Ingenio and JumpTap Partner on Pay Per Call for Mobile Search.
Pay Per Call Ads Emerging as Key Revenue Model for Mobile Data Services SAN FRANCISCO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenio, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of Pay Per Call(R) advertising, and JumpTap, Inc. the leading white label mobile search and advertising solutions provider,...

Cobalt's Dealix Division Announces Phone Leads 2.0 Milestone.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Dealix, a division of Cobalt, announced today a significant milestone for its used car service: The addition of the 1000th dealer to its Phone Leads 2.0 product. This represents rapid adoption of Phone Leads 2.0, Dealix's enhanced pay per call product, and...

Ingenio Selected by AlwaysOn Media as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner.
Pay Per Call Innovator Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenio, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of Pay Per Call(R) advertising, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn Media as one of the Top 100 Private Company award...

Emergence of New Mediums and Business Models Threatens the Market for Conventional Phone-Based Directory Assistance Services in North America.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The North American directory assistance (DA) and operator services (OS) market, which has traditionally been a cash cow for carriers, is undergoing changes with the growing popularity of alternative mediums such as online/Internet DA, SMS-based DA and toll-free DA. Key trends seen...

Wallop Adds Industry Innovators to Its Management Team.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Wallop, the breakthrough innovation in social networking, announced today two new executive appointments. Mark Halstead has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and William Hensley has joined the firm as Vice President of Marketing. As CTO, Halstead will be responsible...

InfoCast Receives $1.3million Financing Through Kingsport Capital.
TUCSON, Ariz., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoCast Corporation, (OTC Bulletin Board: IFCC) a provider of leading-edge call center and e-learning solutions, announced today that it has initially received from Kingsport Capital, financing in the amount of $1.3million. Through their relationship with VIGIC Services LLC, Kingsport Capital has...

InfoCast Receives a Commitment for $7.0 Million of Equity Financing.
TUCSON, Ariz. -- InfoCast Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: IFCCE) a provider of leading-edge call center and e-Learning solutions, announced today that it has received a commitment for $7.0 million in equity financing from a Luxemburg based investor. When received, these funds will be applied to continued development and deployment of...

Microsoft revs up its own search engine.
REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft will make up for lost time, finally entering the search engine market, competing with AOL, Google, Yahoo! and others for billions of advertising dollars spent on Internet search ads. Advertisers spent nearly $3.9 billion on Internet search sites last year--approximately 40 percent of...

Hospital may scrub free calls to nurses.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Sacred Heart Medical Center may kill its popular Ask-A-Nurse program if the Legislature follows through on its plan to stop covering hospital care for a sizeable number of Oregon Health Plan members. McKenzie-Willamette Hospital officials also anticipate making cutbacks, but...

Job scams: ads that don't add up. (Fraud).
The ad in the help wanted section of his local newspaper looked like the opportunity of a lifetime: high-paying wildlife jobs with the Federal government. The Delaware man called the toll-free telephone number listed to get more information about Federal jobs being filled in his area. Instead, he got...