Abercrombie & Fitch have tapped Dibby for some support in going mobile. The retailer selected the provider of mobile commerce solutions to build, manage and operate mobile storefronts for both its Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Co. brands.
A&F and its Hollister brand can expect to see availability of their sites on all Web-enabled devices, with [...]

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Local search business listings provider Localeze has extended its relationship with Microsoft’s Bing.com – a partnership formed in 2005 where Microsoft includes data from Localeze in its search index.
Bing will use Localeze’s premium business content, including more than 500,000 business-verified and managed listings, which have been enhanced directly by local businesses. In addition to [...]

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What is Red Hat up to with its launch this week of the opensource.com Web page? This replaces the “Truth Happens” page which ran articles and videos on open source, intellectual property, transparency and other issues. “Opensource.com is now the place to go to find out about how open source principles are re-shaping business, law, [...]

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Google has posted on their blog that Social Search is now available to everyone. Within the next few days, users will be allowed to participate in Social Search by simply creating a Google profile then linking their online content and profiles from other websites. Then, when searching, users will see results from those people connected [...]

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When I first started designing, developing and promoting websites in early 2000, “long-copy” pages were often the standard. While there has been a clear shift towards the “less-is-more” school of design (and copywriting), the Web is in no shortage of sites that shun the notion altogether. If you’re a believer that there’s something special about [...]

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If there's one thing bloggers hate, it's blogging. But blogging is an important part of just about any website. Search engines love fresh content and website visitors like to know you're on top of your game (or industry). What's more, the rise of social media requires that you have something to say, and something to [...]

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If you want to add some quick but custom audio to your website and don't want to spend hours (or dollars) doing so, you might want to check out AudioPal, a great free service developed by OddCast – makers of the SitePal Speaking characters we've all come to know and love (or at least used [...]

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There is a social media site for every niche – from web design to animal lovers. Travel enthusiasts (and the Web marketers that love them, i.e. you) now have a new site to capture and share their travel experiences with the launch of Yondr which launched today.
I personally wonder whether the travel industry is [...]

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Open source customer relationship management (CRM) software SugarCRM announced that it will host SugarCon 2010, its global customer, partner and developer conference, April 12-14, at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. I’ve been an advocate of the SugarCRM offering for years and recommend it to pretty much anyone looking for an alternative to commercial [...]

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EBay has once again made a change to seller fees. On the one hand, they dropped insertion fees. On the other hand, they seem to have raised final valuation fees. And many sellers are upset – not only at increased fees but the manner in which eBay has framed these fees.
Insertion fees will be dropped [...]

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