Word: pointcast
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Dates: during 1997-1997
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Other students complain about Pointcast, the screen saver offered as an option in some versions of the HASCS network installer. You probably won't miss up by removing this program if you're not using it. It takes a lot of resources on most computers, and you can get all the information-with fewer ads--from...
According to Montgomery, who is now the BMF treasurer, Grayson-Montgomery Enterprises receives a commission for each new subscriber it signs up on behalf of PointCast, an Internet news service located at www.pointcast.com. Montgomery said that the more students who subscribe to the news service, the more money they will be able to donate...
Instead of focusing on interactivity and end-user choice, on-line push media outlets focus on the Internet's ability to deliver information quickly. The PointCast network (www.pointcast.com), for instance, delivers news updates several times an hour to your computer via special software...
...user still has more choice over what information is retrieved with on-line push media than with newspapers or television. In the case of PointCast, for instance, users can tell the software to give priority to stories on particular topics or display weather for certain cities...
...people turn to media such as PointCast because they're willing to sacrifice some diversity in content in exchange for accuracy...