Hipoqih Archive

Below are five of the hottest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending May 18, 2007. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.

NowPublic.com – Social Media: Making the News Public

The media is turning into a social phenomenon, what with everyday citizens touting camera equipped cell phones and digital cameras, just about anyone is liable to capture the next news item. This new breed of participatory news has found a perfect niche with web 2.0 sites like Vancouver based NowPublic. NowPublic is a fervid promoter of crowd sourcing—all its articles and content are submitted by the public, with users presenting links to external articles, or creating their own content onsite. read more »

Collactive.com – Digg This on Steriods

Perhaps you remember Collactive back when they were Blue Frog, the superhero service out to block spammers. In May of 2006, spammers decided to fight back, and as the story sometimes goes, the good guys finished last. After Isreali-based Blue Security abandoned Blue Frog, they decided not to let it bum them out, so they created Collactive, a kind of Digg on steroids. read more »

Hipoqih.com – Social Networking with GPS on Mobile

Hipoqih is a task to pronounce but has a killer idea behind it. This startup is a web 2.0 project and Google Maps mashup that aims to create a mobile social network with GPS geolocation. PC, PDA, Java Phones are all acceptable portals for the service, and all you have to do is register with the site and then install the plugin on your computer or mobile device. You receive alerts on your mobile based on the coordinates of your location. read more »

Hotpads.com – Map Based Apartment Listings

Hotpads is heating up the property rental industry. It's got tons of cool features which will make any renter grin. Hot Pads has paired up with Microsoft Satellite Mapping so that you can zero in on your apartment building of choice, right down to the street level. read more »

Ex.plode.us – Social Search

Explode is the site that lets you search for people based on their various social profiles and tags. Just type in the name of the person you are looking for or an interest that you want to find people under, and Explode will search a group of social sites. These include Livejournal, Vox, DeadJournal, GreatestJournal, Tribe, Flickr, YouTube, 43 Things, Twitter, and EduSpaces, as well as Explode, of course. read more »