links for 2008-07-27

by Brian Reich | 27 Jul 2008, 2:00am

• How to Save Local Newspapers: Make Them Mobile (New York Times)
  Verve Wireless’s mission is to save the local paper by making it mobile. It provides publishers with the technology to create mobile Web sites, so readers can read the paper on their cell phones.
• Online, a Community Gathers to Concoct A Neighborhood Eatery (Washington Post)
  “Most businesses are started because you have a great idea, and you take it out to the public to see if they like it. This is the opposite. We’re finding out what people want and doing it.” Simple. Brilliant.
• NASCAR Slow to Wave ‘Green’ Flag (Washington Post)
  Can NASCAR ‘Go Green?’

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