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A new Web service site called egripes.com has launched with the aim of helping consumers who feel they have been ripped off. Services are being marketed to those “who don’t want a lawyer but still want fairness,” the company said. “People are tired of having to pay for some company’s mistake with their time, money, […]

NBC Monday signed a strategic partnership with Internet telephony firm Net2Phone Inc. to offer the telephony services from its properties: NBC.com, Snap.com and NBC Interactive Neighborhood. NBC also said that it, Snap.com and NBC sister company GE Capital will acquire equity stakes in Net2Phone and will retain the right to nominate a member to Net2Phone’s […]

Just4Biz.com launched a site that uses volume buying to bring discounted, name-brand office supplies and services to small-to-medium-sized businesses. At the same time, the company announced an alliance to offer payroll processing services in conjunction with Automatic Data Processing (ADP). The company operates an “I-Marketing” program that provides virtual e-storefronts customers with products from manufacturers […]

Real estate information and services company RealEstate.com signed a two-year agreement to become the sole provider of mortgage information and services on Excite@Home’s broadband @Home service. Excite@Home will build a new “Mortgage Wizard” on its high-speed @Home service in which subscribers can participate in RealEstate.com’s Mortgage Auction, a real-time, competitive online auction for home loans. […]

YouthStream Media Networks, also known as Network Event Theater, signed an agreement with Inktomi to provide college students with access to more than four million products from 350 popular merchants via the upcoming mybytes.com. mybytes.com is YouthStream’s Internet hub for the college market due to launch on Aug. 16. Through mybytes.com’s proprietary personalization capabilities, products […]

eShare Technologies delivered its NetAgent Re:sponse e-mail management system that integrates with its eShare NetAgent customer service chat application. Both NetAgent Re:sponse and the NetAgent real-time suite share the same user interface and technology architecture, making it easy for online customer service agents to simultaneously serve customers via chat and/or e-mail, the company said. Both […]

Multimedia Development Corp. Sdn. Bhd. (MDC) has launched the Multimedia Super Corridor’s (MSC) Central Incubator at Cyberjaya. The central incubator has been identified as the nucleus for the National Incubator Network that will link eight other centers which are already in operation. These centers include Technology Park Malaysia, UPM-MTDC Incubator and Kulim Hi-tech Park. “The […]

nCipher Corp. Ltd., a provider of hardware-based online security and transaction accelerator solutions, received a new round of venture funding totaling $8.25 million. The capital will enable nCipher to expand its sales and marketing programs, as well as fuel the research and product development efforts, the company said. New investors include 3i Group PLC, Bank […]

InXsys Broadcast Networks, a provider of online advertising and auctioneering services, will change its name to BuySellBid.Com Inc. in a move to better reflect its goals. The decision is subject to shareholder approval. InXsys Broadcast Networks, which will become a division of BuySellBid.Com, will continue to develop turnkey Internet commerce solutions for its customer base […]

Real-time personalization solutions provider Net Perceptions formed a partnership with Quintus Corp., a provider of contact center solutions for customer relationship management (CRM). The alliance marks the first time that Net Perceptions’ recommendation technology will be available in conjunction with CRM contact-center software, giving companies that use the joint solution a significant competitive edge, the […]

E-mail and messaging services company USA.NET formed an outsourcing partnership with BizClicks.com, a site for home office and small business operators. BizClicks.com’s customers will be offered USA.NET’s Web-based e-mail messaging services. Financial arrangements between the companies were not disclosed. “This partnership is a big win for small businesses everywhere. By 2002, the SOHO population is […]

The ever-evolving industry of e-commerce isn’t just about making profits. A market research firm reports companies conducting business over the Internet are expected to realize nearly $1.25 trillion in savings by 2002. Giga Information Group Inc.’s latest research also found worldwide businesses in industrial nations enjoyed e-commerce-driven cost savings of $17.6 billion in 1998. The […]