Carol King

When major franchises, discount wholesalers and mass merchandisers began to set up shop around the country, many skeptics predicted that small- and medium-size “mom and pop” operations would soon go the the way of the dinosaur. However, the World Wide Web has changed all that. Each day, new sites debut that unite small- and medium-size […]

Amazon.com and Toysrus.com Thursday teamed to create a new online store offering a variety of toys and video games. Once the new toy and video store is up and running at Amazon.com in the fall, the Toysrus.com site will serve as a gateway that redirects users to the new outlet’s location. Additionally, Amazon.com and Toysrus.com […]

Barnes & Noble.com Tuesday opened the doors to the first online bookstore that implements the Microsoft Reader technology. With the integrated technology, PC users who visit Barnes & Noble eBookstore can browse and purchase titles online. Once purchased and downloaded, titles appear in the user’s library where they can be organized by multiple attributes, including […]

Yahoo! Inc. Monday launched a service that simplifies the viewing of attachments in Yahoo! Mail. The flexible file viewing feature eliminates the need for special software to view file attachments. For example, email recipients who receive a business document can view that file without having the word processing program installed on their computers. The viewer […]

Broadcom Corp. Monday made a move to add new voice and data capabilities in its products. Broadcom will exchange about 5 million shares of its Class A common stock for all outstanding shares of Silicon Spice. Silicon Spice’s provides the core processing engine within the gateway and access devices that connect the traditional public-switched-telephone network […]

Intrusive Internet marketing practices came under new scrutiny this week when Register.com Inc. formally charged Verio with privacy invasion. In a complaint filed in New York City federal court, Register.com , an Internet domain name registrar, accused the Web hosting company with accessing its database and sending unsolicited commercial email and direct mail to register.com’s […]

Tribal Voice and Namezero.com have joined forces to expand the concept of instant messaging. Tribal Voice and Namezero.com, which provides free domain names and e-mail are creating a domain-name based version of Tribal Voice’s PowWow IM service. The service will allow Namezero members to form lists that notify them when their friends are online, send […]

Rare Medium wants to make it easier for Web developers to design user-friendly sites. The design consulting firm is currently building new labs in Dallas and London and will begin construction in Southern California soon. Rare Medium already has labs in New York, Atlanta and Sydney. The labs support Rare Medium’s user-centered design methodology and […]

IBM Corp. and Vignette Corp. Thursday formed a global marketing alliance that is expected to increase revenue by $1 billion over the next three years. The multi-year agreement integrates Vignette’s V/5 e-business applications with IBM’s WebSphere e-business platform. The strategy includes joint marketing and services. IBM will promote Vignette’s e-commerce software applications and has agreed […]

A service enabling growing businesses to create their own Web sites was launched by Broadwing this week. Broadwing’s shared Web hosting and ecommerce services is designed to let users build attractive Web sites and ecommerce storefronts without the cost and labor of keeping up with frequent technological advances in Web design. The service is geared […]

Priceline.com Wednesday added a new track to its name-your-price arena with the debut of an automobile insurance plan. Priceline.com Auto Insurance Agency Inc., a venture created in conjunction with holding company W.R. Berkley Corp. , will offer automobile insurance through priceline.com. The program is expected to roll out early next year. The new program addresses […]

Network Solutions Inc. Tuesday unveiled a Web site to help businesses stake a claim on the Internet. Dotcom.com is designed to guide companies in e-enabling themselves and conducting business on the Internet, said company officials. “Urban myths abound regarding the health and welfare of the new economy,” said Doug Wolford, senior vice president and general […]