The second half of the startup competition at our

The second half of the startup competition at our MobileBeat 2009 conference in San Francisco is starting now. This morning, a group of companies presented a range of mobile services; now, seven more companies (selected from hundreds of applicants) are presenting a number of cool mobile applications.

Here are the companies, what they do, and the news they’re announcing on-stage:

Aloq

Aloqaour article about Aloqa's funding .

CardStar

CardStar

IQ Engines

IQ Engines

Ringful

Ringful

SocialScope

SocialScope

Tazzle

Tazzle

waze

wazemy article about waze when it first launched in the United States.