Bidder's Edge Adds 'PingMe!' Messaging Service, Helps Bidders Track the Progress of Online Auctions From Anywhere At Anytime.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON Burlington, town, Canada Burlington, town (1991 pop. 129,575), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built on the shipment of wheat, lumber, and quarried rock by waterway. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000 Leading Auction Portal First to Reach Wired and Wireless Customers Bidder's Edge, Inc. today became the first online auction portal to announce the launch of outbound out·bound adj. Outward bound; headed away: outbound trains. Adj. 1. outbound - that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" messaging functionality. "PingMe!", which provides bidders with a reliable and comprehensive way to track the progress of online auctions from anywhere at anytime, is powered by MessageBlaster, a hosted, Web-based service from EnvoyWorldWide. PingMe! helps bidders increase their odds of winning an auction by allowing them to select specific auctions to track. When auction information changes, users are alerted immediately by their preferred communications device Typically refers to a terminal used to send voice, video or text. Mobile phones, wireless PDAs and personal computers equipped with microphones, speakers and cameras are all considered communications devices. See modem. . Users specify how they want to be contacted: via phone, e-mail, fax and/or and/or conj. Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved. Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing. pager. PingMe! is available free of charge to auction enthusiasts at www.biddersedge.com. "To win online auctions, users need to keep track of the auctions they care about--at any time and from any location," said James James, person in the Bible James, in the Gospel of St. Luke, kinsman of St. Jude. The original does not specify the relationship. James, rivers, United States James. Carney car·ney n. Informal Variant of carny. , 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. , Bidder's Edge, Inc. "We developed PingMe! to help bidders find it, track it and win it. The addition of PingMe! to the tools and services we offer allows Bidder's Edge users to bid on items knowing that they will be updated immediately, online and offline, as auctions develop." "The Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the is creating innovative new business models such as the online auction, and these models require new communication solutions to proactively meet customer needs. The combination of Bidder's Edge and EnvoyWorldWide is an example of two companies addressing emerging customer demands caused by today's increasingly mobile environments," said Alain Daste, president and CEO of EnvoyWorldWide. "Our service will help Bidder's Edge streamline the notification process, giving bidders the ability to stay involved in auctions regardless of their location, time of day or access to communications device." About EnvoyWorldWide Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts Billerica (IPA: [bɪl.'ɹɪ.kə]) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,981 at the 2000 census. Its name is pronounced "bill-RICK-a", rather than rhyming with America. , EnvoyWorldWide offers businesses a flexible, scalable and reliable communications service for distributing time-sensitive and business-critical information. Information is distributed simultaneously to customers, employees, partners and suppliers using each recipient's preferred method of communication. Organizations use MessageBlaster, the flagship offering from EnvoyWorldWide, for applications ranging from improved resource scheduling and proactive customer notification to product delivery and logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation support. The Web-based service enables organizations to realize lower costs and increased business-to-business communications efficiency. More information on EnvoyWorldWide can be found at www.envoyww.com. About Bidder's Edge Bidder's Edge, Inc. pioneered the online auction aggregation business with the launch of its Web site in November 1998. Bidder's Edge enables online auction users to easily find up-to-date information on the large majority of the items available at auction, including status of current bids and historical pricing. The company enables users to obtain auction information from more than 170 sites, covering in excess of 7.5 million items. Bidder's Edge also evaluates the retail auction sites it searches and indicates to consumers, with a special Trusted Auction icon, those sites that provide a safe, quality auction service. When consumers locate an item they want to bid on or receive more information about, they are linked directly to the auction site. InformationWeek named Bidder's Edge one of the 100 most innovative practitioners of e-business in the New Economy. Bidder's Edge is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. |
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