Icy, I think TGLO over due for a pop.
Is it right that just before the sunrise is the darkest?
Everyone given up on this one??
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biz.yahoo.com
Monday December 13, 7:05 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
theglobe.com Adds New Dimension to Community By
Offering HearMe-Powered Voice Technology to its
Members
theglobe.com Incorporates HearMe VoicePresence into its Network of Virtual Communities
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999-- HearMe (Nasdaq: HEAR - news) and theglobe.com
(Nasdaq:TGLO - news), today announced a partnership through which theglobe.com has incorporated free live voice
capabilities into its content offerings through use of the HearMe(TM) VoicePresence product.
The partnership allows theglobe.com's millions of members to quickly and easily add voice chat to their Web pages, making
live voice accessible by an increasingly broader audience.
Through the agreement, theglobe.com has integrated HearMe VoicePresence into its uPublish Web site building tools. Personal
home page creators who use the uPublish tools can now easily add HearMe VoicePresence to their own Web site, providing
visitors with a new and powerful reason to go to their sites. With VoicePresence on their Web pages, home page creators can
allow their visitors to instantly talk to each other using a computer microphone. Even users without a computer microphone can
listen in on voice conversations and participate in discussions using the product's real-time text chat capabilities. To check out
theglobe.com's uPublish tools with VoicePresence, home page creators should go to www.theglobe.com/upublish_landing.
``Internet consumers are constantly looking for new ways to enhance their online experience,' explained Stephan Paternot,
co-Chief Executive Officer, theglobe.com. ``Voice chat is a great example of a powerful tool that brings rich, compelling
content to a Web page. By teaming with HearMe, we can make it easy for our community members to take advantage of this
new application.'
``theglobe.com is a fun and friendly online community that is home to millions of personal Web pages,' added HearMe
executive vice president Jeremy Verba. ``By bringing VoicePresence to their network of Web site builders, we can bring voice
to a much broader audience. We are excited that theglobe.com has chosen to bring this exciting application to their members.'
About HearMe Voice Presence
HearMe VoicePresence offers simple implementation to allow home page creators to ``drop' live voice features onto their
Web pages in minutes. VoicePresence requires only a few lines of Web code (HTML) to implement so anyone who has built a
Web site can add it to their site without additional programming experience. Once installed, VoicePresence is easy for Web
page visitors to use -- it requires a minimal one-time download and automatically installs. Users with a computer microphone
and speakers can participate in live voice conversations quickly and easily.
VoicePresence supports both Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browsers (v4.x and higher) running on Windows
95/98 or Windows NT systems. The product is free and is immediately available at www.hearme.com/company/products/vp. |
