links for 2007-02-23

• 25 startups to watch | 1 | Business 2.0
  "It's getting crowded on the Web 2.0 frontier, but there are still some startups that truly stand out. Business 2.0 Magazine identifies the ones most likely to strike gold in 2007.:
  (tags: Web2.0 startups)
• eSchool News online - More 'reliable' Wikipedia soon to launch
  "Wikipedia co-founder aims to create a more authoritative online encyclopedia"
  (tags: Wikipedia)
• Man Says He Sees Virgin Mary's Face In Cocoa Pebbles Cereal - News
  For $20,000, you can get one holy piece of cereal. It's up on ebay
  (tags: weirdnews fun ebay)
• eMarketer.com - Podvertising
  "Even though podcast advertising spending was a mere $3.1 million in 2005, it rose to $80 million in 2006, and eMarketer forecasts that it will grow fivefold in the next five years."
  (tags: Podvertising Podcasting Advertising Stats)
• Wireless internet | WhyMax? | Economist.com
  "A much-hyped wireless technology is about to be put to the test"
  (tags: wimax Wireless mobile)
• FOXNews.com - College Couple's Nasty 'Breakup' Becomes Big Hit on YouTube
  "A one-time college couple say their melodramatic Valentine's Day breakup — complete with singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade — was real."
  (tags: youtube Memes Video)
• FOXNews.com Video: Beating Email Addiction
  "Productivity coach creates 12-step program for e-mail addicts" I need a 30-step program.
  (tags: Email culture workplace blackberry)
• Edelman.mobi
  I believe we're the first PR agency with a mobile site!
  (tags: PR Edelman Mobile)
• Google AJAX Search API - Book Bar Wizard
  "Embed a book bar on your web page and let your users see Google Book Search results for search expressions that you define."
  (tags: Books Marketing Search Google Widgets)

Comments

[Mike]

Congrats on the launch of Edelman.mobi anf thank you for the daily intelligence you share with your fan base. BTW - Edelman.mobi looks great from my T-Mobile Dash.

Steve, why doesn't your blog showcase more Mobile Web happenings. The NBA, StateFarm, BMW, Rolls-Royce, All State, and several other Fortune 1000 companies have launched dot mobi sites onto the Mobile Web. The Mobile Web/Mobile TV will be the premier advertising/pr channel soon.