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Ten years on from the dotcom boom, FT.com looks at the internet’s successes and failures, its impact on traditional businesses and its prospects for growth in the recession
E-commerce back in fashion with investors
When it comes to spotting the dotcom stars of the future, digital media investors are once again turning their attention to companies that sell goods or services
Media bear the brunt of internet onslaught
While some established media companies now generate a sizeable proportion of their revenues from online activities, the internet’s progress has been far from predictable
E-retailers find big brands hard to touch
Well-established retailers have profited from the rising popularity of internet shopping, defying expectations that brash newcomers had a good shot at taking market share away
Slow but inexorable move to online banking
Rivals of Lloyds are likely to follow its move to shut up to 400 branches as more people move their banking online
UK dotcom survivors clung to long-term vision
The few UK-grown online winners that have made it through both the downturn of the early 2000s and the current recession share a determination and ability to adapt that many of their peers lacked
Dotcom veterans in Twitter ‘brains trust’
A ‘brains trust” of advisers including Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox, founders of Lastminute.com has been enlisted by Twitter Partners
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Profile: Betfair
The online betting exchanges is not shy about declaring that technology is vital to its success, and has adopted a combination of buying best-of-breed products and developing core software in house
DIY fanatics find a cyber showcase at Instructables.com
Amateur inventors using the internet to collaborate with others are creating a potentially lucrative new market, similar to Apple, Google and Hewlett-Packard
Facebook investor: Yuri Milner
The Russian Facebook investor’s Digital Sky Technologies has amassed $1bn worth of stakes in 30 companies across eastern Europe, and he was the first Russian graduate of the Wharton School of Business
Schoolboy dreams grow up for the founder of Firebox
Michael Smith, founder of Firebox, talks to FT.com about running his first internet company from his mother’s attic and his new venture, Mind Candy
The Diary: Martha Lane Fox
The co-founder of Amazon.com and founder of Antigone.org.uk and Lucky Voice Private Karaoke, Martha Lane Fox, writes for the Financial Times about her business week
Why the internet is failing to level the playing field for businesses
Guy Walker, chief executive of FindsYou.com tells FT.com that there is a growing realisation that, when it comes to sales, the internet is failing to deliver on its potential
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