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Phonepayplus issues new premium rate rules Dinah Greek, Computeract!ve, Thursday 22 January 2009 at 11:13:00Regulator responds to increased customer complaints about subscriptionservicesIncreased consumer complaints have led Phonepayplus to issue new rules onpremium rate subscription services.The premium rate regulatorsaid that while most companies operate without causing concern, others haveadopted practices that are detrimental to consumers.Anecdotal evidence given to the organisation found that consumers, includingyoung people, were in some cases being charged several thousand pounds as aresult of bad practice by content and service providers.From now on Phonepayplus said that providers must apply to it for permissionto operate if they sell mobile subscription services costing more than £4.50 inany given week or if they are applying pay-per-page charges on the mobileinternet.In addition, the provider must get active confirmation from the subscriberbefore charging for a service. In order to get prio PCW.co.ukStarbucks taps Salesforce`s Sites technology for campaign Salesforce's Force.com Sites service has landed a marquee customer as it works through a developer preview stage.The nascent service, used to build Web sites with the on-demand CRM vendor's technology, is running under the hood of the new "I'm in" campaign by the Starbucks coffee chain. People who pledge to volunteer five hours on a community-service project get a free coffee through the marketing drive, which began Wednesday and runs through Sunday.[ See also: Salesforce links Force.com to google App Engine | Keep up on the latest tech news headlines at InfoWorld News, or subscribe to the Today's Headlines newsletter. ]Along with Salesforce partner Appirio, Starbucks built the campaign's Web site in just four weeks, said Chris Bruzzo, vice president of digital strategy and content for Starbucks. The company also simultaneously launched a Facebook application for the campaign.The decision to go with Force.com Sites made sense partly because of St InfoWorldAutonomy swallows Interwoven for $775m Infrastructure software company Autonomy has agreed to buy US content-management software specialist Interwoven for $775m.The acquisition, announced on Thursday, is intended to marry Autonomy's strength in enterprise search with Interwoven's skills in web content management. It should also improve Autonomy's access to the global legal and compliance industry through Interwoven's existing connections there, Autonomy said. It expects the new combined customer base to number more than 20,000. SiliconWhat Is IBM LotusLive? SAAS with Great Promise but Confusing Branding IBM LotusLive is a suite of messaging and collaboration applications IBM is hosting for partners to offer its customers as a SAAS (software as a service) suite. The move opens a new avenue of competition with Micorosoft and google in cloud computing, but IBM needs to get the branding straight lest it muddle marketing the way Microsoft has with Windows Live and other platforms. - IBM unveiled LotusLive notes Jan. 19 and with that brand change obliterated the amorphous sounding Bluehouse moniker.What is LotusLive? LotusLive is the brand name for meeting,messaging and collaboration applications IBM intends to deliver topartners, who will in turn put them in front of ... Eweek.comTJX Holds Reparations Sale Today Leave your credit cards at home. But, if you are looking for some bargains today is your day. Just announced yesterday, TJX is holding a one-day 'Customer Appreciation Day' promotion... AboutSprint Nextel Direct Connect launches bundled pricing for business Sprint Nextel is offering a custom-pricing plan for business customers on its Nextel Direct Connect service. Computerworld.comFortify Software Ends 2008 with Largest Quarter in Company History Fortify software announced that it achieved record growth in Q4 2008, finishing a strong fiscal year 2008 with the largest quarter in company history. Most notably, Fortify increased its bookings in Q4 2008 80% over Q4 2007. The company attributes its success to new business growth in the commercial and government sectors, adding 49 new customers in Q4 alone, growing their customer roster to more than 500 commercial enterprises and government agencies. In addition, Fortify saw the U.S. Air Force expand its purchase of Fortify solutions to over $11M, further increasing the industry's largest investment in software security.read more opensource.sys-con.com |
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Feedzilla is a news aggregator which categorizes news stories by topic. It is a platform where webmasters and bloggers can find an unmatched selection of easy to use, automatically updating and professional news widgets for their sites. Feedzilla supports the building of widgets in various formats, as well as allowing the addition of news widgets to different blogging platforms and social networks.
Feedzilla manually aggregates news summaries found in RSS feeds, and redistributes them in either RSS format or as a news widget. Content is collected 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from an ever-growing list of providers.
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9th of September 2009 - Interview of Feedzilla's founder at the IFA in Berlin. [More]