February 20, 1999
Webmonkey: Whatever Happend to PNG?
Jeffrey Veen. ...it teaches us a few global lessons about the tension among Web standards, marketing hype, and the ivory tower of computer science research.
NY Times: Scrambling at the Online Mall: Can Traditional Stores Catch Up?
But many say they cannot simply ape the electronic merchants, especially when it comes to selling goods, like clothing, that are more high touch than high technology.
Upside: Better Slate Than Never.
The question isn't whether or not people will pay for content. The question is which people will pay for content, and how.
Marketing Computers: ZDNet Expands Use of "Smart" Ads.
ZDNet would like to merge its smart ad technology with geographic targeting and profiling systems.
NY TimesSyndicate: Online Community Discussed at Interactive Newspapers Conference.
[GeoCities chairman David Bohnett] ``Newspapers have the opportunity to wrap user feedback around content and give users the opportunity to interact.''
AtNewYork: The Good Guys Won the Battle But Stand to Lose the War.
Jason Chervokas. The Internet industry is all about creating value by drawing a crowd. Its business models are media driven -- subscription fees, advertising, direct marketing. Now no one cares about platform.
Apple Insider: An open message to AppleInsider readers.
When deciding what information is worthy of sharing with our readers, we consider several factors, including its accuracy, the reliability of the source, and the quality of the contacts of the source.
InfoWorld: Start-ups eye commerce, marketing at Silicon Alley show.
Like last year, experts say the hot Internet start-up markets in 1999 are focusing on Internet commerce, online auctions, content, personalization, intelligent agents, portals, and community building.
Editor & Publisher: Washingtonpost.com Dominates Eppy Awards.
Report from the 4th Annual EPpy Awards competition for interactive newspapers.
InfoWorld: Finally, an effort is under way to make Net searches easier.
Sullivan's goal is to bring together major search engine executives so that users need to learn only one set of search techniques, which will work across all engines.
InfoWorld: IBM, W3C advance XML standards.
"Schemas provide a richer mechanism for describing the data encapsulated in an XML instance."
Industry Standard: Net-Tax Food Fight.
The federal commission established to develop future Internet tax policy is already mired in politics – even though it hasn't yet held its first meeting.
InfoWorld: Toshiba's Web site struggles to get it right
Despite some improvements to the site, prospective customers still can't purchase systems directly from Toshiba...
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