June 30, 1999
Forbes ASAP: Net noise: portals and controlling parents.
Consumers might not question the editorial integrity of information today; however, taking advantage of this may lead consumers to loose confidence.
Upside: IBMer Sees the Net's Future.
"If they think about the Web as something they have to accommodate--that's a poor strategy," he says. The Internet should be the core of every business, he says, and every business strategy should support it.
TechWeb: IBM Eggheads: Web Trumps Windows.
The Internet, he said, has provided a great opportunity to improve the user interface. "The Web has already nailed half of it. It has already taken out the double clicks and all those other complicated things.
USA Today: Cultivating a sense of community online.
She despairs of the "faux" communities set up by marketers who think that merely adding chat or discussion boards miraculously creates a community. "There's nothing worse than an empty chat room..."
Zona Research: The Need For Speed.
Brief of the Zona Research study. It is estimated that consumers with 14.4 kb modems who are unable to load web pages within eight seconds are at risk of losses amounting to as much as $73 million a month in ecommerce sales.
Wired News: Yahoo: Your Homestead's Your Own.
The new terms of service, which took effect 3 p.m. PST Wednesday after executives spent the morning huddling with lawyers, now stress that "Yahoo does not own content you submit."
Wired News: Netomat: The Non-Linear Browser.
The Web is not only a database or a static, flat file-storage system. It's one big application." Wisniewski intends for Netomat's structure to be seen as flexible and modular.
SJ Mercury: FedEx eyes home delivery.
...Federal Express, hasn't pushed hard to jump into the fray, preferring to focus on the more profitable areas of extremely time-sensitive deliveries and those that require careful computer tracking.
News.Com: ICANN to control domain name server.
For the past six years the A-root has been maintained by NSI. But a historic changeover in the Net's management will soon shift control of the server to ICANN.
Forbes ASAP: Internet2: next-generation telecommunications.
"While we have no idea what the killer app will be, we do know there are killer attributes. One of those is collaboration."
Wired News: Turning the Screws on Content.
Along with a few friends, he runs a 2,500-subscriber ISPs here in the nation's capital. But Siggs and his fledgling Spirit Networks have become unwilling street cops in Australia's battle against online indecency.
ClickZ: Using The Right Hook.
The killer app of e-commerce is customer service: Providing a phone line or live chat help. Providing real humans to help guide the user experience and holding their hand...
News.Com: Customer service consolidating on the Web.
Companies selling the technology that links retailers to their customers via email, online chat, and soon, voice, are consolidating at a rapid clip to better meet the growing customer service needs of Internet retailers.
News.Com: Home Depot expands Internet strategy.
Home Depot started a Web site three years ago devoted to corporate information and store locations. Over time, the site became more customer oriented...
DDJ TechNetCast: Interview with Jared Spool.
Real streamed video. Jared Spool, Founding Principal at User Interface Engineering.
DDJ TechNetCast: Interview with Mark Rettig.
Real streamed video. Mark Rettig, Director of Cambridge Technology Partners' User Experience Center.
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