E-Commerce

In the never-ending quest to differentiate themselves from competitors, online retailers often turn to content to set themselves apart and enhance the quality of their Web contact with customers and would-be customers. The need to automate the distribution of content has given rise to a fast-growing...

Sirius Satellite Radio's fourth quarter sales more than tripled over the previous year, beating analyst estimates, despite higher quarterly losses tied to heavy promotional efforts aimed at boosting its subscriber base, the company reported. Sirius, which is locked in a battle for market share with...

Times change quickly on the technology landscape. Yesterday's marvel is soon replaced by a better, faster, sleeker animal -- one built of bits and bytes and technological innovation that just a few years earlier seemed like the stuff of dreams. Such is the story of the Internet. Some call it Web 2.0

Amazon is getting ready to sell the one consumer product it doesn't already offer: digital music. The company is said to be in advanced talks with four major music companies to set up a digital music service that could rival iTunes. Amazon reportedly is negotiating with Vivendi's Universal Music Gro...

Internet companies doing business in countries that suppress civil liberties need a code of conduct to soften the controversy they're fueling by doing business with authoritarian regimes. In an open letter sent to Republican Sen. Gordon H. Smith, whose Congressional subcommittee held hearings Wednes...

Several major U.S.-based Internet firms were called before Congress to discuss their role in censoring Web content in China, a key growth market for the companies, which say they have to abide by local rules. Representatives from Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems were among those that testi...

The links on your site work. Your corporate information is up to date. Your Web price special is there, flashing wildly, for all to see. You believe you've done all the right things, but for some reason your customers hate your Web site. With Web site design, an old adage often applies: You can't de...

Technology consultancy BearingPoint will launch a search solutions practice -- believed to be the first of its kind -- and will work with Google Enterprise to deliver search solutions that drill deeper into corporate data. Google has already trained about 100 consultants at MacLean, Va.-based Bearin...

Microsoft said Monday that it has purchased a French firm that makes mobile search technology as the software giant makes a strong push to build a search infrastructure that will work across multiple devices. The company did not disclose what it paid for MotionBridge, which is based in Paris and sel...

A published report outlining a scenario in which high-flying Google could see as much as half of its market value eroded by increased competition sent the stock tumbling Monday. Google shares fell below the US$350 level for the first time since October, when it began a strong surge that had it tradi...

In the midst of heated competition to attract popular personalities to the satellite radio space, Harpo Radio and XM Satellite Radio on Thursday announced an exclusive, three-year agreement to launch a new channel called "Oprah & Friends." Set to debut in September 2006, it will feature a broad ...

Currently, marketers on the national and global scene who are sophisticated and e-commerce-savvy are positioning their brand names with the year 2010 in mind. However, very few are poised to make decent progress in less than five years, so how will they achieve their goals? If you tackle four critic...

If there's anything that can be called heresy in free-for-all cyberspace it's the notion that people should pay for e-mail, but that didn't stop a few heretics this week from offering monetized e-mail initiatives. Although Yahoo and AOL took the lion's share of the limelight with their "certified e-...

E-mail marketing has grown over time to become one of the most cost-effective methods of marketing used today. The ability to send large quantities of e-mail at almost no cost during the early days of e-mail marketing led to over saturation, deceitful practices and a bad reputation. Because this ind...

AOL and Yahoo are planning to launch a certified e-mail program in the coming months in conjunction with partner company Goodmail Systems. The two Web giants are positioning the service as an additional perk for trusted marketers that want to ensure their e-mails reach their intended recipients. Con...