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"iBloks is a service that I reviewed back in June, when they announced $3 million in VC funding.  The most remarkable thing about the product was that it seemed utterly pointless: you download the iBloks application, put together some units called \"mods\" and create a kind of 3D animation (or a \"multimedia entertainment experience\") that you can then email to friends or use on mobile devices.  The company wanted to make money by charging for special mods, without any explanation as to why people would want the product in the first place.\nThe MySpace Angle\nToday, however, iBloks emailed users to announce the launch of iBloks Web, a web-based version of the product that actually makes some sense.  As the name suggests, they're moving the iBloks tools to the web, which removes the massive barrier of getting someone to download the application, and also makes the service available to Mac users.  The tool is similar to Jumpcut and Eyespot, allowing you to upload photos and music, mix them into a movie and post it to MySpace, hi5, Piczo, Xuqa, Xanga and other networks.  You'll remember that MuveeMix is another recently launched movie mixer for MySpace.\nSo have iBloks seen the light and given up on their ill-advised downloadable product?  It doesn't seem so - they presented it at the DEMOfall conference and they claim to have launched a new version of the app this week, although I can't see any mention of it on the site.  Frankly, a web-based product that plugs into social networking sites is a far better idea.\n\niBloks WebFor more products that are plugging in to MySpace, see the MySpace codes category."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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