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Independent online comparison shopping service DealTime.com added new shopping categories including Flowers & Gifts, Health & Beauty, Jewelry, Kids & Toys and Office. The company said it will be adding Pets and Hardware by the end of the month. The company also signed agreements with Accompany and Zwirl so that DealTime.com users can search buying […]

E-commerce merchant rating firm BizRate.com signed an agreement with The NPD Group Inc., an authority in consumer panel research, to jointly develop and market co-branded e-commerce research products. “We’re working together to build the largest and most comprehensive panel of online buyers to date, allowing us to report in-depth on buying behaviors, attitudes and the […]

Internet innovator Pixelon, Inc. today announced the technologies behind Pixelon.com, a full-screen, full-motion, television-quality Internet broadcast network. “Under development since 1996, Pixelon.com is now poised to fulfill the long sought after vision of television on-demand broadcasting over the Internet,” said Pixelon founder and chairman Michael Fenne. Pixelon’s proprietary technologies include: “K-1” Encoding Technology — which […]

Japan’s Softbank Monday took another step to increase its Internet presence, pouring almost $60 million in two e-commerce companies. Softbank invested $39 million in business-to-business e-commerce service provider SmartAge.com and another $20 million in Cognotec. SmartAge.com will use the funds to bolster its position in the small business market, build its brand, and develop infrastructure. […]

RTIME today announced the immediate availability of its high performance, networking engine for Macromedia’s Shockwave. With the combination of Shockwave and RTIME, Web media properties and e-commerce companies can rapidly deliver new classes of interactive applications that span entertainment, advertainment, education, distance learning, community, and multiplayer games allowing users all over the world to interact […]

Onvia.com, a destination site for entrepreneurs, closed on $25 million in a Preferred Series B financing led by GE Equity. Venture capital firms Internet Capital Group and Mohr Davidow also contributed, both of whom were part of Onvia.com’s previous financing rounds. This round brings Onvia.com’s financing for 1999 to $48 million. The company completed a […]

Hotship.com, a new online package delivery company, said it has launched a pilot program to provide pricing options for a variety of levels of courier service from “an extensive pool” of established package delivery companies. Membership in hotship.com is open to e-commerce consumers, traditional consumers as well as businesses. Overnight pricing is available throughout Canada […]

HomePortfolio.com, a destination site for shoppers seeking home design products, signed a marketing alliance with women’s network iVillage Inc. The alliance brings HomePortfolio’s “customer convenience in home design” to iVillage.com’s 7.3 million unique users each month, the companies said. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. Brian Kardon, vice president of business development at HomePortfolio, noted the […]

AOL France has begun testing a new support service dubbed “AOL chez vous” (AOL at Home). Featuring home Internet support through a specially trained sales force, a preview version of the service began trials last week. Other companies have already attempted to market similar products, but failed to make it popular among users. “Everything is […]

Movilpage Communications, Inc. announced Friday it has entered into an agreement to acquire 90 percent of an Argentine company holding a nationwide 38 Ghz broadband wireless license in Argentina. The acquisition will allow Movilpage to become a fixed wireless broadband access provider in one of the largest international markets in the world. The license allows […]

“Creeping credit card security concerns pose a substantial threat” to the growth of e-commerce, says a new industry report. But there is some good news in the latest @plan Internet Poll. The study found strong evidence that online retail has reached critical mass and will likely give traditional forms of retail a bona-fide challenge this […]

The Neptune Society, one of the nation’s largest cremation companies, launched an e-commerce Web site to market its services “pre-need,” as they say in the industry. The Neptune Society said it has provided “an easier, non-intimidating, low-pressure atmosphere” on its site as an alternative to the traditionally sales-focused environment associated with the industry. The Neptune […]