Josh and I spent last Thursday at the Under the Radar event on entertainment and new media. At this event, 32 really interesting companies pitched to the usual crowd of venture capitalists, journalists, and potential partners and acquirers. There were gaming startups, virtual worlds operators, music streamers, and more. We picked our top five companies from the list; see the video for the results.
Check out our full coverage of the event (courtesy of Josh and News.com's Greg Sandoval; I was busy moderating), and stay tuned for a video of the keynote speaker, MTV's EVP Jeff Yapp. He runs MTV's virtual world programs as well as the media giant's foray into video gaming.
The first Web 2.0 Expo is behind us, and it was a good show. In addition to dozens of interesting panels (including, if I do say so, mine), there were about 115 companies presenting on a crowded expo show floor, and six interesting company presentations during the "Launchpad" sessions that ran on Monday and Tuesday.
With Webware.com's Josh Lowensohn and News.com's Erica Ogg, we picked our Top 5 Web 2.0 services from the conference. They are:
- Tellme, which has a new downloadable app for getting useful 411-like info on your mobile phone. (news)
- Octopz, a very slick collaboration service we covered a few days ago. (hands-on)
- Dapper, which can make any Web site into an RSS feed or widget. (field report)
- Coghead, a Web-based database that just came out of beta. (hands-on)
- Spock, the upcoming people search engine. (preview)
Play the video for the full rundown.
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