Regina Kwon

Kathleen Mitchell resigned from her position as president and CEO of Internet imaging software vendor Live Picture Inc. today as part of a companywide reorganization. Several other positions were also eliminated, according to Live Picture’s senior director of corporate marketing, Kate Hutchison, who said, “We are agressively looking for a replacement,” said Hutchison. Chief financial […]

InfoInterActive Inc. received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent & Trademark office advising that a patent will be granted to the company for its successful “call-waiting” telephone service for Internet users. Halifax, Nova Scotia-based InfoInteractive also received a positive PCT Examination Report from the European Patent Office which will clear the way […]

Caching technology provider Mirror Image Internet and Cisco Systems, Inc. today signed an agreement under which Mirror Image becomes a global reseller of Cisco’s Cache Engine. Terms of the agreement also call for the companies to jointly develop new technologies and co-market the Cisco Cache Engine and Mirror Image Cache Management Services. Both products meet […]

Lucent Technologies introduced this week an intelligent network (IN) software solution that the company said will enable Internet users to receive call-waiting notification while online. Lucent said “The Internet Call Waiting” solution, which service providers can install on local telephone networks, is designed to alert those on the Web to incoming calls via a pop-up […]

Sprint Communications Company said it is introducing three new solutions aimed at allowing resellers to deliver customized voice and Internet services to customers. Sprint said the new products will be unveiled this week at the Telecommunications Resellers Association Spring 1998 Conference. The first, Sprint Wholesale VPN, is a voice calling network that Sprint said allows […]

Cincinnati Bell Telephone (CBT) said today it is now offering customers Internet Call Manager, a service that allows users to receive incoming phone calls on the same phone line while online. First launched in Canada in 1997, Cincinnati Bell said it is the first U.S. telco to offer the service. Internet Call Manager (ICM) was […]

Free e-mail provider Juno Online Services, L.P. said today it reached a settlement in a suit filed against two of the spammers it took to court late last year. Terms of the settlement call for bulk e-mailers Phoenix Interactive of Hermosa Beach, CA, and Global Information Services of Clearwater, FL to enter consent decrees or […]

Cable Internet access provider @Home Network and Century Communications Corp. said they will collaborate to deliver Internet service to Century’s 3.3 million subscriber base by the end of the year. The deal brings to close a busy week for @Home in which it also announced a series of marketing initiatives that included the launch of […]

In what marks the third deal of its kind this week, AT&T announced a three-year portal agreement with Infoseek Corp. under which AT&T’s Internet access services will be combined with Infoseek’s content and community offerings. The “Infoseek Online Powered By AT&T WorldNet Service” comes on the heels of similar alliances made with Infoseek rivals Excite […]

EarthLink Network Inc. has been tapped as the Internet service provider of choice for “Discover Connection,” a new online service from Discover Card. Under the agreement, EarthLink and Discover Card said they will collaborate on the development and co-marketing of the online service which will offer exclusive features and promotions to Discover cardholders who sign […]

Dell Computer Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., and U S WEST Communications today announced an alliance under which Dell PCs will feature Cisco ADSL modems with connectivity provided by U S WEST. Under the agreement, which was announced at the Networld + Interop trade show in Las Vegas, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology will be […]

In the second deal of its kind this week, AT&T and Excite today announced a three-year agreement to jointly produce a new online service and co-develop a range of multimedia communications services. The AT&T/Excite partnership follows an almost identical agreement made on Monday under which AT&T and Lycos said they would jointly develop “Lycos Online […]