Word: users
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...supply-chain process," says FairMarket CEO Scott Randall. They also benefit from Metcalfe's Law (named after Robert Metcalfe, the founder of 3Com Corp.): the value of a network increases by the square of the number of people on it. Every time a conventional online retailer adds a new user, it's just one more person who can buy its products. But every time eBay adds a new user, he can buy from or sell to any of the 7.7 million people already on the network. A retailer, in other words, is one to many, while eBay is many...
...will the ads be effective? "The buzz on banner ads is really bad; they just don't generate numbers," says TIME Digital reporter Lev Grossman, noting, however, that interactive banners, similar to those Bush is using, have enjoyed the best responses and "hover times" (the amount of time a user spends on the ad before back-clicking to the original page). "It'll be interesting," Grossman adds, "to see if they're more interested when the message is from a politician, not some get-rich-quick scheme." One potential problem: While there's no way for the Bush campaign...
Three staff programmers, led by HASCS Manager of User Services David M. Sobel, designed the portals...
Common questions or phrases are stored in a computer database, and when a user asks a question that matches any of the descriptions, the appropriate information is called...
...student in Winthrop House reported an entryway was filled with smoke. Students were evacuated. Firefighters discovered that the user of a fireplace on the top floor of J entryway did not open the flue when starting the fire. Firefighters ventilated the entryway and students were allowed back inside...