MobileMagic: the Saff by saff west edition...

Online activists support uprisings around the world. Here’s what we know about them. I know, I'm obsessed. I really am.

Facebook Plans To Put Ads In Messenger. Sigh...

Twitter is making it easier to direct message brands. Hopefully this will mean I will see less friends in Twitter shouting at Yodel and spamming my feed. Interesting for charities though….

Teens have a smart reason for abandoning Facebook and Twitter. Cough, been saying this for a while, cough, believe it comrades, private messaging is the new InstaFaceTwitterbook…

The Meticulously Engineered Grassroots Network Behind the Bernie Sanders Revolution. Fascinating article about how Bernie built his supporter base using digital techniques.

A charity using WhatsApp. MSF. Who are fricking brilliant.

The global tech community tackles the refugee crisis. Tech for good.

63% Of Us Now Use Mobile Phones. I’m surprised it isn’t more.

MobileMagic: Buona Pasqua edition...

Google Opening Physical Retail Location in London Shop. Take that Apple Store.

WhatsApp Reaches 1B Android Downloads. We are all getting a bit obsessed.

The message is the medium. The volume of SMS v Whatsapp messages and what it all means. Contains the graph that proves something.

Whatsapp leapfrogs traditional text messaging in popularity. You get the point right?

How the Brady Campaign used mobile in a multichannel approach to target key U.S. Senators with thousands of calls supporting gun control. A great case study on SMS use from the USA.

What fundraisers can learn from how activists are using mobile to organise. Some funny bloke (me) from Open wrote this. I don’t recognise him from his picture…

Sen. Ted Cruz stumps for SMS role in election campaigning. Why oh why oh why aren’t UK political parties using SMS properly?

London Transport Uses Beacons and Apps to Help the Blind. Faye sent me this one, I likes it.

Facebook Messenger app will soon allow people to send money to friends. This is good.

Text message reminders boost breast cancer screening attendance. Love this case study on SMS use from Cancer Research UK.

MobileMagic: the nieces were up for the weekend edition...

Texting on the toilet may be a good use of time - but it's a sign we're under too much pressure. In my mobile presentations I say 20% of UK adults admit to using their phone while on the loo, seems I am very wrong.

What is adaptive web design (AWD) and when should you use it? Just when you were used to the term ‘responsive’ you need to learn another one. Otherwise people may laugh at you behind your back.

St Paul's in Your Pocket brings services at cathedral to users' smartphones. This makes me super proud of Open. A little mention in the Guardian. When I told the nieces they just started at me.

Affluents Prefer Smartphones for Charity Donations, Food Purchases. I don’t believe ‘affluents’ is a proper word. But whoever they are, it seems they like making charity donations on their phones.

Welcome to the local high street … on your smartphone. All makes sense to me.

Samsung PowerSleep App: Help Fight Cancer. Using the computing power of phones while we are not using them. Love it.

For The Children's Sake, Put Down That Smartphone. What are the chances of that?

MobileMagic: No. I'm not at MWC2014.

Our love affair with the tablet is over… Controversial-ish!

This is from UNICEF USA. It is amazing. But you are only allowed to look at it on your mobile.

80% of UK users access Twitter via their mobile. Yes, yes, I know. You all know this. But PRETTY INFOGRAPHIC.

Samsung is getting smartphones to cure cancer while owners sleep. More smartphone smartness. via Dom Green.

3 mobile compatible non-profit e-Newsletters to subscribe to and learn from… Let’s all sing the ‘no one is reading your email unless it works on a mobile song’.

Automated text-messaging holds promise for diabetes management. Well this is interesting.

MobileMagic: the big apple edition

UNICEF USA raises $18K via SMS for Philippines typhoon relief. Some data from the USA.

Sprint Halts SMS, Call Fees to the Philippines from U.S. Subscribers. This is a good thing.

The smartphone and the customer journey: a Google perspective. Projecting smartphone penetration to be 75% at the end of the year.

Legion trials cashless technology for Birmingham Poppy Appeal. An actual NFC fundraising example. Blimey.

Mobile Is Eating The World. Some people don’t seem so sure. But, it is where the people are.

And if that isn’t enough. This presentation is BRILLIANT. You will steal lots of these slides for your presentation.

