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- PointCast
- The first major deployment of push technology on the Web. Introduced in 1996 and supported by ad revenues, PointCast provided Internet-based news and customized information to the desktop. ...
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- Chirp displays a social screen saver
- If you studied your ancient Web history, you may remember PointCast, which pushed Web content feeds prior to RSS to a user's screen. In its prime during 1996, PointCast had more than 200 employees, 1.5 million users, nearly $50 million in venture funding and even some revenue. By 2000, PointCast...
- Tags: PointCast, Screensaver, Greylock Ltd., Chirpscreen, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Apple: Widget writers wanted
- Apple: Widget writers wantedSounds like Active Desktop... only 7 years later.Active Desktop didn't fare so well for Windows users... let's see how well Dashboard does on the Mac side...Or Pointcast, 8 years beforeI bet future stories will be:Company X sues Apple for patent infringement. The patent dates from 1999.Apple settles...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., PointCast, dashboard
- Discussion threads 2004-12-09
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- Skype, SecondLife and the "TryMe Virus" phenomenon
- I take great pleasure in reading passionate pieces where the writer calls attention to faulty and widespread thinking. (I like to write such pieces myself but I give props to other thought leaders no prob.)Writing on Valleywag, author and frequent conventional wisdom debunker Clay Shirky really has hit the...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Second Life, virus, Clay Shirky, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- Opera preview puts widgets on stage
- Opera preview puts widgets on stageThe link doesn't work.The link you've given at labs.opera.com doesn't work. The beta forums at opera says nothing about a preview #2 available either.Opera Leads the way!!!!Though I am a Firefox user, I still have to admit that Opera is a better browser. Glad...
- Tags: Opera Software ASA, RAM, Web browser, Widget
- Discussion threads 2006-02-05
- Bringing movie magic to Net marketing
- Bringing movie magic to Net marketingI remember PointcastIt was so popular it crippled our corporate network. Everyone was using it and as a result there was no bandwidth left to run the business.Hopefully this crap will run on a unique port that we can block. Otherwise our normal...
- Tags: movie magic, Net Marketing, movie
- Discussion threads 2005-07-25
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