News Open-Source Social Network Elgg Launching Hosted Service Curverider, the company behind the open-source social network Elgg, is launching a hosted enterprise social networking solution called Elgg.com. The product, in private beta until September, will compete directly with other social enterprise vendors such as Socialtext, Yammer, and Salesforce.com's Chatter. Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
StartUp 101 Strategy Roundtable: Online Education Startups Today's roundtable was organized in collaboration with TiE Delhi, and had a special emphasis on the online education sector with three out of the five entrepreneurs presenting education businesses. Ankur Mehra and his associate Aditya started off by introducing GuruVantage. Ankur and Aditya have determined that training managers at various Indian… Sramana Mitra View comments
Google Google Earth vs. Looters We've written before about the innovative use of Google Earth to locate a previously unknown human ancestor. Archaeologists are now using the service to find and to guard against a persistent foe of the record of human life on the planet: looters. The Google Earth Blog (different from the official Google LatLong blog) traced the development of… Curt Hopkins View comments
Design Forrst: Stack Overflow Meets Tumblr When asked if he would mind his startup being described as "a Tumblr for designers and developers," Forrst founder and developer Kyle Bragger said he wasn't sure, but that he probably wouldn't mind. After all, that is precisely what his product is - a community where users can share their links, pictures and text in a micro-blog format, with a… Social Chris Cameron View comments
Government Apple Bans Cartoon Ulysses: This Week in Online Tyranny Apple bans Ulysses, again. Apple, energized by its campaign against porno, required Rob Berry, a graphic novelist, to redact the lovely lady lumps and other human bedanglements in his interpretation of James Joyce's novel, "Ulysses," called "Ulysses 'Seen'" before he could offer it in the iTunes store. This, of course, is the problem with all… Curt Hopkins View comments