AvantGo Announces Agreement to Deliver News From the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition to Handheld Computers.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1998--AvantGo, Inc., the authority in managing mobile information, today announced an agreement with The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, the most popular paid-subscription site on the Web, to make selected Interactive Journal news summaries available free to users of AvantGo's software for handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. . The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition "Channel" for mobile professionals features top news items from the Interactive Journal's front page, as well as its Europe, Asia and Technology pages. The Channel is available beginning today at http://wsj.com/avantgo/channel. AvantGo software leverages Web technology so that companies can build, deploy and manage mobile applications on Palm Computing and soon WindowsCE-compatible devices. Publishers' content is easy to access because mobile users simply choose the Web addresses or Channels they want to receive. Their specified Channels are then automatically updated each time the handheld device is synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. . In this first offering, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition is making its Channel of up-to-date, inter-linked pages available free of charge. In a later offering, the Interactive Journal plans to offer a subscriber-only Channel that includes additional news and information, such as full articles, a portfolio and 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. selections from a list of categories. "Our Interactive Journal readers are both frequent travelers and among the first to adopt the latest mobile technologies," said Neil F. Budde, editor of The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition. "We are delighted that AvantGo will enable us to reach even more of them in an entirely new setting." As part of the relationship, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition will be a premiere Channel on the AvantGo Web site (www.avantgo.com) and pre-configured for the AvantGo Desktop and AvantGo Client software. Additionally, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition readers will be able to download AvantGo's free trial software or purchase the latest version of AvantGo's software, specially discounted for The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition subscribers, from the Interactive Journal's home page at http://wsj.com. "Many AvantGo users are sophisticated enterprise professionals who are demanding mobile information from The Wall Street Journal," said Felix Lin, 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 AvantGo, Inc. "We are looking forward to working with The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition to expand its offering using interactive and wireless technologies." About AvantGo, Inc. AvantGo, Inc., the authority in managing mobile information, extends enterprise applications to handheld computers, such as those based on the Palm Computing platform See platform. , including the 3Com Palm III The Palm III was the first PDA in the Palm III lineup and is also Palm Computing's first handheld to support infrared file transfer and a Flash ROM capable operating system. The first Palm IIIs went on sale in 1998. , the 3Com PalmPilot connected organizer and the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) WorkPad PC Companion, and soon Microsoft WindowsCE-compatible devices. AvantGo 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. based in San Mateo, and funded by 21st Century Internet Venture Partners (www.21vc.com), Hambrecht & Quist (www.hamquist.com), Adobe Venture Partners (www.adobe.com) and private investors. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.avantgo.com or call 650/638-3399. About The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition Introduced in April 1996, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition features continuously updated coverage of the full spectrum of business news both in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and around the world, prepared by a dedicated news staff, supported by the global resources of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones. Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Reuters. The company reports more than 420,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July . Subscribers have access to more than 10,000 in-depth background reports on companies, an archive of news articles, and personal news and stock portfolios. Subscribers can also search the vast Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance Publications Library, featuring current and past articles from 5,500 newspapers, magazines and business-news sources. The Interactive Journal has more than 200,000 paying subscribers. Subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition cost $49 for a one-year subscription and $29 for subscribers to any print edition of the Journal, Barron's or SmartMoney. The complete subscription package also includes Barron's Online and premium areas of SmartMoney Interactive.
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