February 1, 1999
ClickZ: Developing A Privacy Policy.
Let the buyer beware.
Builder.Com: Macromedia tools getting cooler all the time.
Dan Shafer. Macromedia really gets it.
Webmonkey: MP3: Legal and Ethical Issues.
A look at the MP3 audio format.
News.Com: Federal judge blocks COPA.
"I conclude that, based on the evidence presented to date, the plaintiffs have established a substantial likelihood that they will be able to show that COPA imposes a burden on speech that is protected for adults..."
CNNfn: Amazon seeks new products.
[Jeff Bezos] "A year from now Barnes & Noble won't even consider us a direct competitor..."
Internet World: Web-Only Stores Know a Thing or Two About Satisfaction.
People were frustrated with products being out of stock, with slow-running sites, and with the high costs of shipping and handling.
ZDNN: Will Amazon.com offer greeting cards?
Speculation over Amazon's registration of two domain names (Amazongreetings.com and Amazoncard.com).
Wired News: French Stage Second Net Strike.
To connect to the Internet by modem in France, a user pays US$3 an hour during the day and $1 an hour at night.
Adobe: Web Chaos or Control?
Web site chaos is commonly caused by undefined roles and responsibilities and an absence of Web leadership across the company.
CIO Web Business: Good Working Order.
Are you doing enough to guarantee users a high-quality Web experience?
NY Times: Trying to Get in Tune With the Digital Age.
"The notion that music could be free is really something we have to contend with," Bowie said.
Wired News: Lycos Gets Fast with MP3.
"I would be surprised if the RIAA doesn't come down on it."
Microsoft Backstage: A Passion for Customer Privacy.
Richard Purcell is the Manager of Customer Information and talks about Microsoft's privacy policy.
Industry Standard: Microsoft's Search for Portal Profits.
...its plans for instant messaging and other new features have been plagued by delays.
SJ Mercury: Voice R Us?
``Ten years from now, everyone will talk to his computer, to his car, to devices in his home. Everybody.''
Advertising Age: Portals rethink retail strategies, shopping agents.
As the hype over holiday shopping settles, portals are re-evaluating their retail strategies and the way they balance the needs of consumers> with those of their retail/advertising partners.
Interactive Week: The Net's Bottom Line: Create Time.
On the Internet, the key is not to watch the bottom line; it's to watch the time savings.
ClickZ: Click-Through As The Wrong Metric.
Here's the truth: Click-through is nothing more than a convenient, easy-to-get-a-handle-on measure of an ad's ability to create an impulse response.
Wired News: The Ultimate Source.
Former MS exec, founder and CEO of Infospace, wants to syndicate content for portals.
Useit.Com: Jakob spotlights a paper by Hal Varian on the economics of information goods.
USA Today: Tech leaders make case for e-commerce.
[Bill Gates] ...he saw the biggest potential for small companies to trade worldwide because they ''are able to offer their unique services through the Internet.''
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