Sarah Stambler's Marketing with Technology News articles from October 2000

Sarah Stambler's Marketing with Technology News archives from October 2000

Toss your credit cards: Second-Gen E-Payments coming.(Ovum Inc.'s "Second Generation E-payments: E-business Beyond the Credit Card" report)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Many consumers have already found that credit cards are a necessary evil when it comes to shopping on the Web. According to a new study released by Ovum, a research and consulting company, online customers can take heart because credit cards...

Have someone else type E-mail for you.(WeType4u.com)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Our new mobile society means people are receiving e-mail just about everywhere they go over devices like pagers and cellular telephones. This leads to the logistical problem of trying to give a full response with text using the 10-digit keypad...

Internet eKiosks hit theaters Nov 17.(Marcus Theatres to show Universal Pictures previews vie eKiosk kiosks)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Coming soon to selected theaters near you, if you live in Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio or Minnesota: coming attractions! What is the big deal, aren't previews part of every theater, you ask? The difference will be the fact that the previews will...

Bell Canada demos video E-Mail booth.(BCE Media)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... Canada's largest telephone company - no stranger to the phone-booth business - has unveiled what it calls the first-ever video e-mail booth. The device allows users to step up, record a video message and send the results via e-mail to friends...

Factoids by E-mail. (Sites).(Zooba.com Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... In the tradition of services such as Emazing.com, a Web destination known as Zooba can send your way fascinating factoids on topics of interest to you. The once-a-week e-mail from Zooba on any of 46 topics you choose also comes bundled with...

Get RIPped. (Sites).(RIP Index measures web site performance)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... The RIP Index measures the performance of Web sites in a variety of categories, including auctions, airlines, travel, and US government. The sites are ranked for RIP: reliability, information/content, and performance. The constantly updated...

IdeaExchange.com. (Sites).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... All dressed up with a bright idea and no where to go? IdeaExchange.com has just opened for business, where one can peddle that brainstorm, whether it be a pamphlet or a New Age piano. Members create an entry for their concept and price it. An...

Dunning by fax. (Editor's Corner).(fax versus e-mail)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... For those of you who have been reading MWT over the last nine years, you know this publication started as a fax newsletter during the hey day of fax. Email is the killer app these days and, for the most part, I could care less about my fax...