Articles by Robert Conlin

An Alton, England-based company that has grand plans to offer free Internet information in towns and cities across the UK announced Thursday that it has signed a $31.4 million (US$) deal with NCR (NYSE: NCR) to provide 3,500 Internet kiosks TownpagesNet.com (AMEX: TPN) said the exclusive agreement calls for NCR to build and maintain the kiosks at p...

After its corporate parent decided to join the Internet music transmission industry, rather than fight it, Sony Music's Japanese group announced this week that it would become the first Japanese company to sell music online Sony Music Entertainment Japan said it would start selling single releases from some of its recording artists at prices rangin...

In a move that will surely increase its monthly traffic, one of the Internet's leading gay and lesbian portals announced the launch of a co-branded site with Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) Thursday San Francisco-based PlanetOut said the co-branded site will feature gay and lesbian news and travel features, daily interactive polling, headline news and d...

In a move that will surely increase its monthly traffic, one of the Internet's leading gay and lesbian portals announced the launch of a co-branded site with Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) Thursday San Francisco-based PlanetOut said the co-branded site will feature gay and lesbian news and travel features, daily interactive polling, headline news and d...

Recognizing that consumers have taken a shine to electronic ticketing, and that airlines can save money in the process, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that they will introduce a system that will allow airlines around the world to exchange electronic tickets The new system is expected to be in ...

On a relatively quiet day in mid-August -- a period when it seems half the country is on vacation and the other half is still unpacking the car -- the subject of auto sales was the driving force in e-commerce news circles: Online car-shopping site Autoweb.com announced Wednesday that it would add direct sales of new cars to its dealer referral serv...

An influential Jewish organization issued a report this week accusing leading online book sellers, Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com, of selling hate books in Germany, a violation of that country's laws The Simon Wiesenthal Center accused both companies of selling a number of books that are banned in Germany under that country's strict anti-propaga...

Like many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers that have caught the e-commerce bug, the fiercely traditional Tupperware Corporation (NYSE: TUP) has also succumbed to the lure of selling its wares online In an announcement Tuesday that clearly illustrates the growing reliance on e-commerce by American retailers, the makers of the ubiquitous line o...

Birthday wishes came true at the Kirkland, Washington headquarters of Birthday Express.com Tuesday, as the company announced it sold a minority stake to venture capital firms for $13.1 million (US$) With the infusion of an additional $12 million out of the company's till, BirthdayExpress.com has amassed a $25.1 million treasure chest, which it says...

In what it says is the first new form of U.S. postage since the invention of the postage meter 80 years ago, Stamps.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: STMP) announced today that it has received regulatory approval from the U.S. Postal Service to start selling stamps over the Internet The Santa Monica, California-based company was one of two online companies to be ...

Drawing on its existing relationship with professional services firm KPMG LLP and its strategic alliance mindset, Cisco Systems, Inc.(Nasdaq: CSCO) announced Monday that it has signed a letter of intent to invest $1 billion (US$) in KPMG's Internet services business The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, is scheduled to be finalized nex...

When Internet investor Softbank Corp or software giant Microsoft talk, people pay attention. When they talk together, the audience is tuned in even more The two industry heavyweights are reportedly talking about establishing a joint-venture to offer low-cost Internet access to the Japanese market, a move that could bump the 10 percent Internet user...

Executives at HomeStore.com (Nasdaq: HOMS) are probably shaking their head in agreement with Charles Dickens' famous "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times," opening to "A Tale of Two Cities." Friday, the day after the company saw its share price soar as much as 36 percent in its initial stock sale, the real estate listing company was the subject of a Wall Street Journal report. The report said federal antitrust regulators are looking into the company's relationship with the National Association of Realtors...

Unknown to many of us here on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the Scandinavians have been out in the forefront of many Internet-related matters. Today's Norwegian, Swede, Finn or Danish software engineer is the modern-day version of Eric the Red and his Viking cohorts, leading the rest of Europe Jupiter Communications is well aware of the fac...

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In an announcement equivalent to kicking sand at the beach or raining on the parade, Internet marketing research company Greenfield Online said that online shopping decreased three percent this past quarter, the first e-commerce decrease the company's surveys have revealed in the past year Westport, Connecticut-based Greenfield Online released the ...

Martha Stewart can make a garden grow and a dinner table glow, but does America's leading homemaker know the recipe for a perfectly-formed, golden-brown and successful IPO? We'll soon find out the answer to that question. Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, a division of Martha Stewart Living, filed for an IPO that could be valued a...

With a reach that stretches around the globe and a finger on the pulse of news events from Australia to Alaska, Reuters (Nasdaq: RTRSY) announced Thursday that it is forming a new global business unit to expand its reach into cyberspace Announcing the formation of New Media International, the British global news service said it intends to pursue In...

One of the Web's fastest-growing networks and a shopping site with over 29,000 merchants announced Thursday that they would form an online partnership, a move that gives both access to an ample supply of resources About.com (Nasdaq: BOUT) -- formerly known as the Mining Co. -- and ShopNow.com said the agreement calls for the shopping site to build ...

Roberto Cibrian-Campoy, CEO and co-founder of Latin American portal El Sitio International, expects his company to grow six-fold by the year 2002. Judging by the fast track the company is on in recent months, Cibrian-Campoy might just get his wish The recipients of $44 million (US$) in private equity placement last month - one of the largest first-...