Maura Ginty

Another leading Internet player Wednesday made a move to capitalize on the growing popularity of Internet devices and wireless phones. Yahoo! Inc. Wednesday bought Online Anywhere, a Web delivery solution provider for non-PC appliances, for about $80 million in stock. Online Anywhere’s services will enable Yahoo! content and services to be available on TV-based Internet […]

Another leading Internet player Wednesday made a move to capitalize on the growing popularity of Internet devices and wireless phones. Yahoo! Inc. Wednesday bought Online Anywhere, a Web delivery solution provider for non-PC appliances, for about $80 million in stock. Online Anywhere’s services will enable Yahoo! content and services to be available on TV-based Internet […]

After a wave of acquisitions culminating in its Microsoft-brokered merger with Healtheon, WebMD is now suing one of its recent acquisitions, Certifiedemail.com Inc., for allegedly fixing its financial information to pose as good deal for the health care Web service. According to published reports, Certifiedemail’s founder and former president, Gary Coursey Jr., is accused of […]

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Tuesday hopped on the Internet brokerage bandwagon, announcing that it will offer online stock transactions and personal financial services as well expand an e-commerce venture with Visa and other partners. The e-commerce service will offer unlimited online transactions and personalized investment services from a personal financial consultant on a single-fee […]

Even the big guys can’t win them all. A small ISP in southern Brazil this week triumphed in a lawsuit filed by America Online which contested the Brazilian provider’s use of domain name aol.com.br. The court ruled that since Brazil’s America On Line registered the name first, it doesn’t have to surrender the domain name […]

CustomTracks Corp. this week filed a lawsuit against Critical Path, Inc., accusing the e-mail hosting service provider of violating a confidentiality agreement involving security technology. The suit, filed late Thursday, alleges Critical Path violated a confidentiality agreement and misappropriated trade secrets. Critical Path claims it will “vigorously dispute” the lawsuit. The disputed violation occurred over […]

Prodigy Communications Corp. Thursday made its first large acquisition since it announced it would shelve its Prodigy Classic online service and focus solely on consumer Internet access. Prodigy purchased Cable & Wireless U.S.A.’s Internet dial-up subscriber service in a deal worth up to $75 million. Prodigy expects to pay between $50 and $75 million in […]

Level 3 Communications Inc. and Broadcast.com Thursday inked a five-year deal which will give the Internet broadcaster cheaper bandwidth. Under the terms of the agreement, Broadcast.com will use Level 3’s IP network to deliver its audio and video content to the masses at reduced fees. In return, Level 3 will use Broadcast.com to send its […]

PSINet Inc. entered the Mexican ISP market Wednesday with the acquisition of two privately held ISPs, Internet de Mexico and DataNet. The move establishes PSINet as the Mexico’s fourth-largest ISP and furthers the company’s aim of landing in the top three in market share in all of the world’s leading global telecommunications markets. The company […]

In an effort to target one of the world’s fastest growing Internet markets, Lycos Inc. Wednesday launched a newly expanded, localized Japanese version of the Lycos.com portal. Lycos added free MailCity e-mail service to the new version, as well as additional registered URLs and directories and a redesigned user interface. The site now lists more […]

Netscape Communications Tuesday signed marketing agreements with three leading European companies in an effort to expand its European Netcenter portals. Netscape’s new and expanded deals with World Online, Lycos Bertelsmann and VNU aim to deliver services and localized content to European consumers. Netscape, a subsidiary of America Online Inc., also claimed that its European Netcenter […]

Worldwide Internet revenues spiked to 71 percent in 1998 to reach a total of $7.8 billion, according to a new report from International Data Corp. These revenues will earn a compound annual growth rate of nearly 60 percent and pass $78 billion by 2003. According to IDC, the U.S. spends more on Internet services than […]