Archive for December 20th, 2006
Niche and the Net – From Obscure to Profitable
Business Wire: Internet search engines not only make it easier for consumers to find that partridge in a pear tree, but it has made it both practical and profitable for companies to produce, market and sell such niche products, according to new research by MIT Sloan Professor Erik Brynjolfsson. “More and more people are shopping [...]
Wachovia Introduces Mobile Banking In The USA
mobileburn.com: US banking giant Wachovia announced the first phase of its mobile banking system for its customers. Wachovia Mobile, the company’s first step with mobile banking, is available now on handheld devices running Windows Mobile 5 with Pocket Internet Explorer. The new service lets Wachovia customers view account balances, check account activity, and transfer funds [...]
Internet Critical Tool For Political Cash
USA Today: Retired naval officer Joe Sestak out-raised incumbent Republican Curt Weldon to seize a House seat in suburban Philadelphia — aided by nearly $900,000 in Internet contributions. This year’s midterm elections offered fresh examples of the ways the Internet is changing how candidates in both parties raise money as they scramble to collect the [...]
Government Business And E-Mail Make Happy Match For Entrepreneur
Duluth News Tribune: Scott Burns and his longtime ski buddy, Zach Stabenow, founded and operate a growing, profitable multimillion-dollar company that has virtually no competition. If you receive e-mail messages from the city of Duluth regarding new City Council agendas on the city Web site, for example, they were sent by GovDelivery. If you have [...]
Copyright Tool Will Scan Web For Violations
The Wall Street Journal Online: To deal with the mounting copyright issues swirling around video and other content online, a start-up founded by some respected Silicon Valley executives is taking a novel approach: combing the entire Web for unauthorized uses. Privately held Attributor Corp. of Redwood City, Calif., has begun testing a system to scan [...]
