August 5, 1999
NY Times: Travel Agents Fault Discounts on Internet-Only Plane Fares.
Travel agents reacted with anger and disappointment Wednesday to the latest airline offers of additional discounts on tickets booked over the carriers' World Wide Web sites.
Washington Post: The Light Bulb Goes Off Again.
In category after category, whether it’s books, toys, music or shoes, Web natives are striking first, while traditional merchants worry about cannibalizing store sales or alienating sales and distribution partners.
News.Com: E-commerce talent's hard to find.
New recruits to e-commerce companies say that they leave consulting for the opportunity to build a business instead of analyze it. Others see a chance to get involved in a historic economic change. And then there's always the chance to strike it rich.
Editor & Publisher: Print Publications Drive Web Site Awareness.
The survey found that 39% of consumers said they had visited Web sites after seeing ads in magazines, and 29% after seeing ads in newspapers. Twenty-seven percent of Web surfers said they visited sites after seeing ads on the Web.
News.Com: When Net companies outgrow their name.
A growing number of companies selling online may face an odd problem if they expand their Web business models: being saddled with a name that no longer suits what they do.
ZDNN: Free PC advertisers in limbo.
Then there's Anita Hamilton, a Time magazine columnist who tested one of the Free-PC units. "The ads are not that annoying," says Hamilton, adding, "I taped a piece of paper over them."
Interactive Week: Report: Microsoft Laying Plans For Free Access Service.
Microsoft, which is battling Internet access giant America Online on several fronts, is laying plans to offer a low-cost, or even free, Internet service...
Salon: Why won't Amazon help you compare prices?
In short, Amazon seems to have given up on comparison shopping, lending support to the carping of observers who were immediately skeptical of the idea that a Web megastore could provide unbiased price comparison.
NY Times: Forgot a Password? Try 'Way2Many'.
He sees himself as the archetypal wired citizen of the future. "I suspect that we will be totally inundated with passwords of one form or another in the next 10 to 20 years and possessing 129 passwords will be the norm..."
News.Com: Start-up companies plan to speed up the Net.
Using satellite feeds, content caching servers, traffic-routing software, and other technology, companies such as Akamai, SkyCache, and Edgix are vying to colonize what they call the "edge" of the Net with Web content.
Upside: Magid Meets Andy Rooney.
I'm tired of waiting for Java applications to run and dealing with stupid interfaces just to get some basic information.
Wired News: Advertisers Want Their ITV.
[Josh Bernoff, principal analyst for Television Research at Forrester Research] Bernoff said it's easier than calling an 800 number, because you don't need to remember the number on the screen -- you only click the button. "It’s what we call lazy interactivity..."
PC World: An E-perk for First Class Travelers.
To those harried business travelers racing through O'Hare, British Airways says take a load off--a load of books, that is. In a trial program running through August, the carrier is providing NuvoMedia's eBook full of content to its first class passengers.
Builder.Com: Critique of Deja.com.
There is some great content on this site, and it supports ratings and discussions about a vast array of products, services, and people, but it just seems like they haven't sat behind the one-way glass and watched end users stumble.
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