Barry Elad

Back in April, Forrester Research released its now famous report predicting the “Imminent Demise of Most Dotcom Retailers.” With a few months left before this year’s online holiday shopping season gets into full gear, seattle.internet.com headed for the Eastside to see what one Bellevue-based company is doing to help e-commerce retailers revive. Ecadia’s President and […]

Microsoft and Intel will team up to deliver joint customers with end-to-end e-business solutions. The Lycos Network will be one of the first customers to benefit from the combination of Microsoft software and Intel-based servers. In other news, Microsoft’s CFO John Connors revealed yesterday Microsoft’s plans to spend some $4.4 billion in the upcoming fiscal […]

Portland-based Chrome Data, which provides data and software to the automotive industry for selling cars online, recently raised $21.9 million in its second round of funding. Wells Fargo Small Business Investment and Advance Publications led the round. Other participating investors in this round included FBR CoMotion Venture Capital and Net Market Partners. Mercer Island-based Returns […]

Seattle-based Senada.com has entered into a strategic distribution partnership with New York-based wireless website and portal Phone4.com. As part of the agreement Senada.com will work with Phone4.com to offer their members the capability of sending WAP Event Communications by creating a direct link from Phone4.com’s Web site to Senada.com’s site. Terms of the agreement also […]

Seattle.internet.com has learned that Redmond-based Web3000, a distributor of software and online advertising via a network of installed software products, has signed Florida-based Visiosonic’s PCDJ dual-channel MP3 player to its ad network. The signing of PCDJ marks Web3000’s second signing of a MP3 related software product. The first being Rosoft Engineering. The PCDJ PHAT application […]

Seattle.internet.com has learned that trophies2go.com, a trophy e-commerce site was launched just two weeks ago. The trophy dotcom is the brainchild of Issaquah Trophy’s Jeff Anderson who wanted to bring online his vision of providing people who work hard behind the scenes the recognition they deserve. Anderson’s entrepreneurial talent goes back to when he was […]

Seattle-based Loudeye Technologies added this week three international companies to its growing list of customers. Seattle.internet.com has learned that United Kingdom’s Freeserve, Sweden’s Musicbrigade and Hong Kong’s HNH International will all be using Loudeye’s digital media services. Freeserve, a broadband video portal with over 1.9 million active registered members, has chosen Loudeye to encode its […]

Prior to launching QuickMarketing, the company’s CEO John Christensen and President Jeff Bender worked as marketing consultants to small and medium businesses. Both had the opportunity to interview a lot of companies and noticed that most businesses neglected to market their companies effectively because of a lack of time, lack of knowledge due to turnover […]

BidCrawler.com launched yesterday the first of its new B2C auction aggregation sites in Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada. Users in those countries can now search the top online auctions in their specific geographic locations. The Bellevue-based company plans to enter the international B2B marketplace soon after it launches this functionality in the U.S. later […]

Seattle-based Activate introduced yesterday, in conjuction with the midnight launch of Windows Media Player 7, two customized skins that incorporate customized icons. As part of the Microsoft Media Skin Gallery, the new skins provide interactive enhancements to the standard Windows Media Player 7 and allow customers to personalize the branding and interface and extend user […]

Issaquah-based online appointment scheduler jacknabbit.com recently announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with New York-based wireless application provider Premdotcom. The partnership will allow Internet users to not only receive customized quotes on the wireless Internet, but instantly schedule a real-time appointment. “It’s a perfect match,” says jacknabbit.com CEO Richard Schulenberg. “Our alliance with […]

Vancouver-based online banner advertising network clickhouse.com recently enterned into strategic alliances with New York-based freeride.com and California-based ePublicEye.com. Freeride.com is an online loyalty and consumer rewards program. As part of the alliance, FreeRide.com members will be able to earn points by becoming part of the clickhouse.com network. EPublicEye.com is a global e-business rating service that […]