With the launch of the new Firefox 3, we have updated the Mister Wong toolbar plugin. If you have already or plan to download Firefox 3, then you will also need to download the updated toolbar plugin. The toolbar plugin makes bookmarking as easy as clicking a button.

Update or get yours now and wong the web :)

You can now bookmark videos directly from metacafe, one of the world’s largest video sites. On metacafe you’ll find some of the most entertaining, original videos on the web.

ShareThis has also added Mister Wong in their all-in-one button, making it as simple as ever to bookmark online content.

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TechCrunch and CrunchGear are hosting a meetup in Berlin on June 11th and Mister Wong is happy to be one of the sponsors alongside a great list of other German startups. We are looking forward to greeting Peter Ha of CrunchGear and Mike Butcher of TechCrunchUK and TechCrunch and welcoming them in as Berliners. For more information, see the original post on TechCrunchUK.

Since yesterday, the feed aggregator, Lifestream.fm, belongs to the Mister Wong family. Lifestream makes it easy for you to collect and publish all your online activity in one place. This way your friends can instantly keep up-to-date whenever you write a new blog entry, post pictures on flickr, post videos on YouTube, write on twitter, are active on facebook, and bookmark on Mister Wong. Over 40 services are supported allowing you to choose all of your favorite feeds.

The principle behind it is simple: Many online services allow access to user content outside of the original site through RSS feeds. This makes it possible to see the latest pictures on flickr, videos on YouTube, and even the newest bookmarks on Mister Wong. All you have to do is sign up for an account on Lifestream, just put in your username for the services you use, and your feed will be aggregated. Here’s an example :)

Stream your life and wong the web :)

We´d like to thank all of our users for making Mister Wong what it is today. And for those of you who haven´t gotten the chance to meet us and would like to see some of the faces behind Mister Wong, check out our introductory video being hosted on Sclipo.

Wong the Web!

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Jodi
Mister Wong Team

FICTIVE DAYS,a project developed by Peruvian artists Sergio Zevallos, is a two-week performance studio for the collective research of fictional characters. Six to eight artists/researchers will be selected to live and work closely together in a large Berlin apartment and adopt and maintain the identity of a mainstream film character. To participate in this project or for more information go to: www.wooloo.org/fictivedays

THE SANDWICH BOX is an ongoing, collaborative artwork and has been circulating between artists around the world since 2004, but this is the very first time that the project is launched in its current form. As part of the NEW LIFE BERLIN Contemporary Art Festival, artists anywhere in the world can apply to obtain THE SANDWICH BOX suitcase for one week. To request the SANDWICH BOX or for more information go to: www.wooloo.org/sandwichbox

OPEN DIALOGUES: NEW LIFE BERLIN is a critical writing initiative exploring online and offline communities during the NEW LIFE BERLIN Festival, in which local and international writers are asked to apply for taking part in discussing and developing critical responses to festival. In collaboration with the writers selected, OPEN DIALOGUES: NEW LIFE BERLIN will investigate the implications and role of critical writing as a discourse in relation to communities of contemporary art, and will develop organic responses to the festival itself as it unfolds. To participate in this project or for more information go to: www.wooloo.org/opendialouges

CABAN UNNOS: IT’S NOW-OR-NEVER, a project conceived and developed by the Sheffield-based art group No Fixed Abode, invites artists and other participants to collaborate on building a one-night-house in Berlin during the NEW LIFE BERLIN Festival. To participate in this project or for more information go to: www.wooloo.org/cabanunnos

That’s right, now you can add a comment to any website saved on Mister Wong, even if it’s not one of your own. But leaving comments is no fun unless others are able to respond to your opinion by adding their two cents.

Check out a few info pages now!

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All Mister Wong users are invited to participate in the 1st Wong Invite-a-thon.

Here’s what it’s all about:

• During the period between February 27th and March 30th 2008, invite all your friends, family and colleagues using the built-in invite feature.
• You will receive one point for each invitation accepted, and in which the invited user has bookmarked at least 4 websites on their account.
• The user with the most points at the end of the Invite-a-thon will receive a Playstation 3 and 2 games of his/her choice.
• Additionally, an iPod nano will be drawn among the 1st place winner’s friends.
• The top 10 finalists will receive an exclusive Wong polo shirt.

If you´re a blogger, you can invite your readers to join Mister Wong directly from your blog using the contest badge or link. To receive credit for the invitations via your blog, please use the following badge:

To receive credit for the invitations via your blog, make sure to use the following url: http://www.mister-wong.com/register/?friend=insert your username here

For example: The user, jsmith, would link to the following url on his blog:
http://www.mister-wong.com/register/?friend=jsmith

For complete rules, visit the official Inivite-a-thon page.

On your mark, get set, invite!

It’s great to have buddies, especially ones, who bookmark great sites. You can always surf their bookmarks to discover new and interesting sites to save to your own. It’s also great to have buddies to share your bookmarks with. But beyond surfing, sharing and saving, you can also use social bookmarking for info management. Becoming buddies with your colleague, for example, means that you can always keep each other up-to-date with important links for your work.

Here’s how the new buddy page looks:

Adding a buddy is simple, just click on the “Add buddy” link under a user’s name and send them a buddy request. You can even add a personal message. That user will get a short message and can confirm the request. Then you’re buddies!

You’ll see any unconfirmed buddy requests in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Just click on the link to go to the confirmation page to accept.

You can also keep track of interesting users’ bookmarks by adding them to your watchlist.

Make a buddy and wong the web :)