Instant Chat enables SmartMobs - no doubt about it. Nick Gonzalez over at TechCrunch came up with the 6 biggest new ideas in instant chat.

Location based Instant Chat is one of the newer ways SmartMobs are communicating - and it makes sense - that you’d be able to communicate with others in your group nearby.

Instant messaging programs connect people across the Internet. Newer programs like RadiusIM and Meetro, connect people by their real-world location. RadiusIM is an AJAX application, while Meetro is a download-able client. Both allow you to fill out your location and profile as a way to meet new people in your area, or even another country. Unlike the other developments in chat, location based IM hasn’t seen heavy adoption on other platforms, which continue to connect people based on a user generated buddy list.

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Links: TechCrunch