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Ad network Flycast Communications said that it received U.S. patent protection for its real-time Internet Advertising system. The patent gives Flycast broad protection over serving Web advertisements targeted to yield an actionable viewer response, the company said. Flycast said its system leverages an intelligent “response engine” that selects among various ad campaigns based upon the […]

Ad-backed e-mail service and ISP Juno Online Services said it successfully located alleged spammer Ronald Alvin, calling him “the elusive chief of alleged porn marketer TCPS Inc.,” and successfully served court papers on him at his Brooklyn, NY residence. As a result, Juno said it expects its four-month old, million-dollar lawsuit against TCPS, Alvin, and […]

Australia’s OzEmail Limited today announced it has been chosen by Apple Computer Australia as the exclusive pre-installed Internet service provider for the Australian release of the iMac this week. The hot-selling iMac, which is being touted by Apple as a complete Internet computer right out of the box, will launch in Australia bundled with an […]

eFusion Inc., a provider of Internet telephony applications, and telecommunications company Ameritech inked a co-marketing agreement whereby eFusion will provide Internet telephony application gateways for Ameritech’s enterprise customers. Oregon-based eFusion’s interactive applications, coupled with Chicago-based Ameritech’s business offerings, allow the companies to offer a complete Internet telephony solution, letting businesses close online transactions, reduce talk […]

For years Italian Internet users have been paying heavy per-minute charges to access service providers through state-owned Telecom Italia phone lines. Recently, however, an innovative service by Net Fraternity allows one to get reimbursed for online charges as well as annual ISP fees. “Every one should have the opportunity to access the information of the […]

A year-long, $1 million online advertising campaign was launched by Margeotes/Interactive on behalf of the Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services. The aim is to increase traffic to the site for the mental health and social services agency. The campaign from the Margeotes/Fertitta + Partners unit, targeted to potential patient referrers, donors, volunteers and […]

Spree.com launched a promotion with Wired Digital’s HotBot Shopping Directory that it said may well send an estimated 6 million visitors to the Internet retailer’s site. Under the agreement, Spree.com becomes the top movie, consumer electronics and long distance phone service marketer on the shopping directory. Spree.com will also become the leading promoter of free, […]

BellSouth Intelliventures, a provider of online solutions for small businesses in the Southeast, signed with ad network Flycast Communications to allow BellSouth’s local business customers to expand their ads on the Web. The agreement also launches Flycast’s Local Partner Program, designed to enable results-focused local marketers to better target prospective customers and businesses in specific […]

There’s an interesting piece at Channelseven.com by Len Stein, president of Visibility Public Relations, entitled “Is PR Having Trouble Finding the Web?” “Is PR in the slow lane when it comes to the Internet?. . . The status and role of PR on the Web may not be one of the hot emerging issues in […]

USWeb Corp. agreed to buy CKS Group Inc. for $21.66 a share, or $344.4 million in stock, in a move aimed at broadening its expertise in multimedia marketing. USWeb will exchange 1.5 shares for each of CKS Group’s 15.9 million diluted shares outstanding. The new company will change its name to Reinvent Communications Inc. The […]

Mercury Seven Inc., parent of ChannelSeven.com, an online resource for Internet development, marketing and e-commerce, and WebService Group of Copenhagen, Denmark, launched Ch7Europe.com. The site will be devoted to the familiar ChannelSeven topics with a European focus. “With 14 million users, Western Europe currently accounts for 18.4% of the worldwide Internet audience, and it is […]

Ad-backed e-mail company InfoBeat Inc. entered a partnership with Classifieds2000 Inc. and will offer its 3.5 million subscribers access to more than 1.8 million ad listings. InfoBeat Classifieds will provide subscribers with e-mail updates on the items in which they’re interested, with the chance to bid on many items being auctioned over the Internet. Financial […]