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- Bizarre merger of the day: United Online buys FTD Group
- United Online has one helluva Internet portfolio: Classmates.com, MyPoints, NetZero, Juno and now FTD, a florist. If you're looking for synergy you won't find it here. The company announced Wednesday that it will acquire FTD for $800 million Techmeme. The moving parts involved in that sum are...
- Tags: Merger, United Online Inc., FTD, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Start-ups search for hard-drive replacements
- Start-ups search for hard-drive replacementsGive an entire new meaning...to the phrase, "my disk drive died".High - K Dielectric - FerroelectricsFerroelectric materials have many opticalproperties that go well beyond othersin performance and applications.http://p2pnet.net/story/1385http://p2pnet.net/story/1211http://colossalstorage.netInteresting, but remember FTD?This is all a really interesting look at what's invdevelopement, but how much of this is...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, data storage, hard drive, FTD, beef, DVD
- Discussion threads 2004-07-21
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- AOL ready to be dealt in pieces; Who's buying?
- Time Warner has reportedly completed its internal restructuring so it can officially separate AOL's dial-up business from its content and advertising assets. The split is likely to become official when Time Warner delivers earnings on Wednesday. The big question: Who is buying? This move is a bit...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp., Asset Management, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Operational Planning, Business Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- News to know: Microhoo; Adobe; MacBook Air; OLPC; RIAA
- Notable headlines: Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet. Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air Ryan Stewart: Adobe Open Screen Project Dan Farber: IBM...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Advertisement, RIAA, Apple MacBook, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- BlueTie brings 'featuretisements' to workflow
- BlueTie has come up with a novel way to generate revenue for its collaboration suite aimed at small businesses. Rather than licensing, subscription or ads BlueTie is using"featuretisements," where the company is paid on a cost per action basis. The idea is to integrate monetizable services into the workflow of...
- Tags: Software, Idea, Orbitz, BlueTie, Workflow, E-mail, Process Improvement, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Top-growing sites in February 2007: FTD.com, 1-800-FLOWERS
- Top-growing sites in February 2007: FTD.com, 1-800-FLOWERSError?I think the column heads for January and February are reversed.
- Tags: Top-growing, FTD.com, 1-800-Flowers.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Flowers, gifts and greetings site traffic up 25% in February 2006
- Internet traffic increased in the Flowers/Greetings/Gifts, e-Cards and Jewelry/Luxury Goods/Accessories categories in February 2006. Flowers/Gifts/Greetings saw the second largest traffic increase among all categories for the month, as it jumped 25% to 36.8 mln visitors. E-Cards ranked as the fourth highest gaining category increasing 10% to 38.3 mln visitors, while...
- Tags: Jewelry/Luxury Goods/Accessories
- Blog posts 2006-03-10
- Top Web traffic growth in Feb 2006: FTD, PowerBall, NASCAR, 1-800-Flowers, TaxACT
- FTD.com, Powerball.com and NASCAR.com were among the top-growing Web sites in February 2006.Top traffic growth in February 2006 Traffic, 000Growth Jan 2006Feb 2006%Total Internet170,797166,966-2FTD.com1,9354,956156Powerball.com1,3143,271149Nascar.com2,4704,685901-800-FLOWERS1,7533,09577TaxAct.com2,2453,52857YouTube.com2,7414,23054123Greetings.com3,0614,44145TaxActOnline.com2,6543,69239IRS.gov11,51115,91938Mozilla3,4654,78838Source: comScore
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, NASCAR, 1-800-FLOWERS
- Blog posts 2006-03-10
- Scalability
- I've been thinking about scalability alot today. The thought process actually kicked off with the Typepadoutage from last week...even thoughin the end scalabilitywasn't exactly the problem there. Yet it seems that "growing pains" is a common compliantabout many Internet social software tools -- everything...
- Tags: scalability, Lotus cc:Mail
- Blog posts 2005-12-20
- Least pleasant shopping sites to browse: Kmart.com, Costco.com, CompUSA.com
- ForeSee Results and FGI Research asked online shoppers about their user experiences at popular online shopping locations. Most satisfying sites to browse Web site Browser satisfaction score Netflix.com 85 Amazon.com 84 QVC.com 84 Newegg.com 82 LLBean.com 82 OldNavy.com 81 TigerDirect.com 81 Apple.com 80 Avon.com 80 BN.com 80 Williams-Sonoma.com 80 HarryandDavid.com 80 HSN.com...
- Tags: ForeSee Results, FGI Research
- Blog posts 2005-06-30
- Top sites for special occasions: USPS, UPS, 1-800-Flowers
- Nielsen//NetRatings published the list of the top sites visited for special occasions. Data for the week ending May 8th, 2005 was surveyed.Top sites for special occasion Unique Audience, 000Active Reach, %USPS4,613 3.7 Ups.com4,042 3.24 1800flowers.com3,105 2.49 Hallmark.com2,839 2.28 FedEx2,293 1.84 Americangreetings.com2,038 1.63 FTD.com1,715 1.38 proflowers.com1,674 1.34 Egreetings.com1,450 1.16 Yahoo!...
- Tags: special occasion
- Blog posts 2005-06-26
- Conversion rates for online retailers: QVC - 16.3%, Lands End - 14.8%, Sportsmans Guide - 13.5%
- Nielsen//NetRatings released the first Internet retail report card from its MegaView Online Retail service. The report card highlights the top 10 online retailers ranked by sales conversion rates, and top 15 product categories ranked by average order size during February 2005. Among the top 10 online retailers ranked by conversion...
- Tags: online retail company, retail company
- Blog posts 2005-04-11
- Top three online florists bought 1 bln ad impressions in 1 week
- Top three online floral advertisers for Valentine's Day stepped up promotions by 333%. The number of shoppers to the sites jumped 75%, capturing the attention of nearly 4.4 mln unique visitors. Nielsen//NetRatings reports that the average order size for flowers is approximately $58. Portals/search engines, and email sites have proven...
- Tags: ad impression
- Blog posts 2005-02-19
- Top three online florists bought 1 bln ad impressions in 1 week
- Top three online floral advertisers for Valentine's Day stepped up promotions by 333%. The number of shoppers to the sites jumped 75%, capturing the attention of nearly 4.4 mln unique visitors. Nielsen//NetRatings reports that the average order size for flowers is approximately $58. Portals/search engines, and email sites have proven...
- Tags: ad impression
- Blog posts 2005-02-19
- ProFlowers traffic up 156%, FTD up 106% before Valentine's Day
- Nielsen//NetRatings reported that love is in the air as gift and flowers destinations drew 2.5 mln at-home visitors marking a 40% jump during the week ending February 6 as Valentine's Day approaches. Two other popular Website categories during Valentine's Day, greeting cards and personals destinations look to gain momentum closer...
- Tags: Valentine
- Blog posts 2005-02-13
- FTD and Florists Flourish With HP Technology, ValCom Service
- FTD, a household name in floral delivery, is winning praise from member florists for its proprietary Mercury computer applications, paired with HP technology, that help them save time and cut costs while attracting more business. In fact, FTD's Mercury applications and HP products are a cornerstone of FTD's ability to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Florist, Productivity, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
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