The thing I find interesting about the digital world, is how something that isn’t technically ‘real’, or ‘alive’, can have such a huge impact on the stuff that is, the ‘real world’ itself. If you think about it, pretty much everything in our modern environment has a link to something digital or internet based, and with over 2 billion users worldwide, the internet itself must be the most powerful influence on earth today. Take a piece of fruit for example. It’s obviously not related to the internet or digital world at all, right? But what happens when a story goes out on the news (which is also digital), talking about a new found contamination of all the worlds apples or…

There are various directories of hashtags like TagDef, or Hashtags.org and you can also claim a hashtag (and add video and other media) at Twubs. Hashtags in combination with published times create twitterchats, or twitter parties.

We’ve developed a glossary of terms for mobile web development, so you need never feel tongue-tied again.  If you need to know the difference between an LBS and an MMS, a 3GS and a GPS, this is the place to look. It should work on any platform, and is optimised for mobile browsing, it even works without an internet connection (provided you’ve visited it at least once before). Is there anything you think we should add? You know what to do . . .

But for once I do applaud Microsoft. As someone who is just so excited by where the internet, our browsing experience, and technology will go in the immediate years I want people to upgrade their browsers! I want people to be able to experience the web as we envision it.

Mobile phone technology plays an ever-increasing role in the way we interact with the world.  Smartphones now represent over a third of the mobile market, so forward thinking charities are taking advantage of this new opportunity to get their message across.  Through mobile media, charities are connecting with younger and more affluent donors in their space, and using their language to communicate. Here at twentysix we’re not averse to doing our bit for charity, and with our iHobo app for the iphone generating the equivalent of £1.3 million in media coverage, our contribution is not too shabby. Here are some of our favourite projects for non-profits and charities for both iPhone and Android platforms: Fundraisers among you will be familiar…