An end of the summer roundup

Ah, the end of the summer… though it’s 90 degrees in Los Angeles and 80 degrees in New York today. But soon the kids will be back to school, the leaves will change colour and folks will break out these strange garments called … sweaters. So, as summer dies down, we thought we’d share this roundup of what’s still hot in the publisher world.

Who’s the boss? You are.
It’s been two months since Yahoo! Launched Yahoo! Search BOSS and so far we’ve seen some great products created with it. Our colleagues at the Yahoo! Search Blog are spotlighting a few folks who have developed on the new product. Be sure to check out some of the interesting products — maybe you’ll be inspired to a product of your own.

Making mobile waves
Mediaweek recently announced that mobile Internet usage is exhibiting healthy growth in 2008. According to a new report issued by mobile technology vendor Crisp Wireless, the total number of mobile web impressions generated by users surged by 29.4 percent in the second quarter of this year versus the previous quarter.

The mobile publishing and marketing industry is still taking its first steps but it’s worthwhile to check out some of the companies. You might want to check out some of the products and services from Yahoo! Mobile.

The politics of punditry
Our friends at Yahoo! Anecdotal recently published a post about the new and improved General Election Political Dashboard for all your folks following the race to the White House. The dashboard is highly interactive, detailed yet completely easy to use.

— Roger Park, Manager, Marketing Communications