August 7, 1999
InfoWorld: Webvan delivers logistics lesson to online vendors.
Much attention has been paid to the "last mile" in network access -- the narrow data pipes that lead to the end-user's desktop. But for e-commerce vendors, there's a more pressing last-mile problem -- the physical distance from a distribution center to the customer's doorstep.
ChannelSeven: ServiceMetrics Addresses the Need For Speed.
The public has been teased with faster modems, faster chip sets and faster download times all in the interest of ending the World Wide Wait (anyone sick of that term yet?) ServiceMetrics is trying to measure that wait and identify what causes it.
Webmonkey: Designing for Different Resolutions.
The best designs for the Web don't rely on consistent displays or settings. In some ways, this is the beauty of the medium, since it gives users more control over the format of their information.
InfoWorld: Where is WinCE going?
The second problem with the Microsoft technology treadmill is something that 3Com has exposed with its smash hit, the PalmPilot. Simplicity is the key to these things. The simpler, the better. The smaller, the better.
Industry Standard: Making the Web Safe for Commerce.
InterTrust is banking on the hope that its technology will package most Net sales of digital goods. Though it charges a licensing fee for its software, InterTrust plans to make the bulk of its revenues by nibbling a percentage of each transaction fee generated by a licensee...
Advertising Age: Car sites drive ads to old-line media.
Kenneth Esterow, VP-AutoVantage, said the service will end its exclusive reliance on online promotion--even though that will continue to make up the majority of its spending.
Industry Standard: The Slow March of History.
At this stage in the Internet's evolution – when its potential effects seem enormous, and when everyone involved has a stake in hyping every new development – it may be useful to set a benchmark of how much, or rather how little, the Internet has already changed our lives.
Industry Standard: MSNBC's War Stories.
They'd see MSNBC and say, 'We've already done a TV interview,' and I'd be insisting that I had different needs, and that the Internet needed to be represented." And the reactions from traditional journalists? "Generally, they'd do a double take..."
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