Channel | Digital

RSS may stand for Really Simple Syndication (among other less-descriptive things), but there's nothing simple about selling the automated Web feed processes

Thank you, Steve Jobs and the iTunes Music Store, for a jump in podcast downloads. The Pew Internet & American Life Project discovered in a recent poll

Computer and application developers have long talked about the “grandma test”: If their hardware or programs were intuitive enough for older relatives to use, they knew they had something a broad swath of the everyday online public could find value in.

Video content is flowing onto the Web, and the video-watching audience is growing correspondingly. So it's not surprising that direct marketers are showing interest in attaching ads to that content and reaching this online audience.

But why do you want to save? Are you putting away pennies for a sailboat, or to pay your daughter's way through college? Maybe you're dreaming of taking a trip to Italy to see the village where your grandfather was born. All of these reasons are emotional as well as fiscal, a theme HSBC Direct…

Everyone has their favorite haunts on the Web. Some are places that you pop into every now and then, to make a quick purchase or check up on news. Others

Visits to online music site ITunes.com skyrocketed 413% on Christmas Day 2006, compared to Dec. 25, 2005, according to Hitwise.

BabyUniverse Inc., an online marketer of baby and toddler goods, has launched BabyTV.com; an Internet broadcast channel and community for new and expectant parents.

Consumers are increasing their search for consumer package goods online, according to a new survey by ICrossing.

Canadian online sales are expected to reach $8.3 billion this year, a 25% gain over last year and next year, that number will reach 26.3%, according to EMarketer.