AT&T WorldNet Service Introduces AT&T 'I M Here' Instant Messaging.SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1998-- Tribal Voice's PowWow Software Brings Full-Featured Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or and Free Online Communities to Over 1 Million AT&T WorldNet Customers AT&T WorldNet(R) Service today announced AT&T I M Here instant messaging technology that allows Internet users to communicate instantly via computer and set up "buddy lists" of friends and family. AT&T I M Here(SM) was developed using Tribal Voice's market-leading PowWow(R) communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry and has been seamlessly integrated within AT&T WorldNet Service. Instant messages allow Internet users to communicate quickly and easily with family, friends and business associates while online. After downloading the software, users can create a buddy list containing the names and online addresses of other AT&T I M Here and PowWow users. AT&T I M Here notifies all buddies with visual and audible alerts when other buddies come online. Buddies can then type in text messages and instantly send them to other buddies. Messages immediately arrive on the recipient's computer screen like electronic sticky notes. Buddies also can play multi-user games such as checkers checkers, game for two players, known in England as draughts. It is played on a square board, divided into 64 alternately colored—usually red and black or white and black—square spaces, identical with a chessboard. , dominoes, or chess, and they can share files, sounds, or URLs. Also, one member can take the group to multiple Web sites using the multi-user Web touring feature. "AT&T is providing its customers with a comprehensive suite of Internet communication solutions," said Dan Schulman, president of AT&T WorldNet Service. "Furthering our common goal to bring people together through instant messaging and online communities, we're pleased to work with Tribal Voice
"AT&T really understands the Internet," said Tribal Voice president and 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. Joseph Esposito. "They moved on this relationship with all the resources one would expect from a major corporation, plus all the speed and agility of a Silicon Valley start-up. AT&T looks like the growth company of the 21st century." AT&T WorldNet Members Get Free PowWow Communities As an additional benefit of the AT&T and Tribal Voice relationship, AT&T WorldNet members can host a 10-person PowWow Community for one year, a value of $49.95 since non-members must pay a fee for a PowWow Club Room license. This exclusive offer is available only to AT&T WorldNet Service members. These online communities act as central points for individual Internet communications, online community participation, and online community creation and management. Community members can chat in real-time via the group chat window, post and retrieve messages on the built-in bulletin board, review the online community's guest book, and create an instant buddy list of other community participants. In creating a community, users have the option to decide when their community is available, who can participate in it and establish personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. rules. More than three million worldwide users already communicate with each other and participate in more than 10,000 communities using PowWow. Now, with the availability of AT&T I M Here, another million-plus AT&T WorldNet customers can join and grow the existing PowWow-based community. How to Get It To download the AT&T I M Here software, AT&T WorldNet members can go to www.worldnet.att.net/comm_center/instant_messaging/. Non-members can download a copy and communicate with their friends on WorldNet at www.att.net. AT&T I M Here will be made available by Wednesday, December 16. About AT&T WorldNet Service AT&T WorldNet Service (www.att.net) is the largest direct Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. in the U.S., serving more than 1.3 million members. It provides reliable, easy Internet access See how to access the Internet. with 543 local dial-up points-of-presence across the nation, six free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. IDs, 30 megabytes of Web space for personal web pages (5 MB per ID), chat, instant messaging and online communities. AT&T WorldNet members can get a special 9 cents a minute rate for direct-dialed, state-to-state long distance calls, with no monthly fee, through AT&T One Rate(R) Online. Additionally, members can consolidate their Internet access, AT&T Long Distance and AT&T Wireless charges on a single bill. Members who Refer a Friend to the service can earn a $10 finder's fee Finder's fee A fee a person or company charges for service as an intermediary in a transaction. finder's fee The charge levied by a person or firm for putting together a deal. . About Tribal Voice Tribal Voice is the leading provider of Internet community and communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems based on its PowWow technology. Founded in December, 1994, by anti-virus software anti-virus software n → Antivirensoftware f guru John McAfee John McAfee (born September 1945) is a computer programmer and founder of McAfee. He was one the first people to design anti-virus software and the first to develop a virus scanner. He was born in England and raised in Salem, Virginia. , the company is headquartered in Scotts Valley and maintains a development organization in Woodland Park, Colo. More than 3 million worldwide users participate in more than 10,000 communities via the company's PowWow software. For more information on Tribal Voice and to download its PowWow client software, please visit http://www.tribal.com or call 831/461-3100. Note to Editors: Tribal Voice is a trademark and PowWow is a registered trademark of Tribal Voice. All other products and company names are trademarks of their respective owners. AT&T WorldNet, AT&T One Rate and I M Here are service marks of AT&T. |
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