http://www.bostonstartups.org News and forums for Boston tech startups. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:44:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WebInno20 happened yesterday, and it was by far the largest Web Innovators Group meeting. It felt like there was close to double the amount of people from last time. My estimates put it somewhere around 700, though I could be wildly wrong. Some changes were in effect this time. The side ... http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/12/10/webinno20-recap/ Out of the seven companies named Friday as finalists in Amazon’s latest AWS Start-Up Challenge—designed to reward the most innovative companies using the cloud-based Amazon Web Services infrastructure to deliver their products or services—three are based right here in the Boston area. Original story on Xconomy. http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/11/17/three-boston-startups-finalists-in-amazons-web-services-challenge/ Mobile Monday Boston is hosting an event where 10 early stage mobile companies will demonstrate their new products. When: Nov 17, 2008, 7-9pm Where: Omni Parker Hotel - Rooftop Ballroom 60 School Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Register http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/11/11/mobile-monday-1117-early-stage-companies/ Mobile Monday Boston is hosting a reception this week. When: Wednesday, Oct 22 at 6:30pm Where: As part of Mobile Internet World 2008, which will be at the Boston Convention Center. Registration required (this is just for the MoMo event, not for MIW).   Mobile Internet World is a three day event from Oct 21 - 23 at the Boston ... http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/10/20/momo-boston-reception-at-mobile-internet-world-2008/ "Social Media for Social Change is a chance to bring social media people together, like we love to do on a regular basis, but with a specific focus on helping a generous cause. One of the goals of Social Media for Social Change is to explore how social tools can ... http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/10/01/social-media-for-social-change-event-at-harvard-on-october-10/ The event is titled Boston’s Most Successful Mobile Entrepreneurs. "This Mobile Monday Boston event will connect Boston’s leading mobile entrepreneurs with 15 tech and entrepreneurship-focused student groups from local colleges and universities. The event will highlight Boston as a global center in mobile and wireless and expose local students to ... http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/10/01/mobile-monday-boston-event-on-october-6/ David announced at the last Web Innovators Group that WebInno20 will be December 9, 2008. Also, don't forget to check out their job board. http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/09/25/next-webinno-on-december-9/ Boston based RunKeeper, an iPhone app that tracks your runs, launched just a few weeks ago, and it has already been mentioned on TechCrunch. Jason Jacobs is the man responsible for RunKeeper. I met him earlier this year when all he had was an idea. It's great to see his idea finally ... http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/09/25/runkeeper-mentioned-on-techcrunch/ The Web Innovators Group is "an informal gathering of people interested in internet and mobile innovation, WebInno is free and open to all in the community." The event is held from 6:30 to about 10pm tonight at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge. Registration and event details are listed here, ... http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/09/15/webinno19-is-today/ Framingham, MA based MyPunchBowl was mentioned in PC Magazine's Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites. MyPunchBowl is an event and party planning web site. If you notice any other local startups in the list, please leave a comment. http://www.bostonstartups.org/2008/08/20/mypunchbowl-in-pc-magazines-top-100-undiscovered-sites/