Beth Cox

Pixelpark, a full-service digital agency in Germany, and Intershop Communications Inc., a provider of electronic commerce software, formed a strategic alliance. Intershop will provide e-commerce software for Pixelpark’s locations in Berlin, Hamburg, New York, and Paris. The partnership news arrives along with the agency’s announcement of its newest office, Pixelpark France, scheduled to open August […]

Calgary, Alberta-based Net Shepherd and Dun & Bradstreet announced a Commercial Service Agreement covering three separate data-oriented projects. The first project, currently in progress, exploits Net Shepherd’s Internet Content Rating Community–the Internet Explorers Society–an online community whose members are actual Internet users. Members of the Internet Explorers Society will review and assess Web pages based […]

Internet investing services provider E*TRADE Group, Inc. and Japanese software distributor SOFTBANK Corp. today announced they have joined to form the E*TRADE Japan K.K joint venture. The new entity will provide securities investing products and services to the Japanese market through its Internet site. Under the agreement, SOFTBANK will retain a 58% stake in the […]

European telco Telecom Italia and Excite, Inc. entered into a partnership today to jointly develop an Italian navigation site. Under the non-binding agreement, sections of TIN or the Telecom Italia Net site will be programmed by Excite. The Redwood City, CA-based portal player will also lend its search and directory services to the site for […]

The Wimbledon tennis tournament has become an e-business, says IBM, drawing attention to the extensive online merchandising and sophisticated results system being implemented on www.wimbledon.org. IBM is responsible for all the information systems at this year’s Wimbledon, which takes place June 22 – July 5, 1998. The organisers of the tennis championships have worked in […]

Industry Canada Minister John Manley announced the availability of new wireless broadband spectrum to accommodate the increased demand for high-speed local access infrastructure required for Internet and e-commerce applications. “The telecommunications industry is moving at a rapid pace. Providing easy access to leading edge wireless broadband telecommunications is a crucial step in our connectedness agenda,” […]

Chinese Internet portal SINANET.com and Excite, Inc. announced an alliance today to deliver a new search engine that will allow users to search Chinese Web pages in both traditional and simplified Chinese characters. Beginning June 3, the “SinaSearch by Excite” service will allow users to search through more than one million Chinese Web pages regardless […]

America Online, Inc. announced today it will employ Lycos, Inc.’s search engine technology for various AOL services targeted at European users. Specifically, Lycos’ search technology will be used to boost the European NetFind search engine, a service AOL said generated over 50 million page views within the first few weeks of testing. AOL claims that […]

According to a new study from Environics Research Group, 40% of Canadian households have a PC and over half of these households have access to the Internet. The Focus Canada Omnibus survey covered current levels of personal computer penetration and Internet access in Canada. It also examined the age and gender breakdown of Internet users. […]

Bank of Montreal said that over 400,000 customers have taken advantage of its new MasterCard Internet Service which was introduced in mid-February. About 75% of the users check their balances or obtain information such as bill due dates or minimum payment amounts, approximately 20% want to review a list of recent transactions, and 5% ask […]

Ericsson Communications announced the formation of a professional services group by acquiring employees, expertise, and the client base of PSINet Professional Services Group, formerly the professional services division of iSTAR internet. With offices initially in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Ottawa, Ericsson’s new business group will provide Internet Protocol-based consulting and business solutions. The initiative […]

From uk.internet.com British and American lawyers representing BiblioTech Ltd., operator of Postmaster, Europe’s first free Web based e-mail service, said they are commencing legal proceedings to protect their client from “spoofing.” London, England-based BiblioTech has reportedly been a victim of spoofing, a process in which millions of unsolicited e-mail messages are mailed with a fake […]