Aol launched Lifestream , a social aggregator and publisher, as part of their AIM platform at TechCrunch50 Last Fall.

Fresh off a $12 million investment, SMS GupShup , a Twitter-like service in India that is primarily accessed via SMS, is launching an App Store. The store aims to expand SMS GupShup’s ecosystem by allowing developers to create SMS-based mobile applications based off of the microblogging service.

Perfect Market , which markets solutions aimed to assist publishers in growing revenue from their online content, has secured $6 million in a Series C funding round led by Tribune Company . Just to be clear, that’s the media giant that owns newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times ...

hi5 , one of the world’s most popular social networks, has been actively remodeling its site to cater to the gaming industry. Last fall, the social network launched a totally revamped site that places a much stronger emphasis on games and virtual currency, along with a new avatar system

A bill introduced today in the Senate by Democrat John Kerry and Republican Richard Lugar proposes a new type of visa for immigrants who create startups and jobs in the U.S. A similar proposal is part of an immigration reform bill in the House

Evernote , the popular site, iPhone (and now Android ) app which lets you record your memories by snapping geo-tagged photos, making voice notes, or just text notes and making it easy to search through them, is gaining serious traction on the web. In December, Evernote just reached 2 ...

Nobody can say singer Imogen Heap doesn't stay in touch with her fans — she literally wears them on her sleeve.

Virtual currency monetization platform gWallet is announcing a new early-stage venture fund, gWallet Ventures, to invest in social gaming companies and promote innovation within the social gaming ecosystem.

FbFund- backed NutshellMail provides an innovative web-based service that lets users send and receive your messages from social networks, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and Twitter, in your email inbox. Today, the application has added a nifty feature that lets any Facebook page administrator create an automated email newsletter ...

Social Network Pro 1.0.3 Category: Social Networking Price: $1.99 ( iTunes ) Version: 1.0 -> 1.0.3 Description: Tired of switching from App to App keeping in touch with your friends?