Sarah Stambler's Marketing with Technology News articles from June 2001

Sarah Stambler's Marketing with Technology News archives from June 2001

Interest in E-Mail Wanes, Despite Web Usage Growth in the UK.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Fragile Connection: Dealing with User Preferences Thirty-six percent of Brits (16 million) now surf the Net, according to research just published. This compares with 27 percent of the entire U.K. population just a year ago. The...

Web Veterans Wary of Sites seeking personal data.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Fragile Connection: Dealing with User Preferences Even the most seasoned Web surfer is often spooked by sites that ask for personal data and at times will lie to gain access to a site, a new report says. Two out of three Internet...

Shipping, handling costs deter 63% of E-Buyers.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Fragile Connection: Dealing with User Preferences While e-tailers complain that they're losing money on shipping and handling (S&H) costs, 63 percent of consumers say they don't complete online purchases because they distrust S&H...

'Instant-Messaging Generation' emerges.(Pew Internet & American Life Project)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Internet is used by almost three-quarters of U.S. teen-agers, a new report says. And nearly all of them are using instant-messaging technology in ways that may be transforming the manner in which kids deal with one another. "It's kind...

U.S. Consumer E-Spending down 10 percent.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Fewer online travel bookings dropped consumer Internet spending by nearly 10 percent last month, Forrester Research Inc. said earlier this month. The May ringout for U.S. online shoppers was $3.9 billion, down from $4.3 billion in April,...

Are you digitally dysfunctional?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Next Big Thing, an online journal that is a publication of Market-space, a digital-strategy consultancy that is part of the Monitor Group family of professional services firms, defines "digital dysfunction" as the inability to manage large...

U.S. Copyright database. (Sites).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Listed as an "experimental, alternative search method for first-time and occasional users," this site offers a way to search such databases as registered works, serials (such as newspapers and magazines), and documents. For "advanced, faster...

Need Info? Head to Researchville. (Sites).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... This site could be good for a kid working on a high school term paper. Researchville is billed as a hybrid search site that helps folks find information from various U.S. daily newspapers. Results can be obtained from more than 650 sites, and...

More about fragile connections. (Editor's Corner).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Researchers in the UK find that people's use of e-mail has declined since last year. A surprising finding. E-mail is perceived as a runaway killer app, a communication channel set to permeate the planet. Perhaps we all have to take a step...