Microsoft Targets Teens With Social-Climbing Phone

Microsoft   on Monday unveiled two phones for the socialista set — people whose lives revolve around social networking and being in constant communication with friends.

These are the Kin One and Kin Two. The phones run a specialized version of the Windows Phone 7 Series operating system.

“Our strategy is a cohesive focus around Windows Phone,” explained Robbie Bach, president…

Facebook Helps Social Start-Ups Gain Users

The only thing more challenging than deciphering the names of all the social-minded Web sites battling for attention at the South by Southwest technology conference here — Brizzly, Vicarious.ly, Stalqer, Quora and so forth — would be the chore of signing up for each one individually.

But a growing number of start-up companies are getting around this problem by,…