Mapable : Dallas Does Tech Startups

Finally, I get to mention Mapable, a very cool new Dallas-based startup that's been in super-stealth mode for a while now. Not being able to talk about them was driving me up the wall, because they've got some neat stuff. Their mission is to "take common social activities on the Internet and put them on a map." The team behind Mapable were responsible for the digg-champion chat/maps mashup from back in November 2005, and they've taken the idea to its logical conclusion with a whole range of cool stuff, starting with the aforementioned chat application. One of the coolest things is the ability to add mapable chat to blogs and sites, check out the link below for a live demonstration.

Chat!

tags: dallas, startup, mashup, mapable, web2.0