A couple months ago I wrote that the mobile web sucks, based on my own user experience that didn’t seem to match the hype. Some people agreed, but a lot of people defended, passionately, the mobile web. Today the New York Times published some interesting data:

Vancouver, Canada - NowPublic, a Vancouver, Canada-based citizen journalism site, has raised $10.6 million in its first round of financing, led by Rho Ventures and Rho Canada, the Associated Press reported on Monday.