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Loopt is in the news today. In addition to getting a nice surge in iPhone downloads after being featured in an Apple TV commercial, we've heard that they've hired investment bank Allen & Co. to represent them in a sale or financing transaction. A sale in this economic environment is extremely unlikely, so we're guessing they're looking to add to the $13.3 million they've already raised ...

The Web is an extremely fickle place. A Web service can be hot today, and dead in the water tomorrow. While there's no true science for determining exactly what makes one stick while another languishes, there's a lot to be learned after one fails. Considering a startup?

With all of the hype surrounding Web 2.0 companies like Facebook, Flickr and Twitter, it's easy to forget that lots of Web companies still fail. Here are 10 that failed in the past year -- and why.

Facebook and MySpace, the two largest social networks, eagerly launched new iPhone applications last Friday. Both quickly shot up the top apps list. Apple has since turned off the download count feature, but Facebook is no. 7 on the free list, MySpace is no. 11. But while both applications are useful for heavy users, they [...]

Is dialogue dying in a digital world? That was the question posed in a segment on magazine programme Carte Blanche at the weekend. The answer to the question is a resounding "no". In fact, the opposite may be true.

Many businesses and government services have been closed or have changed their hours of operation during the holidays. Here is a partial list of those affected:

1. Hwy. 52 southbound The right lane of Hwy. 52 southbound from Interstate 94 to Plato Boulevard will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday for bridge maintenance. A width limit of 12 feet will be in effect. 2. Hwy. 96 westbound The right shoulder of Hwy. 96 westbound between Mendel Road and Manning Avenue will be closed from Monday until Oct. 26 for maintenance. 3. Hwy. 121 northbound Hwy. ...

mikemuch writes "It's been a while since AOL stopped trying to jam third-party IM clients, and their use is now a fairly common desktop experience. ExtremeTech has posted a roundup of free alternatives to the standard IM software from the big boys — AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN (now Windows Live) Messenger. The products are a mixed bag, some of them Web 2.0-based, like the excellent meebo and ...

Reviews: You don't have to run three IM applications just because you have AIM, Yahoo, and MSN Messenger accounts (or even more). These free software and online clients let you combine all, and add there own twists.

It's a common question asked among friends: "Where are you?" Sam Altman decided to answer that question with social mapping technology.

Meetro 0.66 (free) combines instant messaging with social networking, allowing people to chat with Meetro users in their home town, while displaying profile information such as blog posts and Flickr favorites. Third-party IM clients such as AIM, ICQ and MSN can be integrated. The new release makes the program a Universal Binary, and includes prev...

The leader of the pirate group DrinkOrDie has pleaded guilty on charges of copyright infringement, and faces a stiff fine and up to ten years in a federal prison. Read More...

Immortalizing the ballpark's unlikely icons See that beer vendor with the wire-rim glasses, massive arms and big smile who's pouring you a cold one at the ballpark? That's William Dennis. The muscular vendor has been hawking concessions at Chicago ballparks since 1977.

The police in São Paolo, Brazil conducted a massive raid today on counterfeit CD and DVD manufacturers, seizing over 30,000 discs with pirated content. Read More...

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The years 2000 and 2001 were bad for Internet companies. There was so much hype about this e-commerce thing that no company could match expectations. Even Amazon.com, a company that sold actual physical goods and actually sold physical goods saw a precipitous decline in its stock price in 2000.

For a while now I've thought it would be cool to have a regular column that gave a quick and dirty overview about (and some insight into) an industry/trend/issue. The ChiBus staff actually asked everyone who was qualified to do this if they would want to author the column.

Meetro is an internet company that helps people get together on line. It's is part of the next wave of Internet companies, a phenomenon called Web 2.0.

Meetro has released a new version of the Meetro client for Mac, offering iTunes integration for notifications of song changes via Growl. The 'location-aware social messenger' software enables users to search for people or invite friends via the enhanced Dashboard, and Meetro notifications notify users instantly when a user leaves a profile comment ...