--(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 08/26/2008 - Internet Information Provider industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Tucows Inc., (AMEX: TCX) a leading provider of Internet services to web hosting companies and ISPs worldwide, announced recently the results of an industry survey conducted by its reseller services group OpenSRS at the HostingCon 2008 conference in Chicago last month. Survey findings revealed resellers of email and domain names are missing significant business opportunities to tap into social network users. Of the respondents, 60% have their own blog or personal website, and nearly three-fourths use social networks like Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and FriendFeed to share information with friends and family. Despite the majority of people using social networking services, 81% of the respondents in the web hosting industry do not believe these "web 2.0" or functional-hosting businesses could hurt their business.
Expedia(R) (NASDAQ: EXPE), the world's leading online travel company, recently released the new issue of the quarterly Expedia Travel Trendwatch(R), focused on the current summer travel season and the upcoming fall travel season. In a shift from past reports that provided general travel trend overviews, this issue of the Trendwatch(R) aims to debunk negative rumors about Americans' vacation habits and to provide tips for finding worthwhile travel values in a fluctuating economy. The report also highlights top summer destinations and some of the fastest growing vacation spots of 2008. To view the complete Trendwatch, please visit http://www.expedia.com/tips. "Frankly, the notion that Americans are staying home this summer is just plain wrong," said Chris McGinnis, editor, Expedia Travel Trendwatch. "According to our data, people have again taken to the roads and skies this season and they're taking advantage of budget-saving opportunities along the way."
FTD Group, Inc. (NYSE: FTD), a leading international provider of floral related products and services, recently announced that its stockholders, at a special meeting held recently, voted to adopt the agreement and plan of merger among FTD, United Online, Inc., and UNOLA Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of United Online. Shares voted in favor of the adoption of the agreement and plan of merger represented more than 79 percent of the total issued and outstanding shares of common stock of FTD. The merger is expected to close on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. As a result of the merger, FTD will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of United Online, and FTD's stockholders will be entitled to receive $10.15 in cash, without interest, and 0.4087 of a share of United Online common stock for each share of FTD common stock that they own.
Equity Solutions Inc. announces it is currently featuring IAS Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: IASCA) www.iasenergy.com on USEquityNews.com. On July 7, 2008, IAS Energy announced that www.video1314.com had record web site traffic with over 14.3 million monthly hits to its site in June, 2008. "We are on track to becoming one of the top destination sites in Asia," said Samuel Kam, Vice President of Internet Development for IAS Energy, Inc. "We are now averaging more than half a million clicks to our site each day and expect this to increase substantially in the coming months through the introduction of more user-friendly interfaces in the future." Video1314.com is a fast growing Chinese Web 2.0 platform (similar to www.youtube.com) that allows users to share videos, music, audio as well as sell goods and services using videos in its marketplace. Since its launch, Video1314 has attracted millions of users and is fast becoming one of Asia's top Web2.0 destinations. Video1314.com currently serves the Greater China region, which includes mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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