June 24, 1999
Red Herring: Ebetween ad-mires your boots.
Mr. Gharda denies that the company will be advertising to new computer users ("This is not an advertising play but a value-add to users," he says), but it is hard to formulate another description for grabbing unused space to promote companies and offering special deals to consumers.
Industry Standard: AOL'S Dish Deal: Bold or Old?
But AOL's ability to focus on the mainstream relied upon the relatively open nature of what defined it; PC technology, telephone service and the Internet. By contrast, cable has tight legal control over use of its facilities.
News.Com: Netscape unveils new search engine.
...Netscape developed a new search engine based on its open directory software and closely held Google's search technology.
NewMedia Magazine: Mistakes In Identity.
Find out what customers want and then give it to them, fast and efficiently. If they have questions, make sure they get answers quickly and easily -- either from your site or a live body.
SF Chronicle: Online Journalists Hope Association Will Improve Their Credibility.
She can ask fellow members: ``How do you operate in a medium that has no deadlines? How do you set up your newsroom? What kind of use do you make out of things like hit reports on stories? What kind of technology do you use to publish your stories?
InfoWorld: IBM Internet leader details Internet vision.
As Internet commerce becomes more pervasive, companies will need to integrate databases and processes that manage Web-based transactions with those that handle store-based sales...
DaveNet: Syndication and Aggregation.
Every interesting link is a subtle advertisement saying "Come here, I have something interesting for you." That's why it's a win-win.
TechWeb: Intranets Fail To Deliver Business Value.
"As a result, our different businesses have deployed what they think they need, which is duplicating effort, and users are accessing it on an ad hoc basis..."
NewMedia Magazine: Marleen McDaniel is Not Your Father's CEO.
Q&A with Marleen McDaniel, CEO of Women.com. First of all, these traditional media companies are old-fashioned, and they are driven by fear. At the top levels, they are very concerned about cannibalization.
RCFoC: Real Computers Don't "Squish".
By simply tilting Itsy in your hand, and by waving it in special gestures, you can naturally perform many of the actions of today's scroll bars, buttons, and mouse clicks.
Wired News: INET 99: Let Industry Lead.
According to Nelson, it is clear to governments around the world that technology is moving way too fast to monitor, and consequently it's too difficult to regulate it effectively.
Wired News: INET 99: Open Doors on the Net.
"In the rest of the world, the introduction of the Internet is more about freedom than anything else." The freedom to dream, communicate, and discover their identities were common themes among panelists...
News.Com: Net retailers sink resources into customer service.
...Cooperstein said online retailers need to work harder to please customers by simplifying the buying process through personalization, better order tracking, and one-click buying.
Wired News: CDNow to Enter Amazon's Jungle?
In a marketing survey conducted for CDNow by researcher Greenfield Online, the CD seller asks consumers how they'd feel about buying books, DVDs, and consumer electronics on its site.
NewMedia Magazine: "I Ain't No Gringo".
Regardless of the overwhelming power and technological advantage American companies enjoy on the Internet, "Netiquette" cannot simply replace etiquette in globalization...
NY Times: No Clicking Allowed in Artist's Browser.
"There's the click-back and the go-forward. These are the semantics that have been created by the software, but they have nothing to do with the network itself. What I'm trying to say is that there are many other ways of interfacing with the network."
PC Week: Inside Intel: Is Internet hosting its ticket to continued growth?
The message to resellers is clear. Intel will build huge data centers and provide information processing, storage and other computing services for resellers that connect customers to the Net.
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