Individual, Inc. Launches Individual NewsPage Channel for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Channel to Deliver "Managed Push" of Information to Microsoft's
Active Desktop
Individual, Inc. (Nasdaq:INDV), the pioneer and leading
provider of customized business news, has introduced important
new Individual NewsPage (http://www.newspage.com) enhancements
for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. The Individual
NewsPage channel takes full advantage of the new features of
Internet Explorer 4.0 to create a more convenient and dynamic
news and information environment.
Key features of the Individual NewsPage channel include:
--Complete integration with the Microsoft Active Desktop, offering
one click access to the subscriber's personal NewsPage edition,
--A screensaver option, which displays a rotating series of headlines
and story briefs, and --A news reader application for reviewing
headlines and story briefs offline, with easy access to the full
text of those stories.
In addition, corporations using Microsoft Internet Explorer
4.0 will be able to bring comprehensive business news service
to every member of their workforce by setting Individual NewsPage
in advance as a channel on all their corporate desktops.
"By enhancing Individual NewsPage for Microsoft's Internet
Explorer 4.0, we have been able to incorporate many new product
features not previously available to Individual NewsPage
subscribers," said John Zahner, Individual's vice president of
personal broadcast networks. "This new channel represents a major
new delivery option for our customers, and maintains our leadership
in supporting the widest variety of delivery channels for our
personalized news services."
Individual NewsPage offers personalized daily briefings
from a selection of 2,500 business and industry news topics in
over 30 industries. Each day, Individual NewsPage culls information
from a comprehensive set of sources-newswires, newspapers, trade
magazines and newsletters-to provide users with all the news
affecting their business, their suppliers, their competitors
and their clients.
The Individual NewsPage channel is available for setup
from the NewsPage home page, at newspage.com .
Individual, Inc. is a pioneer and leading innovator of
electronic personalized business information services. Through
its exclusive information retrieval, filtering, and delivery
technologies, Individual brings highly relevant, precisely targeted
business news, information, and advertising to more than two
million paid, registered, or licensed users worldwide. Individual's
services include: First!, Individual NewsPage
(http://www.newspage.com ), CompanyLink (http://www.companylink.com
), HeadsUp, Hoover, and ClariNews. Individual's partners include
Lotus, Knight-Ridder, Microsoft Corp., NETCOM, Netscape, and
Toshiba. Individual is headquartered in Burlington, Mass., with
offices around the world.
Visit Individual on the Web at individual.com .
First!, Individual NewsPage, HeadsUp, ClariNews, Hoover
and CompanyLink are trademarks of Individual, Inc. All other
trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective
owners.
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