Austin360 Has You Eating Out of the Palm in Your Hand.Business Editors AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2000 Useful, timely information about where to eat in Austin now available free for users of Palm and Palm-compatible handheld devices Cox Interactive Media city site Austin360.com (www.Austin360.com) and Vindigo, the leading developer of personal navigation applications for handheld digital devices, today announced details of a partnership that will help locals make fast, informed decisions about the best places to eat in Austin. Austin residents can now use Vindigo on a Palm or Palm-compatible handheld device to obtain Austin360.com's timely information on dining in Dining in is a formal military function for members of a company or other unit. The practice is thought to have begun in 16th Century England, in the monasteries and early universities. Austin, removing the mystery of what possibilities lie beyond each freeway. "Let's face it, we are in our cars quite a bit in Austin. Many of us could use a service to find a place to go for dinner after we're done sitting on Mopac or 183," said Kevin Stephens, Austin360 general manager. "Austin360's partnership with Vindigo is just one of the ways we help Austinites manage their busy lives." This new partnership allows local Austin residents to:
-- Search restaurants by categories, name, distance, and cost
-- Find leads to thousands of restaurants, delis, bars, cafes,
and specialty shops
-- Get walking and driving directions from any location
-- Learn about specific restaurant details including phone
number, address, type of restaurant
-- See restaurant price range
-- Read Austin restaurant reviews from professional critics and
Austin360 users
-- Add your own opinion and share experiences about a specific
restaurant
This new partnership between Austin360.com and Vindigo will help local consumers make "on-the-fly" dining decisions. Austinites can also indicate their current location, or where they're going, and instantly get reviews, directions and details on popular places to eat nearby. If users aren't sure what they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. , the Austin dining guide provided by Austin360.com offers suggestions based on where they are and what type of food they would like. "We chose to partner with Austin360.com because we are committed to providing busy people with access to the best local information so that they can make quick decisions about where to eat, anytime, anywhere," said Dave Shankman, vice president of marketing for Vindigo. Download and go everywhere By simply clicking on to Austin360.com (www.austin360.com), users of Palm and Palm-compatible handheld devices can download Vindigo and have access to Austin360.com's limitless choices of places to eat in Austin. Each time someone syncs his or her handheld with a PC, any new information is automatically downloaded onto the handheld device. Vindigo also uses proprietary data compression data compression Process of reducing the amount of data needed for storage or transmission of a given piece of information (text, graphics, video, sound, etc.), typically by use of encoding techniques. technology to minimize the application's size and to speed searching. About Austin360.com Austin360.com, is a locally produced city site that provides Austin residents with a variety of online tools and features, such as a search engine containing the most comprehensive list of local Web sites in Austin. Local community and interest groups have the ability to build a free Web site as part of the site. Austin360.com is part of a network of local city sites owned and operated by CIMedia and offered in partnership with a local publication (the Austin American-Statesman The Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is an award-winning publication owned by Cox Enterprises and edited by Richard Oppel, who led his previous newspaper, the Charlotte Observer to multiple Pulitzers. ), and one local TV station (KVUE 24). About Cox Interactive Media Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) has built a network of city sites in U.S. markets that reach 44 percent of adult Internet users and 30 percent of the total adult population. The network consists of 22 local sites in the top 50 U.S. markets. CIMedia (www.cimedia.com), headquartered in Atlanta, was launched in January 1997 and is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late , Inc. Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies and operator of automobile auctions. In addition to CIMedia, major subsidiaries include Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, local and national direct mail advertising and customized newsletters); Cox Broadcasting, Inc., (TV, spot sales, television production, research and Cox Radio Cox Radio NYSE: CXR is a publicly traded company that holds a number of radio stations. Private company Cox Broadcasting, Inc., a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises owns all of the company's super-voting Class B common stock, and thus controls the company. , Inc. [NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CXR CXR abbr. chest x-ray CXR, n chest x-ray; an image of the thoracic cavity, produced by an irradiation scan of the upper torso. ]); Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Inc. ([NYSE: COX] cable distribution, programming, telephone and high-speed Internet See broadband. access services); Manheim Auctions, Inc., which operates auto auctions in North America, Europe and Australia; Cox Enterprises also owns an equity stake in a range of Internet businesses, including AutoTrader.com, the world's largest source of used car listings for dealers and consumers. About Vindigo Vindigo creates resource-rich software for mobile devices that allows people to explore, enjoy, and connect to the world around them. The company's core product, also called Vindigo, transforms Palm Inc. handhelds and compatibles into personal navigators. It delivers location-specific information about the limitless choices of places to go and things to do in popular cities. Combining mobility with an insider's insight and in-depth content from the nation's most trusted local sources - including the online companion to the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, nytoday.com, zagat.com, and the online companion to the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the , SF Gate - Vindigo instantly adapts to a user's location and interests. Vindigo gives busy people the ability to make quick, savvy, lifestyle decisions about where to eat, shop and play, whenever and wherever they are. Vindigo is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. backed by General Atlantic Partners LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Flatiron Partners, Carlin car·line or car·lin n. Scots A woman, especially an old one. [Middle English kerling, from Old Norse, from karl, man.] Ventures, and select private investors. The company's headquarters are located at 259 West 30th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001. For information, contact Vindigo at: (212) 590-6900 or via the Web at www.vindigo.com. |
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