InternetNews Staff

Minneapolis-based ESD firm Digital River formed an international partnership with Global DirectMail, a direct marketer of brand name and private label computer, office and industrial products. Digital River will offer more than 100,000 digital products for electronic delivery through Global’s U.S.-based online store, as well as its online stores in the United Kingdom at www.globaldirect.co.uk […]

Six million Internet users claim they have fallen victim to credit-card-related fraud, including unauthorized use, according to a national survey by The National Consumer League. “This survey shows that Web era consumers are every bit as vulnerable as those who were around before the Internet changed the way that more and more of us do […]

There is an immediate demand of around 500,000 new Internet connections in India, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom). At present, there are about 250,000 Internet subscribers in the country. The survey estimates a demand of 1.5 million connections by the end of the year 2000. […]

New York City-based Internet Tradeline Inc., a provider of turnkey, electronic commerce-enabled stores, entered into an agreement with Advance Internet to provide private-labeled online malls for the latter’s online affiliates. Advance Internet affiliates serve 22 cities throughout the U.S. Financial arrangements between the companies were not disclosed. “We chose Internet Tradeline to build Point & […]

InfoSpace.com plans to launch ActivePromotion, an integrated private label merchandising solution. The solution is designed to provide local merchants and e-retailers the ability to customize, promote and cross-sell an item through InfoSpace.com’s shopping, classifieds, auctions, and yellow pages distribution channels, the company said. ActivePromotion also will provide sales feeds to ActiveShopper, the company’s next generation […]

Singapore-based developer of business-to-business e-commerce solutions bex.com pte ltd. Wednesday linked its two e-commerce exchanges, IBEX (International Business Exchange) and UBEX (Universal Business Exchange), to allow business transactions between member companies in Southeast Asia and greater China. bex.com, formerly called Lyrehc International, formed UBEX April this year in partnership with Taiwanese company Ho-Yeh Investment Ltd, […]

Online postage providers E-Stamp Corp. and Stamps.com have received approval from the U.S. Postal Service to enter the final phase of an online postage trial. Both companies are participants in the U.S. Postal Service’s online postage initiative, Information Based Indicia Program (IBIP). The companies provide electronic access to digital postage for mailing customers and also […]

Not content to rest on its e-tail laurels, Amazon.com announced Tuesday it is venturing into the food arena, taking a 35 percent stake in Internet grocer HomeGrocer.com worth $42.5 million. The move is the latest effort by Amazon.com to capitalize on its customer retention and use that advantage to expand into other retail sectors. Earlier […]

Netscape Communications today released version 4.6 of its popular Communicator Internet suite, available for free download at Netscape Netcenter. Like previous versions, Communicator 4.6 offers the popular Navigator browser and Mail e-mail utility. The company claims speed enhancements designed to outperform rival IE5 in download time, and included in the upgrade is a complimentary copy […]

Networking firm Cisco Systems Inc. Monday released new virtual private network intranet and extranet solutions designed specifically for service providers. The new products incorporate Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Cisco Service Management System (CSM). CSM is a suite of network and service management applications designed to reduce costs while allowing service providers to rapidly […]

Plano, TX-based EDS said it is delivering its Interactive Billing Services to Chicago-based Bank One this month. Bank One has integrated the EDS solution into its treasury management product set–offering interactive billing to its commercial customers, which enables them to send bills over the Internet to business and consumer customers. Bank One said it now […]

Santa Monica, CA-based e-commerce company iMALL Inc. reported a loss from continuing operations for the period ending March 31 of $3.68 million, or $0.28 per share, compared to a loss from continuing operations of $1.24 million, or $0.22 per share in the same quarter last year. Revenues from continuing operations for quarter were $778,700, up […]