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Loopt

is a Palo Alto, CA based startup that has built a revolutionary “social mapping” service to change the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their friends. loopt uses GPS (and other location technology) to show you where your friends are by automatically updating maps on your mobile handset. loopt also lets you send messages to nearby friends or receive automatic alerts when they’re nearby so that you never miss an opportunity to meet, and to journal your life with our geo-blogging feature. With loopt, mobile subscribers put themselves on the map.

Founder :Sam Altman

Website link: https://loopt.com/loopt/sess/index.aspx
Is this the next you-tube ?

http://www.slide.com/

About Slide, Inc.

Slide delivers customized shows of news, photos, merchandise and other digital information directly to your desktop or Web site. Slide takes everything you care about — your party pics, eBay listings, favorite blogs or the latest celebrity gossip — and brings it to you so that you can know more and do more while eliminating about a million irrelevant clicks from your day. Founded in 2004 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Slide is dramatically changing the way you consume information and interact with the people who matter to you. What’s in your Slide? Find out on www.slide.com. (quoted from www.slide.com)
Founder : Max Levchin

Is this the next you-tube ?

Searching for Web 2.0 startups ? Who’s in and Who’s out ? Check out this site that lists down all the Web 2.0 startups in categories ranging from audio 2.0, bookmarking 2.0 to community 2.0.