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Infinite Technologies has attempted to take e-mail to the next level with its newest messaging solution, Infinite Voice Professional Edition (IVOICE Pro). IVOICE Pro is a full featured client/server e-mail system, Internet gateway, and e-mail voice attendant designed to offer users a one-stop solution for all of their communication needs. The package integrates e-mail and […]

Atlanta-based UPS’ Worldwide Logistics unit (UPS WWL) said it is providing warehouse management and distribution services for the newly launched online shopping portal, WorldSpy. By outsourcing fulfillment and shipping to UPS WWL, WorldSpy operates as a shopping site without owning a physical storefront, warehouse or product inventory. “We’ve helped WorldSpy turn the traditional retail model […]

Famous Fixins Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of celebrity food products, said it plans to launch celebrityfixins.com on March 1 as “the only online supermarket dedicated to celebrity food products.” Celebrityfixins.com will initially offer the company’s products, including Olympia Dukakis Greek Dressings and Erik Estrada’s Gourmet Chips. Soon after the launch, the company intends to […]

PSINet Inc. Tuesday announced plans to expand rollouts of its business-grade wireless Internet access service, PSINet InterSky, to 50 additional domestic and international markets. The expansion follows successful trials in several U.S. markets. The service will launch in select metro areas in the U.S. and abroad by the end of this year. U.S. cities that […]

Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL) in Singapore and Hewlett-Packard (HP) Laboratories in Bristol, UK, have inked an agreement to collaborate on an e-commerce security technologies research project. Code-named SENTO (Secure ExtraNet using Trusted Operating Systems), the joint research program involves integrating HP’s Virtual Vault operating system with KRDL’s NetProtect virtual private network (VPN) to create […]

Denver-based DataMerge Inc. launched CyberLoan 2000, an online system that allows borrowers seeking commercial real estate loans to apply to as many as 500 lenders and receive preliminary loan commitments electronically. DataMerge is a developer of software and online database information systems for companies or individuals seeking financing,. With CyberLoan 2000, the commercial loan application […]

Austin, TX-based Acuity Corp., a provider of Web-based customer interaction software, said that eSupportNow has licensed Acuity WebCenter Enterprise to provide sales, support and customer service programs to e-commerce companies. eSupportNow is a member of The Cross Country Group, a provider of private label customer service programs in North America. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. […]

London-based Freepages Group plc, the UK interactive branded services company operating under the Scoot trading name, formed an Internet partnership agreement with Flextech Interactive, a division of Flextech Plc, a UK g pay-TV operator. Flextech’s wholly owned channel Web sites, Bravo, Living, Trouble and Challenge TV, will be supplied with the Scoot value added business […]

Andover, MA-based Engage Technologies, a provider of online precision marketing technology, promoted David Fish from vice president of marketing to chief operating officer. As COO, Fish will be responsible for executive management and day-to-day operational responsibilities. Fish has more than 15 years of general management and marketing experience with emphasis in large-scale marketing databases, direct […]

A new study from Saatchi & Saatchi concludes that for today’s marketers to be successful tomorrow, they had better understand “Generation Y,” those who have grown up in the digital age. The study calls this generation the “Connexity Kids” and says marketers need to build brands with them rather than for them. Generation Y encompasses […]

Infostrada SpA, Italy’s No. 2 Internet and fixed-line telephone service provider, has agreed to sell Web space to Radio e Reti, the nation’s biggest advertising agency for private radio stations. Radio e Reti, with sales of 440 billion lire ($270 million), serves some of Italy’s most popular radio stations, such as Radio Dimensione Suono and […]

Online ad solutions company NetGravity Inc. in San Mateo, CA posted a net loss for its fourth quarter ending Dec. 31 of $2.66 million, or $0.20 per share, compared to a net loss of $2.47 million or $0.88 per share in the same period a year earlier. Revenues were $4.16 million, up from $1.86 million […]