Remember Philip Kaplan, better known as “Pud,” the guy who created FuckedCompany at the tail-end of the first Internet bubble? Yeah, him. He just joined Charles River Ventures this week as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. The EIR position is usually where venture firms park executives they...

I don’t know about you, but when I look at an online map and see outlines of buildings, I get a little frustrated. I want to be able to click somewhere, and find out exactly what’s there. And with a new feature in Google Maps , you can do just that. If you right-click somewhere on the map,...

This past Thursday, the GeeksOnAPlane group of traveling techies had the opportunity to attend Startonomics Beijing and learn about broad swaths of the Chinese web industry. The speakers, who represented companies such as Google China , Kong Zhong , Five Minutes and ChinaNetCloud , discussed topics...

Now this is the hack of the weekend or the hoax of the weekend. Some intrepid hackers have run what appears to be iPhone OS 2.x on a “multi-touch” monitor with accelerometer support. I’ve found a few examples of monitors that could potentially pull this off but I haven’t been...

A few months ago I was part of a team that was consulted upon to help launch a Philippines-based service that had “everything in a box” related to a particular telco’s property. Although the focus was with the blogs on my end, the bigger picture was with the actual portal itself. The...

Crisp, the online user-protection specialist, has confirmed a new partnership with the UK’s leading social media management and moderation experts, Tempero. Tempero moderate millions of messages every month in over 10 languages across user generated content platforms such as message boards, blogs,...

Here’s a question that’s been running through my head ever since Michael posted about FriendFeed being in danger of becoming the coolest app no one uses : exactly how many startups out there are trying to be the one social networking service aggregator to rule them all, and how many is enough?...

BOSTON, MA, June 4, 2009 SocialTrak, a new social network and online community for those who want to connect with friends, professionals, and potential customers in their local area, has launched. SocialTrak is designed specifically to locate, communicate, and network with others in a member’s...

Yesterday developer Rick Strom wrote a blog posted titled “ The Incredible App Store Hype “, in which he detailed some of the revenue stats he was seeing from the iPhone applications that he had released (some of which rank on the App Store’s top apps lists), and what other developers...

Today has been exciting for mobile phone enthusiasts. First, information on the HTC Lancaster was released . Details about the Lancaster include a 2.8″ touchscreen, full size slide out QWERTY, and will feature a unique HTC Social Networking integration client. Launch date on ATT is slated for...

Editor’s note : This is a guest post by Keith Rabois , vice president of strategy and business development for Slide , the social entertainment company. Prior to Slide, Keith was a VP at LinkedIn and an EVP at PayPal in charge of among other things, competitive strategy vis-à-vis eBay. He also...

We’ve all been closely watching the total user number for MySpace and Facebook and trying to predict the date that MySpace’s last stronghold will fall - no. 1 in U.S. social networking users. A year ago Facebook had super growth around the world, but U.S. growth was flat and we pondered...