Rejaw continues to add features to their microblogging platform. On Tuesday night they shouted a need for some “brief downtime” and just 15 minutes later they announced support for real-time notifications over IM. The notifications include updates for new shouts, whispers and followers.

At this time, notifications only work with Google Talk/Jabber. In their shout they add that there are plans to add additional services such as MSN and AIM in the near future.

For instructions on how to register your instant messenger visit their settings page at http://rejaw.com/account/notifications.

Rejaw, a new microblogging service, had been the topic on several Ping.fm users’ minds and was recently added to Ping.fm’s suite of supported services. Since the Rejaw API has been available to developers since the platform’s launch, the Ping.fm team was able to add support in a few hours.

What does this mean for users?

• Microbloggers have another account they can sign up for
• Ping.fm makes it easy to post to if you don’t want to use the Rejaw web interface or other apps

The problem that still remains, and is present with each new microblogging service that emerges, is keeping up with the network and conversations taking place. Socialthing can help as an aggregator of feeds from these platforms, but they don’t support Rejaw yet.