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- A Mall in every song?
- European
E-tailers Not Delivering the Goods
- Americans
love web shopping
- Bosses Disapprove,
But employees still surf
- eCommerce
enthusiasm goes global
- Laptops Most
Popular Mobile Computers
- UK Net Prices
Bottoming Out
- Wireless Bypasses U.K.'s
DSL Delays
- Failing dot-coms jettisoning
their CEOs
- Small Dot-Coms Thrive While
Industry Giants Melt Down
- Microsoft
Claims No. 1 Spot Among Web At-Home Users
- New
Study Shows Auto Dealers How to Keep Online Used Car Shoppers
- All
States Should Have Online Voting By 2004
- European
E-Tailers Not Delivering the Goods
- 33%
Of Website Budgets Are Allocated To Maintenance & Design
- Some
Big Spenders Won't Shell Out for Web Ads
- The
power of e-procurement
- Digital Divide
Evident in Chile
- Cost Savings Draw
Consumers to Online Travel
- M-Commerce
Slow To Connect in U.S.
- Gates defends
PC at Comdex, unveils new tablet
- Dot-Com
Closures Reach Fever Pitch
- Wireless
Banking Expected to be Wave of the Future
- Hong
Kong Home Net Use Surpasses 36%
- E-Mail
Outpaces the Web
A Mall
in every song
With all eyes on the next phase of digital music distribution,
a wide range of companies hopes to build a business around an enhanced listening
experience. Can they survive? European
E-tailers Not Delivering the Goods
While European e-tailers are improving
customer service, they still have a long road to travel when it comes to order
fulfillment, according to a new study released by Andersen Consulting.
Americans
love web shopping
Fifty-six percent of American adult Internet users shop
online--a 31 percent increase over 1998. Also, 75 percent of the people surveyed
in a recent study expect more people to know their email address than their phone
number in the future. Bosses
Disapprove, But employees still surf
Twenty-five percent of workers reportedly
use the Internet during office hours for personal reasons for at least 10 minutes
each day. And global sales of 2.4 giga hertz wireless LAN products are expected
to reach $1.3 billion by 2006. ecommerce
enthusiasm goes global
The United States reportedly is not the country
most responsive to consumer ecommerce and efinance. Also, PC sales are up 18.3
percent since 1999, and 65 percent of British cell phone users say they want to
use their Web-enabled phones for email. Laptops
Most Popular Mobile Computers
The worldwide market for mobile handheld
devices with Internet access capabilities is increasing by more than a billion
dollars annually. UK
Net Prices Bottoming Out
The latest edition of the Goldfish e-tail price
index, issued Tuesday morning, says that while online deflation has continued
this last month, prices online are starting to bottom out in the UK. Wireless
Bypasses U.K.'s DSL Delays
Internet-access company Tele2 believes it has
found a way to bypass the queues for collocation in British Telecommunications
PLC's exchanges by offering high-speed wireless links from home. Failing
dot-coms jettisoning their CEOs
A new survey released by a Chicago-based
outplacement firm indicates that an increasing number of CEOs are leaving their
companies, particularly at e-commerce ventures that are struggling for survival.
Small
Dot-Coms Thrive While Industry Giants Melt Down
Beneath the chaotic dot-com
busts of the last half-year, an overlooked breed of Internet companies--mostly
small and nimble--is thriving. Microsoft
Claims No. 1 Spot Among Web At-Home Users
Microsoft Corp. claimed the
No. 1 spot among at-home Internet users in August for the first time since March,
according to a Jupiter Media Metrix multi-country report New
Study Shows Auto Dealers How to Keep Online Used Car Shoppers
Online used
car shoppers are likely to leave an automobile dealer's Web site if they cannot
easily find price, mileage, options and accessories, and pictures of used vehicles
All
States Should Have Online Voting By 2004
All 50 US states should offer
some form on Internet voting by the time the presidential election in 2004 rolls
around European
E-Tailers Not Delivering the Goods
European e-tailers have yet to provide
reliable and efficient delivery and customer service to consumers 33%
Of Website Budgets Are Allocated To Maintenance & Design
The two largest
components of site development and operation are site design / programming maintenance
costs (33% of the total) and costs for access and site hosting Some
Big Spenders Won't Shell Out for Web Ads
Fortune 500 companies are often
stingy when it comes to shelling out for online ads, a study shows. The
power of e-procurement
E-procurement may not be the flashiest way to improve
the bottom line, but businesses never pass up a good deal when they see one. Find
out how some companies are turning mundane requisitions into millions in savings.
Digital
Divide Evident in Chile
Despite Chile's unrestricted economy, relative
wealth, and well-developed telecommunications infrastructure, a digital divide
still exists. Cost
Savings Draw Consumers to Online Travel
The number of Americans who bought
travel online last year grew to 21 million, nearly doubling the Internet travel
market for the second consecutive year M-Commerce
Slow To Connect in U.S.
Fewer than one-third of U.S. wireless device owners
have attempted mobile online purchasing, and 20 percent of those who have tried
quit after the first few attempts Gates
defends PC at Comdex, unveils new tablet
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates,
however, isn't convinced that the PC is on its last legs. Dot-Com
Closures Reach Fever Pitch
One-third of the 131 dot-coms that have folded
this year have done so in the past seven weeks. Wireless
Banking Expected to be Wave of the Future
With the number of Internet-capable
cellular phones, pagers and digital assistants predicted to skyrocket over the
next five years, Mr. Wahbe has no doubt that huge numbers of Canadians will soon
opt to do routine banking chores the wireless way. Hong
Kong Home Net Use Surpasses 36%
More than 36 percent of Hong Kong homes
have Internet access, and over half have PCs, according to the results of a government
survey released. E-Mail
Outpaces the Web
Net surfers are sending 10 billion e-mail messages a
day, and that number will more than triple in five years.
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