February 13, 1999
SJ Mercury: Skinny start-ups that grew into brawny successes.
Dan Gillmor. David Cowan calls it his ``anti-portfolio'' -- the list of now-successful companies he turned down when entrepreneurs asked him to invest venture capital in their businesses.
InfoWorld: Netrepreneur of the Year is a crusader for Web site usability.
Mark Hurst. ...recipient of the first annual InfoWorld Netrepreneur of the Year award, for his contributions to Internet commerce in 1998.
NY Times: Big Stakes in Online Job Listings.
"We disappointed a lot of people," he said. "But the traffic isn't tapering off."
MacInTouch: Apple Store Security Glitch.
Turns out when Apple sent out the order confirmation, they sent it to both me AND him.
Computer Shopper: Entertainment for the Working Masses.
...broadcast.com is being promoted as a way for advertisers and content providers to reach people where traditional media cannot.
Interactive Week: Broadcast.com Plans Do-It-Yourself Webcasts.
...enable everyone from affinity groups to individual Internet users to cheaply narrowcast audio and video programming via the Web.
Interactive Week: Content Is King Even In Wireless Arena.
Compelling content is one of the roadblocks facing the wireless data market.
Project Cool: Minds for Sale (aka -- Yours).
On the web, it seems, everything is for sale.
Computer Reseller News: Adobe Acrobat 4 Ready To Jump Into Big Business.
With this product, a user can pull down an entire Web site and convert it to a PDF file in which it can easily be viewed and edited.
AtNewYork: Is the Time Right for Micro-commerce?
"I think people have figured out that most of the free information out there is a commodity," said Chard. "It's the lowest common denominator."
AtNewYork: Barry Diller Stars In Death of a Salesman.
Jason Chervokas. ...the nature of the Internet allows you to capture eyeballs quickly and relatively cheaply, yes. But it also allows users (encourages them, actually) to slip away...
InfoWorld: IBM brewing advanced video transmissions.
The network, which is code-named the QBone, will use IP Multicast technology for efficient use of bandwidth, as well as the emerging Differentiated Services (DiffServ) protocol for prioritization of traffic.
ZDNN: Just do it -- online.
If a retailer does want to go online, they must get "express written approval" from the company and are subject to stringent requirements...
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