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Webware awards; 1Cast and BBC; SinglePoint and MTV; etc.
Several Seattle companies -- including Evri, LiquidPlanner, Zillow and Wetpaint -- have been nominated for CNET's Webware 100 awards. Community voting ends April 30.
Craig McCaw-backed 1Cast has signed a deal to provide its online video news service to the BBC World News, allowing viewers to receive short video segments around topics of their choice.
Bellevue's SinglePoint said that it will handle the mobile text messaging ad campaigns on behalf of MTV Networks and NBC Universal, including mobile voting, sweepstakes, contests, breaking news text alerts and personalized content.
ReliOn plans to introduce a new backup power fuel cell technology later this year called the Eco-200T for smaller scale power applications.
Urbanspoon founders Patrick O"Donnell, Adam Doppelt and Ethan Lowry discuss how they didn't take salaries for a year as well as the success of their wildly popular iPhone app in a story by Emily White of City Arts Magazine.
DreamBox Learning has unveiled a new math adventure game for those in kindergarten to second grade, with the Bellevue startup offering a free version to any school in the U.S. or Canada before June 30.
Amazon.com and Expedia are beating Slide and EA in the Web Madness tournament, though voting remains open.
Headline of the day comes via TechCrunch which reports from the Web 2.0 Expo: "Is Office Finally Coming to the iPhone?"
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