January 22, 2000
Infoworld: Wireless Web whirlwind.
Although most experts agree that Web sites are not likely to lose their relevance, the trend toward sending personalized data directly to wireless devices and enabling users to conduct transactions based on the data they receive has far-reaching implications for those sites.
NY Times: The Future Is Now -- or Never.
The company devoted $2 million to these alliances -- paid for through either a flat fee or one based on sales -- for a simple reason: "To be where people are shopping online means being on the portals," says Peter Baltaxe, RedEnvelope's senior vice president for business development.
Infoworld: 'E-warranty' services extend sales options.
Now several Web-based services are emerging that claim to make it easier for e-tailers -- and the IT staffs that serve them -- to peddle extended warranties for a wide variety of goods. They'll also help consumers buy, track, and take advantage of the agreements online.
Washington Post: Expecting a Fight, AOL and Time Flex Lobbying Muscle.
America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc., facing scrutiny of their proposed $183 billion merger by congressional committees, federal regulators and antitrust enforcers, have been signing up teams of lobbyists to minimize any political damage that might complicate their plans
Wired News: RIAA Sues MP3.com.
The lawsuit, filed in a district court in New York on Friday, seeks to prohibit the company from providing the Instant Listening service which offers customers instant access to digital copies of CDs that they buy through MP3.com partners.
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