More on the coming wireless boom:
Wireless E-Commerce Said to Be Heating Up–December 29, 1999… Read the rest
Month: December 1999 (Page 1 of 2)
The next Net battle: Time. The UK government wants to create a universal Internet time standard based on Greenwich Mean Time. They’re giving it a new name: “Get,” for Greenwich Electronic Time — although it’s not clear how Get differs from GMT.… Read the rest
Here’s an interesting review of the year in Internet access appliances, from a site devoted to news about Net devices. As the review points out, wireless access to the Web really started to take off in 1999, with Sprint PCS introducing a Web phone service, and Nokia selling WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) cell phones like hotcakes.… Read the rest
Most online holiday shoppers are happy with their experiences, reports say — although online toy stores may have produced more than their share of dissatisfaction:
Web Shoppers Report Satisfaction
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EToys, Amazon stock prices dropped Monday despite record e-commerce volume — analysts suggest investors are worried about the impact of fulfillment and customer service problems.
EToys Was No. 3 for Holiday Shopping
But Worries Over Service Hurt Stock
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While the Internet economy booms, the Linux and open-source software movements are thriving on a “gift economy” that values intellectual contributions over market share, Salon writer Andrew Leonard observes. Of course, Wall Street loves the gift economy too, pushing Red Hat and VA Linux shares into the stratosphere.… Read the rest
Red Herring has a nice piece on the “unsung heroes of the Internet” — the ordinary working folks who make e-business happen through their decidedly un-virtual jobs. Profiled in the story are a DSL installer, a Webvan warehouse worker, a call center employee, and a manager at an Exodus data facility.… Read the rest
Toy company says its sorry for late shipments with $100 gift certificates:
Toys R Us Pays for Missed Gifts… Read the rest
E-commerce sales during the holiday shopping season will add up to the predicted $4 billion, the Mercury News reports. And, despite pre-Christmas reports of retailers’ inabilities to deliver presents on time, most online merchants performed respectably, according to early reports.
Net sales soar past ’98 mark (12/26/1999)… Read the rest
Dire predictions about holiday e-commerce notwithstanding, the top online retail sites seem to be performing pretty well this holiday season, according to Keynote Systems, which measures Web page availability and download times at major e-commerce sites.
Holiday Shopping Web Sites Continue to Perform Well (Keynote press release)… Read the rest