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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like many new high-tech firms, both were growing fast--but not fast enough to keep up with the demands of their customers. Personify, founded in San Francisco in 1996, builds software that lets an e-marketer keep track of visitors to its website, what pages they look at, and how long they take to pick out something or go elsewhere. By last summer it had signed up 50 clients that were paying Personify about $6.2 million--and demanding more and different kinds of services than the company's 60 employees could supply. CEO Eileen Gittins decided the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Little Companies Bulk Up | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

MINIMUM WAGE AS Congress debates whether to raise it, a look at how its buying power has declined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indicators: Nov. 29, 1999 | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...LOOK FOR BUNDLES Many of the leading PC makers are throwing in everything from printers to MP3 players. Signing up with a Web service provider, also bundled in many deals, can knock hundreds off your PC's cost--but you're locked into that service for several years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: Macs Are Back, PCs Power Up: Either Way, You Win | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

TASKS If you have some specific task, like working with a spreadsheet or planning a trip, compare software for different devices before you buy your pda. Look at mplanet.com for lots of choices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: Portable Computing at Hand | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...amazing what today's cell phones can do on a digital network. Their latest trick: accessing the Web to check the weather, look up a stock price or find out if the Rangers won. They can also read e-mail, send a short text message, keep a calendar and respond to voice commands. But the one thing they can't do is offer reliable service. Is it any wonder that a majority of mobile phone users have stuck with old-style, no-frills analog service? Analog is more expensive, but it's everywhere, while digital networks still suffer from spotty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: Gabbing on the Go--in Style | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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