June 18, 1999
Editor & Publisher: Some Advice on Writing, Web-style.
Steve Outing. The earliest Web writers — those who became at least moderately successful — were emulated by those who came after. Unfortunately, the pioneers didn't always know what they were doing, and their flawed style was mimicked by other Web sites.
News.Com: Starbucks CEO: Embrace the human spirit.
Schultz, who sits on the boards of eBay and drugstore.com, said companies need to do more with their Web sites than just go for the hard sell.
Forbes: Aloha Akamai.
For clients, the cost of doing business with Akamai is a pittance compared with the potential losses they face because of network slowdowns. Customers don't give web companies a second chance.
NY Times: Writer Seeks Balance in Internet Power Shifts.
What's going on is a potential -- and in some cases actual -- radical shift in power, as individuals use technology to wrest control over information and resources away from large institutions like the Government, corporations and the media.
Interactive Week: 3Com, Aether In Wireless Venture.
OpenSky, which will be based in Palo Alto, Calif., is 3Com's answer to WirelessKnowledge, the joint venture Microsoft and Qualcomm formed last year to develop a series of wireless applications for mobile professionals.
News.Com: Microsoft, 3Com back AvantGo.
...AvantGo has recently launched AvantGo.com, a free, interactive service to deliver personalized information to handheld users...
Interactive Week: Looking Into Tribble's Crystal Ball.
"Three years from now, I'm going to have a cell phone that I'll use like a PalmPilot, except it will have a high-speed TCP/IP connection," he predicted. "It will be able to move data at 200 kilobits per second."
Information Week: Data Capture Grows Wider.
From a data-analysis standpoint, the real potential in pervasive computing may lie in a company's ability to centrally manage and mine the data generated by mobile and embedded devices.
InfoWorld: President of Sun's Network Services Division takes on the data center.
Q&A with President of Sun's Network Services Division John McFarlane. They're kind of naked data centers because the only thing they do is connect to the Internet. Right now, the biggest single problem these types of companies are facing is capacity planning.
ZDNN: Net e-commerce taxes called inevitable
While the group's first meeting isn't likely to produce major news in itself, behind-the-scenes discussions could produce heated debate with the end result being that some type of e-commerce tax will be recommended to Congress...
Industry Standard: Africa's Internet Due for Rapid Growth.
South Africa in particular is developing rapidly, with about 225,000 dial-up accounts and hosting between 700,000 to 800,000 of Africa 's 1.2 million Internet users.
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