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Robert J. Ambrogi highlights 13 websites, launched this past year, that merit your review, including an online legal bookstore, an e-discovery resource, a new meta-search engine, and a collection of historical documents on the civil rights movement.
Press release: FTC Issues Final Rule Defining What Constitutes a “Commercial Electronic Mail Message” “The Federal Trade Commission today issued final regulations (81 pages, PDF) to facilitate the determination of whether an e-mail message has a commercial primary purpose and is subject to the provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act. The CAN-SPAM Act, which took effect …
Consumer product manufacturer Procter & Gamble plans to implement data privacy protection software on its websites (numbering in the hundreds) to meet compliance requirements in Europe, which after testing, will be followed by rollouts in the U.S. and other countries.
“On Dec. 9, Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, will be launching Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs, an innovative public education project that will help you find prescription drugs that fit your budgetespecially if you are a senior or have no prescription drug coverage. Visitors to the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs website …
The current Online Customer Respect Study, conducted by the Customer Respect Group, provides data on how prominent firms in the U.S. are rated in their online interactions with consumers. “…more than 50 percent of sites say they share personal data without users’ explicit permission. This should concern high-tech firms greatly, since research shows that more …
An useful addition to a compendium of competitive intelligence resources, the The Web Globalization Report Card 2005 ($$) “…identifies those companies that have developed Web sites that combine global reach with local usability. In all, this report rates the Web sites of 200 companies across 16 industries.” [Link to press release and website]. “The top …
A Cross-Border Examination of 20 Travel Web Sites – Selling International Airline Tickets in the United States and Six Western European Countries: “The flight and fare data provided by sister travel sites such as the Expedia, Travelocity and Opodo brands varied widely from country to country, completely dispelling any notions that these sites …
And to take a look at this article on how companies large and small are cutting technology costs by using open source applications, VoIP, scaling back on hardware purchases. In addition, there is less corporate focus on next “killer app.” See also Paid Placements Hit Travel Booking Sites
For those who are beginning holiday shopping, or others who are working on gadgets presentations (this one is for you b.f.), take a look at the new features available on Yahoo! Shopping.
If you are a subscriber, this data, available in PDF format, is linked on the WSJ Technology homepage.
“Prescription Drugs Online: One in four Americans have looked online for drug information, but few have ventured into the online drug marketplace.” [Link to press release] Precription Drugs Online (17 pages, PDF)
From Reuters: “German science publisher Springer Science + Business Media will start in January to put all back issues of its 1,250 scientific journals on the Internet, some of which date back to 1886, it said on Wednesday.” [Link]
