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Microsoft Adds To Web Services Arsenal
News Microsoft plans to add to its arsenal of Web services tools on Tuesday, when the company officially unveils Content Management Server 2002. The new product is the third released this year aimed at aligning companies doing business over the Internet...
[October 7, 2002, 8:06]
Skype Getting Nearer The Big Time
News Net phone phenomenon Skype is preparing to expand its menu of paid services, hastening its efforts to evolve from a free provider of niche services into a profitable company that could give industry giants a run for their money.
[March 18, 2005, 13:20]
Google Takes On Paid-search Company
News Paid-search company Overture Services has some new competition: Google. Google has long cloistered itself from the growing leagues of paid-listings services by generating search results according to a proprietary formula that does not include...
[February 7, 2002, 6:31]
Yahoo Celebrates Ongoing Recovery
News Yahoo on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, helped by its paid-search partnership with Overture Services and signs that online advertising is improving. But Yahoo chief financial officer Susan Decker said...
[October 9, 2003, 16:20]
Macworld: Apple Moves From ITools To .Mac
News Apple Computer on Wednesday announced that it will transition its iTools Web services to a paid programme from a free one, under the .Mac name. The shift to paid Web services and the .Mac renaming bears some similarity to Microsoft's .Net software...
[July 17, 2002, 14:08]
.Mac May Prove A Hard Sell For Apple
News By imposing an annual fee on Web-based services that were previously free, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking his company deeper into the murky waters of paid consumer services. The history of paid services, though, is not a pretty picture.
[July 18, 2002, 12:43]
Overture Expands Paid-search Umbrella
News Overture has launched its operations in Australia offering paid-placement search services, headed up by an ex-AltaVista heavyweight. Overture differs from some other companies offering paid search services by revealing how much different companies...
[February 5, 2004, 9:05]
Yahoo! Takes Pulse Of Consumer Demand
News is considering several new paid services, including broadband access, that could help the Web giant find new sources of revenue amid a steep decline in online advertising. Paid services being offered range in price and generally do not have a...
[October 3, 2001, 11:58]
BTopenworld Trials Music Subscription Service
News BTopenworld is trialling a music subscription service that will allow subscribers on its broadband and narrowband services to download paid-for music over the Internet, but Linux users will be cut out of the loop.
[October 29, 2001, 15:18]
EC Examines E-money Regulation
News Mobile operators, providers of premium rate services and others involved in m-commerce are being asked for their views on the extent to which pre-paid mobile transactions should be regulated under the EU's electronic money regime.
[May 28, 2004, 11:00]
Paid Search Boosts Yahoo Revenue
News Nearly one fifth of Yahoo's overall first-quarter revenue grew out of its partnership with Overture Services, a provider of paid search listings, the Web portal disclosed in a securities filing on Thursday.
[May 16, 2003, 9:40]
Pearson Denies FT.com To End Free Access
News The Sunday Times story misses the difference between a pure subscription model, and a mode of free content and premium paid services," a Pearson spokesman insisted. It insisted that it intends to offer a limited number of "premium paid services...
[February 6, 2001, 14:58]
Yahoo! Tests New Search Layout
News is testing a new layout for search results that packs more paid listings onto a page, a move that could increase its revenues and provide a big boost for its paid search partner, Overture Services. He estimates that four of every 10 Web surfers...
[February 5, 2003, 8:13]
Lonely Free ISPs Agree To Marriage
News The two survivors will become a single company called United Online, which will continue to offer free services under the NetZero brand and move its paid services under the Juno name. All three have pushed subscribers toward paid services or...
[June 8, 2001, 14:36]
Microsoft Directs Chatters To IM
News But analysts said there may be benefits for the software giant, which is trying to shunt customers to paid services across its network. Even though MSN Messenger is not a paid service, it's the leading edge of where Microsoft wants to go with paid...
[September 26, 2003, 9:00]
Colt's Mobile Plans Still Unclear
News Colt has confirmed it will not roll out any mobile services in the foreseeable future, even though it has paid more than £1.5m for a mobile licence. Colt is trying to expand its reseller channel, which will try to sell its services to smaller...
[March 2, 2007, 9:44]
Photo Users Complain As Yahoo Tweaks Service
News In its ongoing effort to balance its free and paid services, Yahoo this month divided its Briefcase file storage service and its Photos storage and retail site, adjusted storage limits and restricted some downloads to paying subscribers.
[December 24, 2003, 9:25]
New OoVoo Release (1.6)
Blog This is the first ooVoo release that is not designated as a "Beta", and it is the beginning of their move to a clearly defined "free" basic package and additional paid services on top of that. The more important and interesting part of the new...
[May 14, 2008, 10:26]
Demon: 'We're Not Going Free'
News Higginson predicts Demon will have around 325,000 subscribers in six months -- current numbers stand at 290,000 -- and promises new services like online fantasy football and paid connection for users wishing to move to ISDN.
[July 5, 1999, 15:38]
Search Engines Get 'Gatored'
News During the test phase, Gator is using results from paid search kingpin Overture Services, Terra Lycos and FindWhat.com. He said that because advertisers of Overture and other services expect to reach people contextually through search -- for...
[January 15, 2003, 7:42]
