Lycos, Ericsson Ink Wireless Pact
Date: 1999-12-02 Source: InternetNews.com
As each and every portal player makes its mad dash for wireless, Lycos Inc. and Ericsson Thursday formed a partnership to offer Lycos content on Ericsson's devices. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Moves Into Gamesville
Date: 1999-11-23 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos Inc. Tuesday made another move to increase the amount of time Internet users spend at its portal. The search engine purchased Gamesville.com, an online entertainment destination, for $207 million in stock. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Debuts Country Versions Throughout Latin America
Date: 1999-10-19 Source: InternetNews.com
Country-specific versions of Lycos Network properties Lycos.com and Tripod.com were rolled out in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela. Lycos en Espanol and Tripod Americas were also launched to target the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
AOL, Lycos Agree to IM Deal
Date: 1999-10-06 Source: InternetNews.com
America Online (AOL) and Lycos, Inc. (LCOS) Wednesday announced a strategic agreement to develop a custom version of AOL's instant messenger for Lycos' 32 million registered users. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Launches Kids Site
Date: 1999-09-29 Source: InternetNews.com
Building on previous efforts to woo the youngest of Internet users, Lycos Inc. Wednesday rolled out Lycos Zone, an educational Web site for kids. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Grabs Sonique MP3 Player
Date: 1999-08-06 Source: InternetNews.com
Following recent speculation, online portal Lycos Inc. Friday purchased Internet Music Distribution Inc., maker of the popular Sonique MP3 music player, for $38.8 million in stock. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Japan Renovates Portal
Date: 1999-05-26 Source: InternetNews.com
In an effort to target one of the world's fastest growing Internet markets, Lycos Inc. Wednesday launched a newly expanded, localized Japanese version of the Lycos.com portal. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Why CMGI will buy the orphaned Lycos
Date: 1999-05-14 Source: Red Herring
Barry Diller might play rough, but he's not unbeatable. The head of USA Networks officially threw in the towel Wednesday morning, scrapping his plans to buy Lycos . Massive opposition from Lycos shareholders had been expected to ultimately derail the deal. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Transforms Into Directory
Date: 1999-05-04 Source: Search Engine Watch
In an unprecedented move, Lycos changed itself in April from a crawler-based search engine into a Yahoo-like directory of web sites. Never before has a major crawler-based service abandoned automation in preference to human categorization. Even more dramatic is the fact that Lycos is getting its directory data free, courtesy of competitor Netscape. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos turns up Internet radio
Date: 1999-04-26 Source: Red Herring
On Monday, Lycos announced it would partner with audio programming specialist Westwind Media to digitally broadcast five channels of music over the Internet. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Opens Up to Open Source
Date: 1999-04-19 Source: InternetNews.com
In an effort to support the growth of Open Source resources, portal site Lycos announced Monday it will incorporate Netscape's Open Directory Project into Lycos.com's search engines, as well as HotBot.com. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