Mobile Phones Against Poverty. Infographicals.

Mobile checkouts: how user-friendly are the top 10 US retailers.

Mobile now drives 28% of all web traffic. A new report says 28% of all web traffic is via mobile, a 67% increase from Q3 in 2012.

McDonald’s mobile payments ambitions grow internationally. McDonalds get it. And they shift some burgers.

I took this picture on the NYC subway last week.

MobileMagic: Take a walk on the wild side

Stockholm's homeless now accept donations - by debit card. Vendors for Sweden’s Big Issue equivalent take donations on smartphones. Can you imagine what the Daily Mail would say…

Peering Into the Future of Media. Not totally mobile, but a fascinating view into the future of media.

Text Messages Are Saving Swedes From Cardiac Arrest. Mark found this. It’s good.

Over 40% of YouTube traffic comes from mobile. (spotted by Fiona). Fascinating stuff. Mobile users will soon be able to download YouTube video and watch it later. We love video, we think video on a mobile should be, short, fun and a film that can work with no sound…

Wikipedia pilots articles-via-SMS service aimed at Africa. Very interesting indeed. I really think the UK consumer/charity supporter would use an SMS info service. I may be alone in this thought.

Africa Connects - Mobile Phones On the Rise in Africa, Internet Use Inching Up. A great collection of statistics from Africa.

A simplistic but useful email marketing cheat sheet.

MobileMagic: Who wants to be a Millionaire?

Mobile. I think it might just catch on… Just in case you didn't get the memo. Mobilise. Last week. Hit £1M in donations for clients. Whoop!

Teenagers and social networking – it might actually be good for them. A teenager, 250 texts sent every day. Yes, 250.

The Rise in Mobile Video. Some great stats about the rise and impact of mobile video in one of them infomationgraphics, that seem to be oh so very popular.

Infographic: 2013 Mobile Growth Statistics. And then like buses… another one. This one has lots of great stats about smartphone penetration, OS penetration and other geekish things…

Charity becomes first in UK to use 'smart advertising'… Not mobile, but very very interesting.

MobileMagic: We're mocking QR Codes

Mobile websites failing to deliver right experience to 52% of UK consumers. It really does matter.

Introducing Mrs DG onto the Open Fundraising blog. We should make it easier to give. The first run through the results of some mystery shopping we did in the summer to see how easy it really is to give on a mobile. On a mobile, we started in Google, searched for the charity and then made a £5 donation. And we timed it. We will release more of the info soon.

Mobile radio mobilises rural grassroots via cellphones. Great stuff from Greenpeace India.

Two points on QR Codes…

The Problem With QR Codes I laughed at this. I am a geek.

The final word on QR Codes (LOLZ). I bet it isn’t my final word.

Tesco launch their own Tablet. This will mean a lot more people will have a tablet…

T-t-t-t-t-that’s all comrades.

MobileMagic: the Open is 5 edition

Later in the week than usual due to birthday celebrations...

11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits. First UK charity to nail this is going to do very very well.

16 drop-dead gorgeous examples of mobile design inspiration. Pretty, oh so pretty…

Smartphones and tablets harbour more germs than toilet seats. And we all know how much response we get from washrooms…

Mobile phone emergency alert system to be tested in UK.

Pew: 60% of cell phone owners use their devices to access the Internet, 50% download apps, 21% make video calls. The numbers keep getting bigger. More and more people access the web via their phones…

Open was five on Thursday. James blogged here. I did here. 

MobileMagic: the Eurostar edition

Is there any real future for QR Codes in fundraising? Short answer. No. Longer answer. Hell no. A great blog post from Bryan Miller, who first made me aware of them and the reason why I used to blog about them so much.

Nine reasons why social and mobile are the future of fundraising. Absolutely great stuff from Jonathan at JustGiving.

We’re not ‘appy. Not ‘appy at all. I love this. Very clearly answers the questions to app or not to app. Clue. Don’t app.

10 very basic mobile stats. But we all need to remind ourselves of the basics from time to time… Well don’t we? 

Samsung release a ‘Smart’watch! What is the world coming to? Wonder which one of you stylish people will be the first to rock this particular look?

Allow yourself a few minutes to geek out over these pictures of old Nokia handsets.

