Maura Ginty

Close on the heels of its auction expansion into Europe, Yahoo! Inc. Wednesday rolled out regionalized versions of its auction service to its Yahoo! Japan and Yahoo! Singapore sites. Item listings are free, with English-language auctions available in Singapore and Japanese-language bidding on the Yahoo! Japan auction site. “Our aggressive international expansion shows that Yahoo! […]

Building on previous efforts to woo the youngest of Internet users, Lycos Inc. Wednesday rolled out Lycos Zone, an educational Web site for kids. The site targets children ages 3 to 12. Lycos (LCOS) Zone includes free access to the Lycos SearchGuard filtering technology, which also allows parents to disable e-mail and chat. A “Homework […]

Verio Inc. Tuesday inked a deal with NTT Communications to bring co-branded services to the Japanese market. NTT Communications is part of the Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, a group of telecommunications companies and a leading ISP in the country. The entire NTT group will access the co-branding agreement with Verio which provides Web hosting and […]

Ariba Tuesday rolled out several new deals and products for business-to-business e-commerce, including agreements with J.D. Edwards, Microsoft Corp. and US Bancorp. Ariba said the series of moves is part of its strategy to open new on-ramps to its network platform, extend its presence in the small- and middle-sized business market and expand its supplier […]

Fidelity Investments Monday launched Powerstreet, a new online offering designed to take advantage of its conventional brokerage services. Powerstreet will offer individual investors with customized financial planning and trading tools. Tapping into the wireless market, Fidelity will offer InstantBroker two-way wireless trading application for handheld devices. In October, Powerstreet will launch a personalized start page […]

CMGI Inc. and Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. Friday formed a US$350 million alliance to develop a joint Internet strategy in Asia. The new plans may include a joint venture for the development of Internet technologies in Asia, and the two companies may co-invest in Internet opportunities in both the U.S. and Asia. Pacific Century CyberWorks […]

Adding another country to its global portal empire, Yahoo! Inc. Friday rolled out its Yahoo! China service. Yahoo! China boasts more than 20,000 Web sites displayed in simplified Chinese characters, and the same number of sites created in traditional Chinese characters. “Yahoo! continues to become the one place that anyone in the world needs to […]

In an effort to move into the southeast Asian Internet market, Cable & Wireless Asia and Creative Technology Ltd. Thursday formed a Singapore-based joint venture Internet services company. The new venture, Cable & Wireless Network Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd., is already licensed as an ISP in Singapore. It plans to follow up its Internet access […]

Yahoo! Inc. Thursday rolled out three regionalized versions of Yahoo! Auctions in Europe. The auction site was added to Yahoo! Italy, Yahoo! Spain and Yahoo! Sweden. The free auctions will feature bid items from merchants and individual sellers in that country, in the local currency. Yahoo! Auctions lists more than 770,000 items daily in 3,500 […]

Easynet Wednesday extended a free three-month trial offer to potential ADSL access subscribers in the UK. The company’s ADSL service will be initially available to a limited number of business customers in London. Nationwide rollout is scheduled for next year. “Achieving early mover advantage in DSL in the UK is good news, and hastens the […]

In a move to take advantage of Deutsche Telekom‘s departure from Germany’s cable market, Excite@Home (ATHM) Wednesday inked a deal for a joint venture with German cable operator Tele-Columbus. The new venture, to be called @Home Deutschland, which will develop a regional version of the high-speed cable Internet service. @Home Deutschland will offer users broadband […]

StarMedia Network Inc. is diving into all the new trends in the Internet industry this month, following up separate portal, Internet provider and broadband announcements with Tuesday’s launch of StarMedia Mobile. StarMedia Mobile will offer Internet access and personalized StarMedia (STRM) content to a range of wireless devices. The new division will be based on […]