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The launch of responsive Android smartphones and the Apple iPhone shifted consumer habits away from text-based web directories. Users transitioned to feature-rich native applications and standard, cross-compatible HTML5 web browsers.

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A technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network.

BFcom essentially acted as a curated content library. Because "discovery" was hard on a 2-inch screen without a proper search engine, these portals were essential. They were the "App Store" before the App Store existed.