Whattup Folks, So I did a show.  More like, had an hour where I figured out how to do this show.  Not too horrible.  Not too killer either.  Kinda fun in a sick way.  lol... a sick way. Anyways I'd just like to say props to my friends Jen & Felicia who helped me wander through my de-virgini...

Loopt looks very cool. I downloaded it early on for the iPhone 2.0 software, but after I set up an account I saw the “Invite Friends” step, and I just couldn’t do it. Even though the service ties into my iPhone contacts, and online allows me to blast my contacts on Gmail etc (altho...

One thing I quickly noticed when browsing the App Store, both in iTunes and on the iPhone, was that there seemed to be some bizarre method of listing the apps. I like finding things in neat categories and alphabetical order within the categories, but there seemed some anomalies in the sorting that p...

A few days ago, I posted an essay about the recent history of “moral panics,” or “technopanics,” as Alice Marwick refers to them in her brilliant new article about the recent panic over MySpace and social networking sites in general. I got thinking about technopanics again to...

It’s not official quite yet, but the iPhone App Store is live and you can download version 2.0 of the iPhone software - which is all you need to run the 552 applications currently available. We’ve been gathering videos and overviews of many of the applications and have held them until no...

When Loopt first released their location-based IM client last November it was only available for Sprint and Boost Mobile phones. The concept is fantastically simple and elegant, combine the ability to talk with your friends on IM and see their locations. This can help you meet up with friends or see...

As Apple gears up for the launch of its 3G iPhone, outside developers and startups are finally going to get to sell or give away their own applications that run natively on the phone (as opposed to being optimized for the Safari browser, as are most legal, third-party apps today). These apps, which ...

Get ready for the Internet of people, places, and things. Thanks to the iPhone and Android, it’s just around the corner — no pun intended. BusinessWeek reports that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capital firm behind the iPhone funding program iFund, have chosen two companies a...

Weplug is a new social networking site out of France that aims to combine the best parts of Twitter, Facebook, and geo-location. The site has just entered public beta, and is available on the iPhone at the same URL. Weplug has a clean interface and full featured (if somewhat generic) social networki...

In a move that’s sure create both interest and controversy, CBS Mobile has teamed up with social networking company Loopt to offer location-based ads on CBS Mobile News and CBS Mobile Sports. It’s going to be using Loopt’s GPS technology. The Mountain View company, which was starte...