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America’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed that 35.4 million Americans filed their federal income tax returns over the Internet in 2000 and figure is expected to rise to more than 40 million in 2001. Many software and financial services companies have developed free or low cost packages enabling people to file their tax returns… Continue reading Many Happ-E Returns For The IRS

According to recent US Census Bureau data, B2B e-commerce dominated commercial activity in the US in 1999. The “E-stats” report, published today, shows that while e-commerce accounted for a relatively small percent of total economic activity in key sectors of the US economy, e-commerce transactions between businesses (B2B commerce)accounted for a surprisingly large proportion of… Continue reading 1999 e-Commerce Report From US Census Bureau

According to a recent report by Datamonitor, there will be 66.2 million active online bank accounts in Europe by 2003, up from 26.1 million in 2000. Growth is expected to be greatest in Southern Europe and in France where currently uptake of online banking has been slower than elsewhere in Europe. Currently Sweden is leading… Continue reading Online Banking Takes Off In Europe

According to new research by IDC, the global corporate ‘elearning’ market will exceed $23 billion by 2004. This growth is attributed to better, cheaper and more prevalent internet access and to the improvement in the quality of elearning tools. North America is expected to retain its dominance of the market, accounting for two-thirds of worldwide… Continue reading eLearning: Not Just For Techies?

According to a report by AdRelevance, a Jupiter Media Metrix Company, 28% of advertising space on leading websites was taken up with house ads in Q4 2000, up from 15% earlier in the year. Entertainment and society websites ran the highest percentage of self-promotional advertisements (30%) among ad supported websites, followed by news and information… Continue reading Self Promotion Clutters Sites According To Jupiter

New research by analysts at Ovum suggest that the future of internet growth lies in multiaccess services – 40% within the next five years – which means that advertisers need to be more aware of these developing technologies in order to maximise opportunities. “This evolution of the Internet will stimulate the convergence of applications and… Continue reading Insight Analysis: New Advertising Platforms May Not Be The Answer To The Ad Men’s Prayers

Forrester forecast that worldwide Net commerce, both B2B and B2C, will hit $6,789.8 million in 2004 according to latest figures, this figure represents 8.6% of total revenue gained through sales. Whilst North America will continue to dominate during this period of growth, other markets such as Western Europe will start to catch up as a… Continue reading Worldwide e-commerce Forecasts From Forrester

IDC forecasts the worldwide market in ‘smart handheld devices’ will grow from 12.9 million units in 2000 to over 63.4 million by 2004, creating an opportunity worth more than $26 billion. “Market trends and market evolution during the past several quarters indicate smart handheld devices have an extremely positive future,” said Kevin Burden, manager for… Continue reading Palm’s Grip On The Market May Slip

According to a research by Gartner Group, Inc. the number of US companies sending out business invoices over the Web will nearly triple by the end of 2002 to 26 percent, up from today’s 9 percent. By the end of 2004, this number is projected to rise to 35 percent. Business to business electronic invoicing… Continue reading B2B Internet Billing will triple by 2002 says Gartner

Latest forecasts from Optimedia show online adspend reaching £100m during 2000. This represents a 150% year-on-year increase and appears to defy recent claims of a downturn in the sector. During 2001 the market will continue to perform well, with revenue from advertising predicted to reach £210m, a growth rate of 110%. Since first including internet… Continue reading Internet Advertising Revenue Forecasts