“We’ve covered Whrrl, and several of its competitors, already on Webware,” writes Rafe Needleman, “but with the Where 2.0 conference coming up next week, I thought it’d be interesting to dive into this product just a bit more, since it represents some very interesting trends that are central to the creation of location-aware apps.”

Nicole Ferraro reported on conference highlights:

Vysr Beats Yahoo to the Punch With RoamAbout

What’s Next for Social Platforms?

Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 Is Not Over

Yahoo: Social Is Dimension, Not Destination
MySpace Talks Apps & Facebook (But Not Yahoo)

Fake Steve Jobs Invades Web 2.0 Expo

Searching for the Next Search Engine

Slideshow: Web 2.0 Expo

The prolific Juan Carlos Perez reports that “Marc Andreessen had no idea that the Mosaic browser he co-developed would kick off the Web revolution and become such an enduring and important piece of software.”

More from Juan Carlos Perez on Yahoo opening its platforms:

Juan Carlos Perez reports on Expo, starting with the great opening line:

D. Mark Hornung is attending this week’s Web 2.0 Expo because he doesn’t want to get hit by a tsunami.

Where 2.0 program chair Brady Forrest rounds up geo activities: “Where 2.0 starts next week on May 12th, but that’s not evening the beginning of the geo-related activities that some people are calling ‘Where Week.’”

• Mark Andreesen Talks About Netscape and Ning
• CEO Max Levchin at Web 2.0 Expo
• Dan Lyons aka Fake Steve Jobs at Web 2.0 Expo
• Jonathon Schwartz Interviewed by Tim O’Reilly
• Yahoo Announces New Open Strategy

Web 2.0 Expo earned world wide coverage. Here’s what Jan Becker wrote for German readers

The News Blaze crew covered many of the major events and announcements at Web 2.0 Expo SF.

Bernardo Parrella reports on the conference: Prosegue l’abbraccio tra socialità online e mondo high-tech, mentre al Web 2.0 Expo di San Francisco Tim O’Reilly mette in guardia contro il “lato oscuro” della Rete…

More international coverage of several conference highlights in FayerWayer, Dosis diarias de tecnología en español.™

Velocity conference co-chair Steve Souders recently participated in a webcast on “Even Faster Web Sites”:

Mathieu Ramage shares his take on the conference for French readers.

Caroline McCarthy contrasts the revelry of Web Expo parties with the more cautious tone of the conference itself in this post:

The economic attitude of the Web 2.0 Expo hangs in an awkward limbo: The tech industry relies on innovation, but no one can deny that these economic times demand caution. What’s a geek to do?

Mitch Wagner, on FriendFeed:

So I took a break from Web 2.0 Expo to get some alone time with my laptop and FriendFeed. Yes, I am aware of the irony: I have traveled all this way to a conference saturated with social networks, and I left the conference to connect with a social network.