InternetNews Staff

All the Internet plays seem to be going to Europe and picking up the language, too. Beyond.com Thursday followed this trend with its launch of Symantec online stores for France, Germany and the United Kingdom. The stores will offer transactions in local currencies, with interfaces available in French and in German. Beyond.com will also manage […]

Consumer savings and direct marketing company CoolSavings has rolled out its college.coolsavings.com program to 150 college campuses nationwide. Students can register at college.coolsavings.com to gain access to a variety of savings opportunities for use at local campus-area restaurants, sporting goods stores, travel agencies, pharmacies, hair salons, jewelers and retail clothing merchants. More than 500,000 college-aged […]

EHPT, a joint venture of Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard, has launched Jalda, a new Internet micro payment technology. Jalda is a non-proprietary, secure Internet payment method that enables transactions from stationary PCs, mobile phones or any other communications device with Internet access, turning these devices into portable payment terminals, EHPT said. The system can work with […]

InfoXpress.com Inc. signed a deal to build up to 20 interactive buyer’s guides for DigitalMediaNet.com. Digital Media Net has built and maintains 18 business-to-business communities offering breaking industry and technology news, new product releases, original tutorials and techniques, white papers written by technical experts in the vendor community, classifieds, job and resume listings and examples […]

Direct computer retailer Dell Computer Corp. Wednesday entered an alliance with high-speed Internet provider Excite@Home in which Dell will offer Excite@Home cable Internet access to its customers. The agreement is specifically for customer’s of Dell’s Dimension desktop and Inspiron notebook PCs. When ordering the computers, buyers can order Excite@Home service directly from Dell’s customer service […]

Ericsson Wednesday unveiled three new wireless plays to add to its portfolio of mobile Internet access offerings. In Hong Kong, the company launched Chatboard@, a mobile phone with snap-on keyboard to be used for short message service messaging, e-mail and personal site editing. A corresponding Internet community Web site is also in the works, through […]

Global Music Network, Inc., a site for live performances of classical, opera, and jazz music, announced Wednesday that it has received a private placement in the amount of $12 million. GMN.com will utilize a significant portion of these funds to expand its marketing, content development and acquisition, and e-commerce activities. The $12 million venture financing […]

Aiming to take a bite of Australia’s holiday shopping pie, new e-commerce site ToySpot.com.au plans to open its online toy store by the end of October. The storefront, which claims to be the first Internet-only toy store in the country, is a division of Internet business TheSpot. “The toy market in Australia is valued at […]

IBM and Vignette Corp. said they will integrate IBM e-business software with Vignette’s E-Relationships solution, StoryServer 4. Vignette’s solutions will support IBM Net.Commerce, WebSphere application servers, DB2 Universal Database and the AIX operating system. “Vignette’s E-Relationships solutions complement IBM’s e-business software and will help customers expand their businesses on the Web,” said Dave Liederbach, vice […]

Snap.com, the NBC and CNet Internet portal services company, signed a deal with BizRate.com allowing Snap visitors direct access to customer-rated merchant rankings in Snap’s Shopping Destination area. “BizRate.com is a highly trusted rating system on the Internet,” said Steve Spinner, vice president of Snap.com’s business and channel development group. “By bringing their ratings directly […]

E-commerce intelligence solutions company net.Genesis Corp. rolled out CartSmarts, a visitor-centric package that enables the segmented analysis of online browsers and buyers. A value-added component to the company’s net.Analysis solution, CartSmarts creates a set of more than 30 automated reports that enable e-commerce companies to better understand online visitor behavior patterns within the context of […]

Cybermoola Inc. launched a new pre-paid card designed to let teens shop and purchase items directly and independently online. The card combines the features of a pre-paid phone card and the benefits of an online cash account, Cybermoola said. Current participating e-merchants include teen commerce sites in the areas of entertainment, custom music and apparel […]