links for 2007-02-07

• IMified – Instant Productivity
  Imified is an instant messenger buddy that works accross all major IM networks and offers access to a growing number of web applications and tools. Courtesy of Micropersuasion
• Tom Coates talks a little about moving to the US
  One of the UK’s biggest tech and media bloggers says about his possible move: “It was a good week that calmed many of my gut-wrenching horror nerves about the practicalities of moving to the US”
• European startup Plazes raises €2.7m
  Plazes, based in Zurich and Berlin, is announcing its first institutional round of financing
• One-Third of Frequent YouTube Users are Watching Less TV to Watch Videos Online
  “Over three-quarters (76%) of 18 to 24 year old males say they have watched a video at YouTube, and 41 percent visit YouTube frequently.”
• An Inventive Video Journey To Web 2.0 : Somewhat Frank :: Web 2.0 ● Technology ● Life :: Blog by Frank Gruber
  A cracking video about what Web 2.0 is, titled, “Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us”
• About stealth and buzz marketing in the UK: Psst! Have you heard? | Advertising | MediaGuardian.co.uk
  “The buzz marketing industry in Britain is almost totally unregulated. Stealth marketing, when it occurs, appears to be in breach of several articles of the Committee of Advertising Practice Code”
• Micro Persuasion: Indy Colts Internet Guru Blogs on Sports Marketing
  Superbowl winners the Indianapolis Colts’ sports marketing boss blogs, and more on their soon to be launched social network.