E-Commerce

No service provider has been completely successful at micro-tailoring advertising for what is essentially a moving target: mobile device users. Now, though, CBS Mobile has linked up with Loopt to give advertisers a better chance to target these roamers, who thus far have been reachable only through ...

With a marked lack of fanfare, Microsoft lowered the price of its Xbox 360 add-on HD DVD player from $179 to $129. Microsoft has also bundled five free HD DVDs with the player. The price cut comes just a few weeks after Toshiba dropped the price on its three HD DVD standalone players to $149 from $2...

Subscription digital music service Napster posted one of its best quarters as a public company, with record revenue and a smaller financial loss. Los Angeles-based Napster lost $2.8 million, or 6 cents per share, in its third fiscal quarter, compared with a year-earlier net loss of $9.5 million. Rev...

Despite its problems, Yahoo is playing it cool when it comes to Microsoft's bid of $31 a share, or $44.6 billion, even though the offer was 62 percent higher than its Jan. 31 closing price of $19.18 a share. Yahoo is "thoughtfully evaluating a wide range of potential strategic alternatives," CEO Jer...

eBay has taken the controversial step of banning sellers from posting negative comments -- or even giving neutral feedback -- about the buyers with whom they do business. The new rule, which will take effect in May, is apparently a reaction to sellers flaming buyers who posted negative information a...

The era of the virtual bank appears to have taken a major step toward reality with the unveiling of Remote Deposit Capture from CheckFree. The company's new technology could ultimately mean consumers can avoid a trip to the bank to deposit checks by simply making such transactions online. The techno...

In an effort to boost its market share in China, Google is reportedly in the final stages of a deal with Universal Music Group that would enable the Internet search giant to provide free music downloads to Chinese users. Google, the No. 1 search engine in other large markets such as the U.S., signif...

Adding another twist to its efforts to gain business adoption for its Web-based applications, Google has released a Team Edition of Google Apps. Google Apps Team Edition allows users to sign up using their work e-mail addresses to gain access to a suite of Apps -- Google Docs, Calendar, Google Talk,...

Amid solid earnings that hit analysts' marks, Time Warner announced on Wednesday that it would radically restructure -- and possibly sell off part of -- its AOL Internet service provider division, ending a tumultuous experiment between the old and new media stalwarts. Overall, the Time Warner's reve...

Microsoft may have set its acquisitive sights on Yahoo, but that apparently doesn't mean it's neglecting its own digital advertising platform. In fact, the company on Tuesday demonstrated seven new technologies from Microsoft adCenter Labs. Included among the technologies Microsoft unveiled were alg...

Who are the new champion nations on the global stage delivering the finest performances and altering the course of branded imagery of goods and services? Where are the old traditional nations and what's happening to them today? The global shifts on image repositioning are causing minor quakes throug...

AOL has reached a deal to purchase affiliate marketing network Buy.at in an effort to expand its online advertising platform. Buy.at, which operates affiliate networks in the U.S. and the UK, will become part of AOL's New York-based Advertising.com and Platform A online marketing organizations. The ...

Private, personally identifying information is everywhere, from portable computers and digital devices, to the Internet and private networks. This data can be obtained so easily -- either through technology or more mundane means -- and its theft is so often glamorized on film, that it is starting to...

The online video distribution sweepstakes gained another entrant Monday, with Cablevision throwing its resources behind a joint venture with Popcorn that will offer movie downloads the same day they are released on DVD. The service will enable subscribers to Cablevision's iO TV digital cable service...

As Yahoo continues to overhaul the focus of its music business, the company will migrate its online music subscription customers in the coming months to Rhapsody America. Yahoo will shut down its Music Unlimited service and divert subscribers to Rhapsody, a digital music venture of MTV Networks and ...