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.Mac may prove a hard sell for Apple

While the devoted core of its customers may be willing to pay, Apple may have to work hard to win people over to its new fee-based Web services Read more

18 July, 2002 by Ian Fried

Fee-based services considered for MSN

Microsoft aims to raise its profile -- and more cash Read more

7 March, 2001 by Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft accounts for small businesses

...Office Accounting Express 2007 also links to third parties that offer additional fee-based services, including ADP for payroll, eBay for online sales, Equifax for... Read more

31 October, 2006 by Candace Lombardi

Microsoft exec takes on services, Google

...pioneering work but it's spreading throughout the company Will these be fee-based services?It'll certainly be part of our enterprise-level agreements... Read more

20 June, 2006 by Martin LaMonica and Mike Ricciuti

Taking on the Office gorilla, online

...business market later this year that would provide additional storage and other fee-based services. ThinkFree also claims to have attracted interest from enterprises that... Read more

26 May, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

AOL: One billion viruses blocked

...subsidiary screens both incoming and outgoing mail for free and offers additional fee-based services through a deal with Network Associates, which will soon be... Read more

17 May, 2004 by ZDNet UK

Apple online music service aims for impulse buyers

...The Apple chief pitched the music store as falling between Napster and fee-based services such as Rhapsody and Pressplay. Until it was shut down... Read more

29 April, 2003 by John Borland

Web services adoption too slow for Microsoft

A Microsoft executive has told of the company's frustration about the slow pace of Web services take-up Read more

12 September, 2002 by Charles Cooper and Mike Ricciuti

Microsoft .Net goes back to the drawing board

Microsoft's .Net My Services plan is in 'disarray' - so says top executive Jim Allchin, who revealed in antitrust testimony that the company is headed back to the drawing board on the Web strategy Read more

13 May, 2002 by Mike Ricciuti

Yahoo! breaks in live stock quotes

...launched by the company. Executives have stated their desire to offer more fee-based services as a way to grow revenues that are not dependent... Read more

3 April, 2001 by Jim Hu

Timing's right for MS .Net

...its FastCounter Web-site traffic monitor. Microsoft also offers a number of fee-based services on bCentral, such as its recently introduced Commerce Manager and... Read more

15 March, 2001 by Mary Jo Foley
Recession-Proof Your Service & Support Organization

Recession-Proof Your Service & Support Organization

...the paper to learn how remote service and support: Creates opportunities for fee-based services, thereby increasing revenue Provides fast, measurable return on investment Reduces... Read more

1 January, 2009
Interseroh Improves Effectiveness of Sales and Marketing With Integrated, Hosted Solution

Interseroh Improves Effectiveness of Sales and Marketing With Integrated, Hosted Solution

...an Interseroh quote application, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) components, and other internet fee-based services (e.g. Euwid, Google Maps, XING Read more

1 July, 2008
Using Web Services Technology for Competitive Advantage in Merchant Image Capture

Using Web Services Technology for Competitive Advantage in Merchant Image Capture

...process and reaping financial gains from reduced costs, new business and new fee based services Read more

1 November, 2007

Apple unveils online music store

...The Apple CEO pitched the music store as falling between Napster and fee-based services such as Rhapsody and Pressplay. Until it was shut down... Read more

29 April, 2003 by CNET Networks

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