Articles by Rob Conlin

Content delivery service Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) and capital investment firm CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) announced today that they have reached a broad agreement to collaborate on developing technologies to deliver Internet content and applications The two rapidly-ascending companies said that they will work on a "number of cooperative efforts t...

NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI), the newly-created Internet division of the NBC network, put its media synergy to work today by announcing a multi-year, multi-million dollar (US$) agreement with job search site Headhunter.net (Nasdaq: HHNT) Headhunter.net's job searching capabilities will be integrated into Snap.com, the flagship portal of NBCi. Headhunter.net...

Online postage provider E-Stamp (Nasdaq: ESTM) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to expand the strategic alliance between the two companies The San Mateo, California-based E-Stamp said that the agreement with Microsoft will extend its reach to hundreds of thousands of small businesses that roam the MSN Network and its b...

As the third meeting of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC) wraps up today in San Francisco, California, a group of brick-and-mortar retailers is claiming that a recent national poll indicates that more than 60 percent of respondents believe that online retailers should be subject to the same taxes as their offline counterparts Ac...

Internet solutions provider iAsiaWorks announced today that it has received an $85 million (US$) financing package from a group of investors in preparation for its expansion in eight Asian markets The San Mateo, California-based company, which is in the process of changing its name from Aunet, claims that the latest round of financing gives it $110...

Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) and Internet network CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) announced today that they are joining up with the management arm of the Shanghai, China government in a joint venture aimed at developing the fledgling Chinese Internet industry The two companies -- partners in portal Alta Vista and a number of other Internet ventures -- sai...

Internet professional services firm USWeb/CKS (Nasdaq: USWB) and e-business solutions provider Whittman-Hart (Nasdaq: WHIT) announced today that they will merge to create one of the largest pure-play Internet professional services company in the world The San Francisco-based USWeb/CKS and the Chicago, Illinois-based Whittman-Hart will merge in a st...

"Name your price" service pioneer priceline.com(Nasdaq: PCLN) and online travel sites Travelocity and Preview Travel (Nasdaq: PTVL) announced today that they are forming a marketing alliance that will consolidate access to their combined customer base of 20 million members The companies said that the agreement will allow Travelocity and Preview Tr...

London-based Petspark.com announced this week that it has received an equity investment by Pets.com, marking the first international funding of a European online pet venture Company co-founder and CEO Nicholas Barnard, 41, told the E-Commerce Times that the funding gives Petspark.com the "ability to pick up the phone and get cutting-edge, market-le...

NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI), the Internet venture formed by the Peacock Network, announced today that it has launched a Web boutique to sell jewelry inspired by one of its daytime dramas Working in conjunction with the NBC drama "Passions," the company launched the Passions Boutique and will sell jewelry with national shopping network ValueVision Internati...

Australian media giant News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and Internet healthcare company Healtheon/Web MD (Nasdaq: HLTH) announced today that they have joined forces in a $1 billion (US$) partnership The two companies plan to utilize one another to produce unique online and offline programming and give it a global reach unsurpassed in the industry.

Ask Jeeves (Nasdaq: ASKJ) -- the American question-and-answer-based search engine with the distinctly English butler -- announced today that it has formed an international subsidiary and has signed a joint venture deal with two British television companies to provide its service in the UK The Emeryville, California-based company said that Carlton C...

Online consumer bill payment service Paytrust.com announced today that it has received $30 million (US$) in second-round venture capital from American Express, Japanese Internet investor Softbank and a variety of venture capital firms The Princeton, New Jersey-based payment service -- a flagship service of Secure Commerce Services, Inc. -- said it ...

Pan-European online auction site QXL.com (Nasdaq: QXLC) further expanded its distribution reach across the continent today, as the London-based company announced deals to create co-branded auction pages with Web portal Excite According to QXL, the agreement enables Excite users to access its auction community site on co-branded pages for its sites ...

In an effort to enhance its "AOL Anywhere" strategy, America Online (NYSE: AOL) announced today that it has acquired Seattle, Washington-based Tegic Communications for an undisclosed sum The privately-held Tegic is a text entry provider for wireless telephones and other mobile devices, and allows users to send e-mail, instant messages and other tex...

Yahoo! Germany and Deutsche Bank 24, the new online unit of the world's largest bank, announced today that they will work together to build the e-commerce industry in Europe's most populous country As part of the agreement, Yahoo! will offer online account access to Deutsche Bank 24 customers, and the two companies will roll out a co-branded credit...

Internet content service provider Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM), fresh off of one of the most successful initial public offerings in U.S. stock market history, announced yesterday that it has signed more than 100 customers since the introduction of its high-speed service in April Emerging from the SEC-imposed quiet period that precedes and fol...

In an effort to outduel Bill Gates-owned competitor Corbis, online image provider Getty Images, Inc. (Nasdaq: GETY) announced today that it has completed a $183 million (US$) acquisition of Eastman Kodak subsidiary The Image Bank The Seattle, Washington-based Getty financed the cash acquisition earlier this month by selling six million shares of co...

Riding a wave of optimism after China's recent agreement with U.S. officials to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO), China.com (Nasdaq: CHINA) announced today that it has entered into a joint venture and acquired majority stakes in three companies China.com -- the first Asian Internet company listed on a U.S. stock index -- took stakes in iCon...

America Online (NYSE: AOL) announced today that it has bulked up its already-popular personal finance channel by signing a five-year agreement with Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU) to offer an online service for household billing Aimed at the small business and personal finance market, the service will be offered across multiple AOL brands by early next year,...