Gameplay partnership with shopping portal
Lisa Curran, partnership manager at myTAXI said “myTAXI is more than simply a shopping directory and Gameplay’s high level of gaming editorial complements it perfectly.”
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Home networking set to take off
multiple PCs and devices within homes will reap a $4 billion market reward by the year 2002, according to a new study by a West Coast securities firm. This latest prediction, issued in a recent report by Los Angeles-based Wedbush Morgan Securities, underscores the increased focus from several corners of the industry on making it … [Read more…]
CTC chooses Mirapoint
Communications Corp. has selected its Internet messaging platform for the deployment of the service provider’s unified messaging service offering. CTC began the first-phase deployment of its convergent Internet-based e-mail, fax, voice and video services in December ’99.
PA New Media and DAG join forces
DAG, whose experience lies in digital entertainment, have recently received further funding from venture capitalists New Media SPARK who specialise in young software and internet companies.
Security issues deter shoppers
Less than one third of the 15m British internet users have purchased online. Fifty percent of interviewees were unhappy at the prospect of using their credit card for internet shopping and only 18% would trust online vendors with their credit card details. The survey found the British keen to research travel, books, CDs and computer … [Read more…]
efax comes to UK
Rudy Prince, CEO, says eFax has concentrated on promoting its free-to-receive service, unlike the market’s main provider J-fax.com. The service allows users to receive both faxes and voicemail messages as email, free of charge. Users are given a UK phone number, hosted by eFax.com, which receives the fax or voicemail message before automatically converting it … [Read more…]
Jupiter Communications Initiates Efforts in Latin America With New Research Services, Industry Forum
Jupiter Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: JPTR), the worldwide authority on Internet commerce, today announced the company’s expansion into Latin America, with the launch of a new research service, a version of the company’s renowned Internet Commerce Forum for the market in Latin America, exclusive access to the region’s most prominent consumer research panel, and the establishment … [Read more…]
Timex chooses Verity Information Server
Verity Information Server uses automatic, server-based query expansion, to turn user requests into detailed, sophisticated queries.
Virgin aims high with mobile phones
All Virgin phones will have access to online services like e-mail, account payment, a personal organiser facility and Release Radio, an internet-based radio service.
A quarter of N. Ireland households to go online
Overall, 78,000 homes representing 216,000 people, or 13% of the population have access to the internet, and Quest analysts predict that up to 20% of households in Northern Ireland will be online next year. These findings place Northern Ireland alongside Ireland, France and Germany and ahead of Italy and Spain in terms of Internet penetration. … [Read more…]