The hype cycle now lasts less than a day. Take yesterday's over-hyped launch of stealth search startup Cuil, which was quickly followed by a backlash when everyone realized that it was selling a bill of goods. This was entirely the company's own fault. It pre-briefed every blogger and tech journalist [...]
If you often sell items on online auction sites, you may find yourself on the IRS's radar due to recent tax legislation. Here are tips for eBay entrepreneurs on how to protect themselves and their profits, while complying with tax laws.[...]
Amazon.com unveiled new online-payment options targeted at merchants -- a move that puts it in stiffer competition with rival eBay's PayPal online-services unit.[...]
EarthLink, which earlier today reported its Q2 earnings, said that it wants to facilitate consolidation in the dial-up ISP space, including going after AOL's (NYSE: TWX) dial-up business, which parent Time Warner has already said it is looking to sell off. CEO Rolla Huff: "We believe we're best-positioned to be [...]
NBC finally let us know how long the delay would be between Olympics events appearing on television and then online. According to an NBC rep, popular events like swimming and gymnastics will run live in prime time TV on the East Coast, will be delayed for the Pacific Coast and [...]
