It was only a few days ago thatwe spokewith Adam Goldstein fromHipmunkafter a shakeup came to the world ofY Combinator. Today, Hipmunk itself is in the news after recieving $4.2 million in Series A funding, secondary to a $1 million seed round. But, this is The Next Web. Funding isn’t what we focus on here. We wanted to know more about why Hipmunk (a deceptively simple site, in appearance) needed the funding and what it plans to do with it....

At one of my earlier start-ups we were hiring and spoke to about 30 candidates. These processes always attract a wide variety of people and, to be honest, the occasional freak. This process was no exception. The first candidate on the second day was just amazing. We were looking for a community manager and this guy knew nearly nothing about computers or the web. He was old (compared to us), had been unemployed for years and admitted to having had some mental problems in the past....

Paradox Interactive’s highly-anticipatedgrand strategy titleVictoria 3is set to ship next year. It’s been over a decade since the franchise’s last title launched and fans are chomping at the bit to see what’s changed. One thing that hasn’t changed inVictoria 3is that it includes a fully-functioning, (somewhat) historically accurate depiction of the global slave trade as it existed at the beginning of the titular Victorian era. Victoria 3is a historical nation simulator where you take control of an entire country and try to shape its destiny....

It wasn’t all that long ago, in the scope of actual years, that we were communicating via BBS. Some of you might remember those. You’d sign in, via your 14.4 modem (though truth be told, the BBS dates back to the days of the 600 baud modem), post your thoughts and see what others were saying. If we’re going to look at ahistory of social networksvia computers, then the BBS has to be high on that list....

HistoryPin, a great website which brings the past right into Google Maps, has launched its first mobile app. Starting with the Android platform, the freeappwill let you browse old photos posted on the site. HistoryPin, much likeWhat Was There, gives users the ideal way to bring modern technology together with preserving images of the past. The site features stunning and fascinatingcollectionsof photographs, as well as virtual tours of some of the most iconic locations, such as New York’s Times Square....