mobimii.com, the mobile social utility, has launched its new beta version which officially opens MXit, MSN, Yahoo, GaduGadu, QQ and other IM transports as well as in-application browsing and content sharing for the first time in South Africa and globally!

No longer are MXit users bound to the MXit service, they can now chat one-on-one and in group rooms, share content, search profiles and network with other social systems all from one place on their mobile for free!

Key differentiators from other mobile applications are:

• IM Chat including transports such as MXit, mobimii, MSN, GTalk, AIM, QQ, GaduGadu
• IM Bots for aggregation of Facebook feeds and information
• IM Bots for advertising/sponsorships/information/etc
• Free group chat rooms
• Offline text messaging to drive IM Chat (To be activated with SMS sponsor)
• Integrated text messaging communication with IM Chat (To be activated with SMS sponsor)
• Text messaging from J2ME application (To be activated with SMS sponsor)
• Profile editing, preferences and picture uploading
• Friend finder and profile search
• Content upload and download (For applicable handsets)
• Content browsing and download
• Premium rate content download and advertising placement
• Mobile multi-player gaming currently being added

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It’s been a week since I first heard off Plurk, and my first though was “not another Twitter”. I’m sure you know all the complaints users have on Twitter and looks like some smart guys wanted to prove that with a little bit more skills something great can be created.

I’m not going to call myself (and Charl) a Plurk guru, but for the last few days I’ve been using it and it sure is a great toy tool. Do you remember Mirc? Well Plurk is Mirc 2.0 and I’m sure it become the most popular microblogging /web IM solution simply because it’s much better.

The concept is great using a timeline to see whatever you friends are saying, Plurk introduces a new concept: karma. Plurk like hell and you’ll get the chance to change your name or to use special smilies when you want to express something. It also lets you divide your friends into “cliques”, meaning groups.

Plurk hasn’t experienced any downtime so far (relatively new), has a mobile version and should steal more and more Twitter users in the next couple of months. Although, we hope Plurk can scale their application as Twitter has suffered from continuous downtime the last few weeks.

Wanna join me on Plurk and tell me what you think ? Comment below if you want an invite..

[Updated 10 June 09:21am +2GMT]

Popularity: 45% [?]

Feedalizr is a Adobe Air desktop client that allows users to aggregate their Friend Feed account in a neat interface on their desktop. Launched earlier this year by SWAT (Strategic Worldwide Applications & Technologies) a division of Nasper’s MIH Internet, Feedalizr is one of the first quality Adobe Air applications to come out of South Africa.

Feedalizr recently launched their new version with major upgrades to the user interface, Flickr photo drag n drop integration and finally the most interesting feature: Feedalizr Video.

It’s pretty simple, you put your video directly into the Feedalizr application and all your Friend Feed subscribers will see it. Though you can record right from your camera in the applications it has one small drawback: the 30 seconds time limit which may not be enough to capture your entire message.

Some of the things you can do with the Feedalizr desktop application includes:

• Updates for Flickr, Pownce, or Twitter
• Updates filtered by friend,
• Post videos - which is rather seamless, and records right from your cam in the app
• Drag and drop or upload pictures directly to Flickr
• Instant updates

FriendFeed has a public API and Feedalizr seems to be one of the first apps based on the platform. You can follow the Feedalizr staff through their Friend Feed account.

What’s your favorite Adobe AIR app? Drop a link in the comments!

Popularity: 32% [?]

You probably remember the scandal last year with the Belgian French-language newspapers that requested Google to remove their content from Google.be and Google News. They didn’t want money at the time and a court agreed that Google has to remove any headlines and links to their stories. Ironically, now they do.

For any sane webmaster, being featured on Google means power and obviously lots of traffic which gets monetized somehow, so in the end it means more money. But Copiepresse decided to get cash by suing Google for causing them damages from $51.7 million up to $77.5 million.

Could it be that Copiepresse finds it difficult to sell ads in their printed versions and their site(s) are not getting enough traffic to sell online ads? Will Copiepresse go bankrupt unless they don’t win this lawsuit where they want money? I’m dead serious about it and will keep a close eye on the subject to see the outcome.

Popularity: 42% [?]

UnitedForAfrica.co.za is a new portal dedicated to collective good, that wants to map reports of the current xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa. Visitors can anonymously submit violent incidents to keep each other informed and providing assistance to those persecuted.
The site which uses Ushahidi infrastructure (it’s their engine) and hosting, was put online by Quirk […]

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It was back in November 2007 when Afrigator beta launched for the first time and Bandwidth Blog attended the unveiling. Later on in February I was assigned first to tell you that the new Afrigator Mobile v2 is live and later on, the Afrigator optimized for the iPhone.
Afrigator has continued to innovate on their […]

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Lots of people were expecting the new Facebook user profile layout but the “company” was very slow in delivering. The new layout was supposed to be ready early April, but all we got were more details on their Developers page. Apparently the new layout will contain 5 main tabs : Feed, Wall, Info, Photos, and […]

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For those that have an eye on Adsense and all sorts of moneymakers, Google has a few interesting things to tell you: Adsense for Search is now powered by custom search. The benefits are simple but important at the same time, including improved indexing of pages, vertical search, the ability to fine tune search results […]

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Dave Wehner, the guy that was behind the recent AOL buys Bebo deal for $850 million, is the Managing Director of Allen & Co. Why would this be of any interest to you? Because the guy is rumored to be out pitching a LinkedIn venture capital round for nothing less than a whole big billion. […]

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Have you ever thought that there are investors that would spend money to businesses that have a close relationship with God? I have to agree I never did, but GodTube is here to disagree with me.
According to Rafat Ali, GodTube managed to raise $30 million from GLG Partners, a hedge fund. Guess they have a […]

Popularity: 20% [?]