Beth Cox

SwapRat.com launched a catalog-based online swapping service for consumers, allowing the barter of durable entertainment goods such as CDs, video games, movies and books. CDs are the first category available; In March, when the company changes its name to Switchouse, video games, movies and books, will be added, said Chief Executive Officer Michael Lin. “We […]

Spanish- and Portuguese-focused media company StarMedia Network Inc. signed a partner deal with EverSystems, a Latin American provider of electronic banking solutions to bring a pan-regional mobile banking offering to Latin America. StarMedia Mobile and EverSystems wireless Internet platform will be integrated to allow customers to conduct mobile banking transactions, such as account transfers, balance […]

Cornerstone Internet Solutions, a provider of business-to-business services and solutions, said its B2Bgalaxy.com subsidiary will market its proprietary PowerPurchasing and associated PowerProducts technologies as a packaged e-commerce solution. The technology has been powering Cornerstone’s FOODgalaxy.com, an online exchange for buyers and suppliers in the foodservice Industry. The technology, which uses Oracle 8i for back-end database […]

ePredict.com launched as a new financial Web site “that uses unbiased Internet polling” to aggregate the opinions and likely behavior of investors to predict future stock performance. In beta testing since October 1999, ePredict.com said its proprietary “Systematic Analysis” has been accurate 69 percent of the time producing a return on investment of over 33 […]

Cymerc Exchange Inc. launched an online B2B exchange for the purchase and sale of used brand-name communications equipment. The company said the site initially will focus on the global market for used voice and data communications equipment and later will leverage its business model to other IT segments. “We think there is a tremendous opportunity […]

E-Commerce infrastructure solutions provider Netegrity Inc. announced what it called a “breakthrough technology for securing and managing affiliate networks.” For the first time, this new affiliate services technology enables e-commerce portals to expand their offerings by integrating partners into a virtual portal that provides a unified set of services to customers, the company said. This […]

AltaVista this week said it plans to expand its European presence to include an additional 18 countries by the end of the year and hopes to be offering local content search sites to an estimated 136 million European Internet users by 2002. Following the successful launch of www.altavista.de in April of last year in Germany, […]

It was kind of a dog day afternoon down at the agency when the tip came in: APBnews.com signed a deal with America Online Inc. to syndicate its crime, justice and safety content to several AOL brands. Financial terms were not disclosed. APBnews.com will provide feeds of breaking news, features and personal safety information through […]

Merchandising, sales, and services operation Styleclick.com said it will replicate its flagship e-commerce site for the Japanese market via a services and licensing agreement with Styleclick-JP Inc., an Internet service provider in Japan. Styleclick.com said it will assist Styleclick-JP in building and managing the new site, receiving up-front development fees valued at approximately $1.4 million. […]

Outsourced e-commerce transaction services company CyberSource Corp. signed luxury goods retailer Ashford.com for its Payment and Risk Management Services. Ashford.com carries a selection of diamonds and more than 13,000 upscale watches, designer jewelry, leather accessories, sunglasses, fragrances, bath and body products, ties, scarves and writing instruments. Ashford.com has implemented CyberSource Credit Card Services and the […]

Sun-Netscape Alliance operation iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions yesterday announced iPlanet Portal Server, describing it as a “full-service platform for deploying robust e-commerce portals.” The new product provides all of the membership management, personalization, aggregation, security, and integration services needed to deploy today’s demanding e-commerce portals, the company said. While many portal products offer specialized functionality, such […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. deployed a scaleable, secure platform to support both wireless and conventional Internet commerce. The mobile e-services/commerce platform will enable customers to conduct transactions, from anywhere, at anytime, using any type of communications device, HP (HP) said. “The full benefits of e-commerce will be reaped only by those companies who integrate mobile devices into […]