A Software Marketing BlogA Software Industry and Software Development Blog. Software marketing news, search engine information, software awards information and general tips and tricks for marketing online.<br>Pirates to Pay Digital River- June 26, 2006 According to TwinCities.com: Digital River will receive $109,395 from a computer hacker who made fraudulent payments to bank accounts under his control after hacking into the company's computer server. The hacker, Larry McPhillips of College Park, Md., was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and must also pay $388,397 to Innuity Inc. of Redmond, Wash., from which he channeled similar fraudulent payments.http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v493 Great PR for The Little Software Company- June 23, 2006 Lincoln Beach Software got a great write up: When it comes to software companies, Im all about the little guy. What these small publishers lack in capital and personnel they more than make up with energy and innovation. They just seem to try harder. This weeks spotlight publisher, Lincoln Beach Software, is extra special because it hails from the St. Louis suburb of Ballwin. The company boasts an impressive roster of 21 software tools, divided into two categories: Webmaster solutions and..http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v492 Microsoft Scores Points!- June 23, 2006 Well Microsoft just scored some major points with their announcement of their new Robotics Studio with my young son. He recently won the Grand Prize at the Middle School Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair. His project was a robotic arm that he interfaced into the parallel port of a computer and he wrote a software application in Delphi to control the arms movement. I'll post his impressions of Microsoft's Robotics Studio in the next few days!http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v491 July 13-15, 2006 Shareware Industry Conference- June 20, 2006 Last chance to make plans to attend the Shareware Industry Conference. Rooms are filling up and the conference is shaping up great. The sessions include everything from Search Engine Optimization tips to the FBI and Online Fraud (click on the descriptions in the schedule to see the session details). Protexis is sponsoring a welcome reception on the top floor that promises good company and great views. Digital River is hosting Thursday night and while the mechanical bull is taking the year...http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v490 Tucows Acquires NetIdentity- June 19, 2006 Tucows Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mailbank.com Inc. (doing business as NetIdentity), a privately held, profitable business owning and managing a domain name portfolio that Tucows believes is one of the Internet's largest collections of surname addresses. Consideration for the transaction will be approximately US$18 million payable in cash, promissory notes and the issue of approximately 3,603,000 shares of common stock to the stockholders of...http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v487 Microsoft Digital Locker Going Live This Summer- June 19, 2006 Microsoft has announced a summer release for their commercial public beta. This release is only a few weeks away. Developers interested in listing their products in the Digital Locker can use eSellerate (DR)http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v488 Pad Service- June 19, 2006 I found this Pad Service yet I am really struggling to see the value. Why pay $ 19.95 when you can do this for FREE I must be missing something....http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v489 Steve Kiene Posts a Blog Response- June 16, 2006 In the list of questions I forwarded to Brant some of those questions were for Steve Kiene. While I am still hopeful Steve will personally respond to those queries I was forwarded a copy of the following blog post: Yes, it is true that I said I would never sell to DR. In fact, I was quite adamant when I said that. What has changed since I said that are many things. What has not changed is my loyalty to my employees or the customers of esellerate. I have always tried to provide the best...http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v486 Additional Confirmation of eSellerate Sale to Digital River- June 16, 2006 I've received a number of queries from stock holders and others in the software industry requesting confirmation of the sale. As I've done in the past, I've spoken with Digital River and provided a list of questions related to the acquisition. While the list will understandably take a few days for Digital River to respond to, they have forwarded me the following answers to basic questions: Questions presented to Brant Pallazza of Digital River's Shareware division Q: Did Digital River...http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v485 eSellerate Sold to Digital River- June 15, 2006 Well apparently the adage "everyone has a price" is shown to be true again. It appears that eSellerate (Mindvision and makers of install VISE) have sold to Digital River. I don't yet know the price, and it doesn't appear that DR has made a public announcement, but I do have to say I'm surprised. Steve Kiene (the former owner of eSellerate) was pretty adamant that he would not ever sell to Digital River, it will be interesting to hear the details of the offer.http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html#v484 |