We've all been there -- you need to get in contact with your friends; they're not answering their phones. You know they're online, but you need to have an actual voice conversation. Well, rejoice, our frustrated friends -- for Nimbuzz plans to bridge the gap between instant messaging and cellphones. Its currently-in-beta (no surprise there), free-to-download app supports "more than 500 [Java-enabled] mobile devices" and allows you to call and initiate voice chats with your buddies on Google Talk and MSN / Windows Live Messenger. In addition to keeping you on top of your online friends, it lets you make international calls to other cellphones at local rates, so long as whomever you are calling also has Nimbuzz installed on their device. Besides that, you also get free text messaging and the ability to have Group Calls with up to five buddies on your contact list regardless of how they are connected, and Nimbuzz says it is currently working on getting your AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! and Skype friends into the mix. Now that you know, we hope you don't mind as we run and make a few overdue calls to our pals across the pond and in the far East.

In the ever-expanding world of mobile searches, we knew it was simply a matter of time before revenue-hungry mega corporations dug in and gave the impulse caller in us all one more irresistible temptation. While Google's AdWords have already landed on mobile search screens, Ingenio has now inked a deal with Microsoft to enable location-based advertisements to appear atop MSN's "Windows Live searches" made via cellphones. Although Ingenio already has a similar agreement in place with AOL, this partnership will allow users who search for local "businesses, restaurants, and services" to see a single banner ad which will automatically ring up a nearby supplier with just a click. The oh-so-coveted ads are being "auctioned" to interested parties willing to shell out the most dollars to get their plugs listed first, fetching "$2 to $4 each" for typical entertainment clicks, while demanding "$20 or more for things like financial services and real estate."