A bit of news that slipped through during the holidays…

On January 14th, Mobile community Mig33 named former Yahoo Exec, Steve Boom, as it’s new chief executive. Boom also joined the board of directors.

Boom’s background was in Yahoo’s ‘Connected LIfe’ division we he was responsible for Yahoo’s mobile business - so it looks like a really good fit.

Co-founder and former CEO, Steven Goh, will retain an active executive role with Mig33 as executive vice president and member of the board of directors.

Mig33, which is a subsidiary of Perth-based Project Goth Pty Ltd, closed a 2nd funding round of US$13.5 million 12 months ago and continues to be a leader in the mobile social networking space.

Their services include VoIP calls, instant messaging, text messaging and social networking and community features that let users share content while chatting in forums or specific chat rooms they create and share with friends.