Consumer Attitudes to SMS Marketing and Texts Alerts. I am a sucker for an infographic, this one is UGLY but the stats are interesting.

MobileMagic: the 42nd birthday edition

Smartphones Become UK Young Adults' Prime Place for Social. 54% of 18-34 year olds do most of their social networking on their smartphone. PC 28% and tablets 8%. What does it all mean?? It might mean that you need a mobile website.

Is texting becoming extinct? Some people think so. But they’re a little bit silly.

Toys "R" Us makes SMS linchpin in strategy to reach busy parents on-the-go. These commercial companies are really really getting their SMS on… And guess what, it works.

7 Fabulous Nonprofit Videoson Vine and Instagram. Some super Vine & Instagram examples. Snacking. Innit.

Macy’s boosts annual shopping/charity event with text-to-give strategy.

A glimpse of things to come? Mirror.co.uk mobile traffic beats desktop at weekends.  A couple of weeks ago I included the story of something similar for the BBC and now the Daily Mirror. It really might just catch on.

A link to a report from Everything Everywhere on how their customers are using 4G.

Video: What Young DonorsWant From Mobile Devices. OMG. Young people, on video, talking about mobile websites…

MobileMagic, I really should be in the garden...

The things that caught my eye this week. 

Five Ways to Build Your Nonprofit’s Mobile Subscriber List, this is what charities in the US and commercial companies are doing. I’m convinced that there is a place for this type of thing in our clients communications… Information, people want access to the best information…

Six great examples of mobile marketing campaigns. According to Econsultancy.

7 in 10 People in the UK Now Own a Smartphone. Feels high to me, but what do I know. But we do know that this is a number that is only ever going to increase.

Aid Workers Turn to Text Messaging to Improve Food Aid Delivery to Refugees in the Western Sahara. Neat.

American Red Cross Hurricane App wins Digitals 2013 Not for Profit Award. I think this was in last week’s roundup, which makes me a Wizard.

Sony Reveals New NFC Ready Android-Powered SmartWatch. Would you wear one? Less obvious than those Google Glasses we will all be wearing next year…

A neat idea from over the pond…. Text with the President.

A tiny bit of agency navel gazing. Interesting though. Full-service vs. niche: Brands split on which agency route to go.

Finally, an alternative view on the mobile phone >> Mobile phones basically haven't progressed since the Nokia 1110.

Tim is talking about Mobile at the IOF on Monday with Mrs DG and Alex from Save the Children. So if you are there go see.... 

Mobile bits & bobs collected in the last week...

This weeks collection of facts, stats and interesting articles that I email to my colleagues at Open and clients...

An infographic all about SMS. Showing worldwide use of SMS in a pretty picture. Apparently 1 billion text messages are sent each WEEK in the UK. The last bit made me feel a little bit sick.

This is awesome. A Twitter map that allows you to filter by mobile type. Select London and show Blackberry only. Don’t judge.

Seven inspiring examples of charity/ non-profit marketing campaigns, number one is a fab app from the American Red Cross that was used to great effect when Hurricane Sandy struck….

Smartphones and the rise of child accidents. Mobile, apparently is not great for using while you are mobile…

Starbucks says mobile payments now account for 10% of all purchases. Maybe they will pay their taxes by mobile?

Companies struggling with mobile optimisation and How usable are the UK's top 10 mobile sites? You know by now that I think all websites should look good on a mobile. All websites. NO EXCUSES.

Mark shared this one. Apple's 'iWatch' will be a huge hit – it contains some good stats on how many times a day we check our smartphones. 150+ if you’re interested.

I’m sure you saw James post about Mobilise. Over 50,000 recruits, over £550K raised and May was the first 100K month. High5!

Mobile magic. This weeks collection of mobile stories & facts...

I write this in a post IWITOT haze. Wasn’t it fun!

M-PESA The Economist explains: Why does Kenya lead the world in mobile money?... in simple terms for us all to understand.

The Rise of the Mobile-Only User from the Harvard Business Review.

Just 13% of people are happy to store credit card details on smartphones….

Sometimes things are just meant to bee that blog post wot I wrote about the Bees…

Get yourself a cup of tea and watch this man calmly state that traditional advertising is dead thanks to mobile. He might have a point. Let’s see shall we… Richard Eyre, IAB UK at Mobile Engage 2013.