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According to a study from management consulting firm Positive Support Review, Inc. (PSR), Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is edging out Netscape in the browser race, climbing to 63.3% usage of all Internet sessions. Positive Support Review’s study was conducted over a 16-week period from September 9, 1997 through January 3, 1998, and reportedly included over 550,000 […]

New York City-based THINK New Ideas Inc. named Brian Martin, an award-winning design and creative veteran, as creative director of THINK New York. Martin’s experience includes high-profile offline design and advanced online work, including his efforts as a former creative head at The Microsoft Network. He will be responsible for directing the creative vision of […]

Apple Computer will expand its “Think Different” image campaign to product advertising, according to Mitch Mandich, Apple’s executive vice president of sales. “Think Now” will be the theme of Apple’s new Internet store, according to Advertising Age. The company showed some of the ads at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The new tag lines […]

ClickOver and Focalink Communications completed their merger and said the new company will be known as AdKnowledge Inc. The company will provide integrated Internet marketing solutions for advertisers, agencies and Web site operators. ClickOver is known for its real-time ad management applications for Web sites, called ClickWise and ClickWise Pro. Focalink developed and marketed media […]

TMP Worldwide in New York City, operator of the Monster Board and other job recruitment sites, acquired the yellow page advertising unit of Earle Palmer Brown. And the company continued to consolidate the recruitment advertising industry with the acquisition of four international recruitment advertising agencies including Media Partners of New Zealand, Lorraine Jones & Associates […]

New York-based Internet ad repping company Cliqnow! Sales said it will be representing the Women’s Forum, a network of women’s sites, and Zacks Investment Research, which offers syndicated content from the financial research company. Cliqnow!, which has a site network that includes channels for golf, financial, college, kids, travel, home and tech, claims to represent […]

Microsoft Corp. introduced today two new additions to its PC Companion product line: Palm PC and Auto PC. Palm PC is a small “palm-sized” portable device powered by Windows CE version 2.0 that serves as an extension of a users’ desktop, including calendar, contacts, tasks, inbox, and Internet and intranet information. The devices come equipped […]

Oracle affiliate Network Computer, Inc. (NCI) introduced today a customizable server package designed to allow Internet access providers to deliver services that integrate Internet and television capabilities. Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NCI says its Custom Connect Server allows Internet, cable, or satellite service providers to develop and manage Internet-based Enhanced […]

Only days after ZULU-Tek Inc. took control of SOFTBANK Interactive Marketing, Andrew Batkin, who served as chairman of the board of SOFTBANK Interactive, said he is leaving the company to create an interactive marketing solutions firm. Batkin led El Segundo, CA-based SOFTBANK Interactive’s growth from start-up. “We salute Andy Batkin who was instrumental in building […]

Rearden Technology is now shipping SiteZAP, a WebCam solution that can be instructed via the Internet to zoom, tilt and pan. With the SiteZAP software that runs on Macintosh computers, the hardware/software combination “lets Webmasters create the ultimate WebCam experience,” says the vendor. Brad Lowe, CEO of Rearden Technology, said: “The construction and security businesses […]

The National Organization of Internet Commerce (NOIC), citing an eleventh-hour protest, decided not to post some 5 million America Online e-mail addresses for bulk e-mailers to use. The Chino, CA-based bulk e-mail group had threatened to broadcast a million AOL addresses on New Year’s Eve, to be followed up by 5 million more names on […]

Interactive agency NicholsonNY said it hired two marketing pros and is unveiling a new vision for online advertising to make research and media planning integral parts of the creative process. President and CEO Tom Nicholson said the agency will also invest in development of proprietary tools for tracking and analyzing behavior of Web consumers, and […]