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No, we aren't going to let you take a break from checking out new social-status services; especially not when a new one is bringing something actually interesting to the table. Rejaw, just launched this week, describes itself as "a new way to chat with your friends, family, and coworkers." Combining short, Twitter-like messages with instant updates via custom push technology, Rejaw may have hit the sweet spot at the intersection of dead-simple, web-based microblogging and conversation.

Microblogging - more than fun? Martin Ebner Social Learning Computer and Information Services Graz University of Technology Steyrergasse 30, A-8010 Graz, Austria martin.ebner@tugraz.at Mandy Schiefner Center for Teaching and Learning University of Zurich Hirschengraben 84, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland mandy.schiefner@access.uzh.ch

If you are into online technology, you've certainly heard of Twitter by now. It seems many tech blogs can't get enough of how great Twitter is. The scene reminds me a bit of Facebook about 18 months ago. Apparently there's nothing Twitter can't do. In addition to people sharing that they just rode a horse; watched a video; cleaned their apartment; ate a hamburger or took a shower, now Twitter is being utilized as a key news source.