ADVISORY/Robocast Automates The Web With "Play Technology".NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1998-- Silicon Alley An area in New York that has become known for its companies devoted to multimedia and the Internet. It is located in Manhattan's "Soho" district, which does not stand for Small Office Home Office, rather it is SOuth of HOuston Street. Start Up Creates a New Level of Efficiency And Power for Web Publishers and Viewers WHO: Damon C. Torres, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Robocast Inc., a Silicon Alley company which has created a new technology that automates the display of web pages. WHAT: Demonstration of their new Play Technology software. The software allows online publishers and their viewers to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. the repetitive tasks of Web browsing See browse. . The user is given the ability to click once and see many pages in a timed, sequenced, slideshow-like presentation that the company calls a Roboshow. These Roboshows can be made from any publicly accessible web pages in seconds. User's Benefits Roboplayer client software is a free download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. which lets any end user play a folder In a graphical user interface (GUI), a simulated file folder that holds data, applications and other folders. Folders were introduced on the Xerox Star, then popularized on the Macintosh and later adapted to Windows and Unix. In Unix and Linux, as well as DOS and Windows 3. full of links, one page at a time, with as little as one click. This automating technology lets you convert any search engine result in to an active fluid slideshow-like presentation. Publisher's Benefits Site publishers can use our Robocaster server application to create site-specific Roboshows that bring structure and meaning to editorial content. Roboshows are easily created and can offer compelling narratives that inform, entertain, and engage their viewers. WHEN: 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center Room 1A02 |
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