter and other micro blogs gaining popularity. A huge number of shortening services have sprung up to meet the needs with some offering additional features like reporting on top of the basic service.

Came across these 3 rules (Commandments) for URL shortening services at the URL 360 and found them very interesting as they make a lot of sense. I wonder if some one is working on setting up a web standard for URL shortening and their use. The 3 commandments are:

1. Thou shalt not FRAME my url.
2. Thou shalt not display any advertisements during the redirection of my URL.
3. Thou shalt not promote additional information during the redirection of my URL.

Commandments: http://www.url360.me/commandments.html

An App Store for Enterprise Applications

via Techcrunch.

Ondeego will be launching a mobile app store (The App Central) just for enterprise applications today. The app store aims to address the neads of the enterprise workers and IT departments and at the same time providing a channel for enterprise focussed mobile developers.

More info:

>http://www.theappcentral.com

>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/10/ondeego-launches-appcentral-a-mobile-app-store-for-enterprise-tools

>http://www.ondeego.com

The number of mobile applications available for download has exploded in the recent years and there is definitely a market and need for niche content download engines that cater to specific needs of the users. I think its a neat idea and I believe more app stores will be launched soon that focus on a particular category of applications or user base.