NextWeb | NY Web 2.0 Meetup

The September Web 2.0 Meetup may be three weeks away (Monday September 24th), but we're ready to announce a few details about the event. First, as fall approaches, we've decided to add a few new features. We've decided upon a mobile theme for the the September Web 2.0 Meetup. We're going to choose a different theme every month so that we can showcase many of the new ...

CafeMom, the mother-oriented social networking community, just announced yesterday that it has raised $5 million in their latest round of funding from Highland Capital Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. (source: VentureWire) On Monday, CafeMom presented at the Web 2.0 Meetup in New York City. Matt Zarzecki, CafeMom's Senior Director of Design and User Experience, spoke about the company's history and success as well as ...

There's a lot happening these days at/with the Web 2.0 Meetup! First, Michael Chin, Senior Vice President of Marketing at KickApps, will be speaking/presenting on behalf of the company. As previously reported on the nextNY blog, Mashable and others tech-related sources KickApps received an additional $11 million (totaling $18 million with previous rounds) of funding that will go towards various divisions of their company. In other great news New ...

Yesterday, Colorado-based Me.dium launched an add-on for the IE7 platform, which was previously available for only the Firefox and Flock browsers. Me.dium is an add-on that "... shows you your online world and allows you to communicate with friends and others" in real time. The Me.dium Map allows users to view all other people online who are viewing similar things (incl. the website they are currently on) or what ...