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Long after they became fixtures in the hands of businesspeople and teenagers alike, mobile phones still hold a unique and unenviable position in the world of technology, a device that's loved and hated as intensely as any Anyone who's ever been forced to listen to half a conversation held on a phone in public, or had a peaceful moment or a business...
No doubt there will still be lines outside of malls and department stores early in the morning on Black Friday, long the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season But as the busiest stretch of the year for retailers gets under way, there are more signs that retailers themselves believe the lines may be a bit shorter at the stores, with more...
America Online officially launched an upgrade to its flagship messaging product, AOL Instant Messenger yesterday, and unveiled the AIM Triton upgrade as a desktop bundle of communications applications offering a range of other communications services in a single place Analysts said the integrated platform could build on the success of AIM, by far t...
America Online joined several other investors in pumping some US$16 million total into Internet television startup Brightcove, with AOL also securing the right to use the firm's technology to help content owners distribute video across its family of Web sites AOL joined Interactive Corp./IAC, Hearst Corp. and investment bank Allen & Co. to provide ...
Online advertising revenues continued to expand at breakneck speed in the third quarter, surpassing US$3 billion for the first time in history and growing nearly 34 percent over the same time frame last year In their quarterly report on Web marketing, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said sales totaled a rec...
In a move that underscores the growing importance of flash memory chips as consumer electronics devices continue to shrink in size, Intel and Micron Technology announced a joint venture that will create flash chips for the likes of Apple and others The two chip makers will contribute up to US$5.2 billion over time to the venture, with each contribu...
In a move analysts say could boost the fortunes of three companies and accelerate the adoption of mobile video, digital video recorder company TiVo announced a new service that enables users to transfer shows they've recorded to their video-capable Apple iPods and Sony PlayStation Portables (PSP) The enhancement to TiVo's portability function, know...
Microsoft said it had formed alliances with three partners to beef up the anti-phishing technology in several of its products, including the soon-to-be-released Internet Explorer 7 and its MSN Search toolbar The Micrososft Phishing Filter, which will be available in updates of Windows and in the Windows Live hosted software, will use lists of trust...
Moving into position to add cable-quality video to the voice, data and wireless services that its products help telecoms and other companies provide, Cisco Systems said it will buy cable equipment maker Scientific-Atlanta in a deal worth US$6.9 billion Cisco will pay $43 per share in cash in exchange for each share of Scientific-Atlanta, which has ...
Hoping to boost mobile Web use and unlock potentially massive revenue in the process, Cingular Wireless has revamped its mobile Web services with an eye toward making it faster and easier for users to access the Internet from the phones Cingular, the largest U.S. mobile carrier in terms of subscribers, rolled out what it billed as a "significant up...
Hoping to boost mobile Web use and unlock potentially massive revenue in the process, Cingular Wireless has revamped its mobile Web services with an eye toward making it faster and easier for users to access the Internet from the phones Cingular, the largest U.S. mobile carrier in terms of subscribers, rolled out what it billed as a "significant up...
Several major Internet companies have lined up behind a plan to certify downloadable software as being free of unwanted spyware or other programs that aren't disclosed to consumers seeking out downloadable software TRUSTe, a coalition of major e-commerce, Internet and payment companies, said its Trusted Download Program would launch in beta form ea...
Google Base, the search engine's bid to help organize a broad range of data, is now live and has begun accepting content for inclusion in the searchable, Google-hosted database When users submit data, Google will suggest attributes or tags meant to structure to the information, making it easier for other users to find it within Google Base. Eventua...
For Thralow, Inc., the majority of its e-commerce customers come from two sources: Those who go directly to its various sites, including binoculars.com, and telescopes.com, and those who find it through Google's AdWords listings "When somebody goes to Google and types in 'Nikon Monarch binocular' they are ready to buy," said Jon Thralow, director o...
Amazon.com and its investors got an early holiday present when Amazon shares were moved into the S&P 500 index, sparking buying interest in the e-tailer's stock Amazon slid into the S&P 500 slot to take over the listing previously held by AT&T, which is being acquired by SBC Communications. SBC, which has already said it will take on the AT&T name,...
Amazon.com and its investors got an early holiday present when Amazon shares were moved into the S&P 500 index, sparking buying interest in the e-tailer's stock Amazon slid into the S&P 500 slot to take over the listing previously held by AT&T, which is being acquired by SBC Communications. SBC, which has already said it will take on the AT&T name,...
Amazon.com and its investors got an early holiday present when Amazon shares were moved into the S&P 500 index, sparking buying interest in the e-tailer's stock Amazon slid into the S&P 500 slot to take over the listing previously held by AT&T, which is being acquired by SBC Communications. SBC, which has already said it will take on the AT&T name,...
Seeking to entice more software developers to work with its platform and to keep pace with Amazon and gird for a potential war with Google, eBay said it will end its practice of charging fees for those who join its developer network The change offers free access to eBay's application programming interface (API), the set of protocols and tools with ...
In what could be a bid to assuage some of the publishers angry about its efforts to digitize millions of books and a glimpse into a new revenue model for book publishers, Google is said to be weighing a book rental program Under the scheme that published reports say was pitched to at least one publisher, Google would offer users the chance to "rent...
America Online today said it would become just the latest media company to embrace the Internet as an alternative outlet for television programming, striking a deal with Warner Bros. to offer free, ad-supported versions of classic TV shows online AOL said it would use Warner content as the anchor for its new broadband video channel, known as IN2TV....
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