Online sales accelerating, not 'maturing' -
BizRate.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Online retail sales during the first three months of the year
jumped 41 percent over the same period in 2001, according to a survey of
Internet merchants.
The growth is the biggest of four . . .
Jury is out on M-commerce and PDA Apps.(consumer opinion of
mobile phone internet purchases and short text messaging)(future of
Just when you thought you knew what the next hot electronic
frontier would be, market research proves you wrong. Here's fresh
data and commentary about what's really been happening in the
mobile . . .
Multi-channeling ourselves to the brink? (Editor's
Corner).
I think we've all learned to live in a pluralistic society,
respecting the rights of every ethnic group, being certain to use
inclusive language and make sure what we say is politically . . .
Playerless TV-style ads on Web catching on. (New Ad Technologies
Woo Surfers).(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
Advertisers love television because they understand it. So it is no
surprise that more 30-second TV spots are showing up on the Internet.
Despite a frosty advertising market, the CEO of . . .
Business news from Russia. (Sites).(Prime-Tass)(Brief
Article)
Prime-Tass is Russia's top business news agency. The site is
one of the best sources for live coverage of major economic and
political news in Russia and 14 former Soviet states. . . .
Online guidebook to business in China. (Sites).(Hong Kong Trade
Development Council)(Brief Article)
This is a useful, reliable guidebook to doing business in China
posted online by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's trade
portal Tdctrade.com. The trade council is a statutory organization . . .
The end of the free. (Sites).(Web sites go from free to
pay)(Brief Article)
Notice how many Web sites are going from free to pay lately? The
advertising slump is to blame as Web sites scramble to find revenue
wherever it is. Theendoffree.com chronicles free to fee . . .
Music-for-money hits sour note with online fans. (New Ad
Technologies Woo Surfers).(Brief Article)(Polling Data)
Even if popular tunes were not widely available for free on rogue
music-swapping services, few music fans would pay for the kind of
subscription services now being offered by major record . . .
Wireless banking services primed for breakout year. (New Ad
Technologies Woo Surfers).(Brief Article)(Polling Data)
The wireless financial services market is prepared to break out of
its heretofore "immature" state in 2002 and enjoy widespread
consumer use, according to a new study.
The study, by the GartnerG2 . . .
Trends show Internet's appeal not fading. (New Ad
Technologies Woo Surfers).(Brief Article)
Various reports to the contrary, the Internet is not losing its
importance for Americans, according to a new study from the Pew Internet
and American Life Project. If anything, the study says, the . . .
Streaming ads less "annoying" than banner ads. (New Ad
Technologies Woo Surfers).(Brief Article)(Polling Data)
An American public accustomed to traditional radio and 1V
advertising finds promotional pitches within audio and video streamed on
the Internet less annoying than those ubiquitous Web-site banner . . .
Is there life after free? (Editor's Corner).(Internet
services)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
Venture capital money put us all through a trip these last five
years. It helped create a slew of businesses that were ultimately
unsustainable, launch the cyber dreams of entrepreneurs who were . . .
Online licensing makes gains in Montana, New Hampshire.(Brief
Article)
State officials in Montana Thursday unveiled an online service at
http://www.discoveringmontana.com that lets users check the status of
licensed professionals, including accountants, physicians and . . .
Virtual micro-payment card tech developed.(Swedish company
Entra)(Brief Article)
A Swedish IT and finance firm has developed a virtual micro-payment
card technology which it says can be used across both the mobile and
fixed line Internet.
Entra, part of the TietoEnator Group, . . .
Small biz owners bullish on net for marketing.(Brief
Article)
The Internet has surpassed traditional marketing tools and has
emerged as a "must have" for 2002, according to a new study of
small business owners released this month.
The study, which was . . .
Case study: AWS' WeatherBug a successful business model more
than survives the online downturn.(AWS Convergence Technologies
Inc
Local -- really local -- weather appeals to lots of people: workers
who want to know whether it will rain in the time it takes to get from
the office to the subway, people who suffer from . . .
Online ads not off the radar screen.(Brief Article)(Statistical
Data Included)
Internet advertising, commonly blamed for company failures and tens
of thousands of lost jobs, is down, but not out - although it'll
take a while for online ad sales to make up for a significant . . .
The end of free.(online services)(Brief Article)
There have been several announcements lately telling of the demise
of free services or the institution of charges for a service that was
once free. ETL outlines some of the most recent ones here:
. . .
Patience is only a nanosecond away. (Editor's Corner).(Brief
Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Have you noticed lately that you have much less tolerance for phone
calls that take longer than a few minutes? Why didn't they write me
an e-mail, you think to yourself. Have you found that the . . .
Digital Dot-Commons. (Sites).(Center for Digital Democracy
site)(Brief Article)
The Center for Digital Democracy has issued the first installment
of "The DotCommons: A Virtual Tour of the Online Civic
Sector." The site offers a survey of more than 100 Web sites
devoted to . . .
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