InternetNews Staff

Santa Clara, CA-based mySimon Inc., an Internet e-commerce hub that is focused on online comparison shopping, said its shopping bot now searches more than 1,200 merchant sites. New product categories include Furbys and Cigars & Accessories. New Web merchants include auction sites eBay and OnSale, and ProFlowers, Buy.com, 800.com, Snowboardshop.com and Anything PC. “We believe […]

Alameda, CA-based Wink Communications is launching its Wink Smart E-Commercial technology, saying it makes “one-click e-commerce–previously associated only with the Internet–possible for television viewers.” Procter & Gamble and The Clorox Co. will be among the first major advertisers to test a number of their existing television spots using the new technology, which enables customers to […]

The WorldsAway division of Fujitsu launched what it calls the first commercial “ad-object” on the Internet in the form of a virtual jukebox that dispenses CDs from Allegro Music. The jukebox exists inside WorldsAway’s newest avatar-inhabited virtual world on the Internet, New Radio World, and it dispenses virtual CD objects that offer Allegro repeating, perpetual […]

AdForce said it is now delivering Internet ads at the run rate of 4 billion impressions per month. The company said that figure represents more than a 100 percent increase in the past 90 days. “AdForce’s growth is indicative of the market trend towards major publishers, ad sales organizations and advertisers leveraging the power and […]

MasterCard International signed a marketing alliance with 1travel.com, an online discount travel service. The alliance is aimed at increasing the number of online discount travel shoppers at the 1travel.com site and providing consumers with special travel offers, discount packages and upgrades. The alliance makes MasterCard the preferred payment system and an exclusive marketing partner with […]

Reliant Interactive Media Corp. said it is launching Rolling Stones infomercial programming, directing viewers to an e-commerce Web site that offers merchandise related to the rock legends’ latest tour. The first infomercial launched on television station KICU, which covers Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose. The campaign coincides with the Stones’ “No Security” Tour, which […]

Time Inc.’s Sports Illustrated magazine and Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s CNN News Group have partnered with Dodge, a division of DaimlerChrysler, in a 52-week, multi-million dollar integrated campaign. The multimedia package includes weekly exposure in Sports Illustrated, with a readership of nearly 23 million adults, as well as prominence in the “Insider Reports” that air […]

Internet classified ad company AdOne Classified Network and its ClassifiedWarehouse.com consumer Web site have been acquired by a consortium of American media companies. The buyers — MediaNews Group, Hearst Corp., E.W. Scripps Co., Advance Publications Inc. and Donrey Media Group — said they are “seeking to create the nation’s largest, locally based Internet site for […]

Microsoft Corp. Monday announced approval of a 2-for-1 split of its common shares by its Board of Directors. The split is subject to the approval of Microsoft shareholders, who must authorize an amendment to the company’s articles of incorporation to add to the company’s authorized common stock. Upon approval, shareholders will receive one additional common […]

Cambridge, MA-based Zero Stage Capital Company Inc., a seed/early stage venture capital firm, said that it has provided venture financing for the management spinout of Toysmart.com from The Holt Co. of Waltham, Mass. Funding specifics were not disclosed. Stanley L. Fung, managing director of Zero Stage Capital, was recently named to the Toysmart.com board of […]

Qwest Communications International Inc., Monday launched Q.home Internet Services, its new Internet offering targeting both the consumer and business segment. The service is the result of a series of aggressive acquisitions and alliances put together over the past six months. Q.home now offers comsumer dial-up access, Web hosting, paging and conferencing and fax services in […]

Prodigy Communications Corp., one of the nation’s first online services, plans to discontinue its Prodigy Classic service, citing prohibitive Y2K costs. In an e-mail sent to Classic members Friday, Prodigy CEO Samer Salameh said the 12-year old service, which launched nationally in 1988, was “built using proprietary technologies that predate current Internet standards. Due to […]