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While tracking for standard banners has become relatively common for banner ads, getting direct verification for streaming advertising has sometimes proved difficult. Seattle-based TheDial has introduced real-time audio ad verification services for its advertisers. The new technology tracks each stream as an advertisement plays, and sends a “ping” to the ad agency’s server to record […]

While tracking for standard banners has become relatively common for banner ads, getting direct verification for streaming advertising has sometimes proved difficult. Seattle-based TheDial has introduced real-time audio ad verification services for its advertisers. The new technology tracks each stream as an advertisement plays, and sends a “ping” to the ad agency’s server to record […]

While tracking for standard banners has become relatively common for banner ads, getting direct verification for streaming advertising has sometimes proved difficult. Seattle-based TheDial has introduced real-time audio ad verification services for its advertisers. The new technology tracks each stream as an advertisement plays, and sends a “ping” to the ad agency’s server to record […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] The Belgian Internet bookseller Proxis has lodged a complaint to the EU Commission about five German wholesalers. News reports from Tuesday say that Proxis is accusing the wholesalers KNO, Libri, Umbreit, Wehling, and Kvnemann of behavior that is adverse to competition. The wholesalers have apparently refused to deliver German-language books to Proxis. The […]

Microsoft Corp. has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire Digital Anvil Inc., a games developer based in Austin, Texas. Under the terms of the pending acquisition, Microsoft would gain the rights to select Digital Anvil titles, including “FreeLancer,” as well as a yet-to-be-announced title currently in development for the Xbox video game system, scheduled for […]

Just days after announcing it was getting out of the high-speed Internet resale business, Starnet Inc., went back to its roots in a big way with a dial-up wholesale agreement Tuesday with Juno Online Services Inc. Last week, the wholesale dial-up provider announced its decision not to provide broadband Internet connectivity, citing a lack of […]

SymRx, Inc., a new pharmacy technology firm, has acquired Redmond-based CornerDrugstore.com, a provider of B2B and B2C electronic commerce solutions for independent and small chain pharmacies. Maryland-based SymRx, through the CornerDrugstore brand, will now provide nearly 2,000 independent and small chain member pharmacies across the country with online management tools as well as personalized e-commerce […]

With a couple of test-runs now under their belts, online advertisers are reevaluating their marketing strategies for the 2000 holiday season. According to an executive survey by Jupiter Research, sixty-four percent of Internet retailers plan to spend the bulk of their ad dollars online vs. offline this holiday shopping season. Only 21 percent of online […]

Vixel Corporation today opened the doors to its new solutions and interoperability lab at its Bothell, Washington headquarters. The new $2 million lab was constructed to streamline the process of certifying Vixel’s multivendor Storage Area Networking solutions, and to leverage the Fibre Channel switch interoperability standards that are nearing ratification. According to the company’s white […]

Start-up HighSpeed Surfing has unveiled a wireless network designed for homes that have cable Internet access. The company unveiled four products aimed at setting up wireless networks based on the 802.11b wireless networking standard. It says its initial goal will be to have cable operators sell the network to consumers. Initially, the network supports Windows-based […]

Portland-based FundingPool.com has announced the launch of its latest charitable initiative, The Giving Pool Project, which has in just over a week met its initial goal of providing 50,000 meals for hungry people this holiday season. The project ultimately hopes to feed hundreds of thousands more and has plans to extend the program into the […]

Interactive digital television has been on the minds of many marketers for many years now, yet a number of problems seem to plague its progression. One such issue is digital commerce management. Qpass yesterday announced an agreement aimed at solving this problem. The Seattle-based company will integrate their Connected Commerce Platform and eWallet transaction services […]