Mobile Instant Messaging

The last two phones I've had have featured MIM (Mobile Instant Messaging) software as part of their standard set up. Unfortunately this is not a feature supported by my network but it did always intrigue me as to how well such a service would work. Both phones were/are 3G phones so I didn't doubt that the speed could be quite fast but I was always weary about the cross platform communication between the phone software and the internet based IM network.

I was reminded of MIM over the weekend when I read a review of the new 3G iPhone, which will feature a new app called loopt. Essentially this is a mobile social networking tool with messaging and location built in. With a renewed interest in MIM I did a little digging and came up with two very interesting things:

1) A recent report by the Gartner group indicated that mobile instant messaging (MIM) is poised for massive global growth and could eventually replace SMS as the primary peer to peer tool of choice on mobile.

2) This fantastic video by Paul Barrett of One Degree

Nokia India produce another crazy ad

I'm a Nokia fan - I always have been. I remember my first Nokia brick over ten years ago. When it comes to their advertising however, sometimes I just don't know what to make of them. This is pretty crazy!

Disarming Britain

I StumbledUpon this earlier and was totally blown away (pardon the pun). This is an extremely striking and thought provoking concept. It's the full length promotional film from Channel 4 to promote their 'Disarming Britain' series which begins on 30th June.

Facebook No Longer The Second Largest Social Network

Since Facebook opened its doors to non-college members it has seen huge growth, this April however was perhaps the biggest milestone: Facebook officially passed MySpace in terms of unique monthly worldwide visitors. Data released by ComScore shows that each network is attracting around 115 million people each month.

Smart LDA

Websites for alcoholic beverages must generally confirm age before allowing entry to the site. Depending on the country of origin this could be as simple as asking are you of legal drinking age, or (as is the case in Ireland and the UK) they ask for your date of birth. For the site designers and developers this can often be a pain - people generally don't want to fill in forms or give their details.

Two really good examples of making this as easy as possible is Liveit.ie and Heineken Draught Keg