AHWY news: (not on Yahoo yet) CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 1999--audiohighway.com (Nasdaq:AHWY.O), an Internet-based information and entertainment company, Tuesday announced it has added an e-commerce section to its Web site with the launch of audioshop(TM) and begun online selling of a variety of products. In addition to being able to download free audio content from the Web site, audiohighway.com visitors can now purchase online a number of name-brand computers, PC upgrade packages, sound cards, speakers and other general computer components from the company's Web site (http://www.audiohighway.com). Michael Lamb, vice president of sales for audiohighway.com, feels that adding electronic commerce to the site will help strengthen a sense of community among its visitors. "We want to do everything possible to make our customers' Internet experience as positive as possible," Lamb said. "That's why we've added this e-commerce section to the audiohighway.com Web site - to make it as easy as possible for our users to buy related products online from us. "Then if they need a new sound card, upgrade package, multimedia PC or external speakers, it's right there at the same Web site. Naturally, as we find other appropriate items we believe will also benefit our customers, we will add them to audioshop at the site." The audioshop portion of the audiohighway.com Web site uses secure e-commerce systems, and purchases can be made on the site with most major credit cards. audiohighway.com is an Internet-based information and entertainment company which, through its AudioCast System, uses the capabilities of the World Wide Web to enable users to download from the Internet and play back selected audio content, such as audio books, music, timely news programs and other forms of information and entertainment. The company currently has available on its Web site audio content from such providers as National Public Radio, Newsweek On Air, Associated Press, Penguin Books USA and Compact Classics. For more information, contact the company at 408/255-5301 or 800/77LISTEN, or visit its Web site at audiohighway.com. |