Center for Multimedia Creates First Ever Microsoft Network Software Developer's Kit Application.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 1995--The Center for Multimedia (CfM) today announced that it has developed the first application created for the Microsoft Network See MSN. Microsoft Network - The Microsoft Network (MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). ) using Microsoft's new MSN Software Developer's Kit See SDK. (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ). Designed for use on Microsoft's new on-line service scheduled to launch with the release of Windows 95, the MSN SDK allows the creation of more complex and customizable applications compared to other development tools. The application was developed by CfM for Starwave, of Bellevue. The application utilizes real-time datafeeds via the Microsoft Network to control onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. animations, graphics and audio, enabling users to experience live sporting events at the time they are happening. It incorporates a full-screen graphical interface with integrated chat rooms and custom links to external sites on the Internet's World Wide Web. "We would never have been able to create a program this complex without the MSN SDK," said Eric Dawes, president of the Center for Multimedia. "The ability to combine the power of lower-level programming languages with the flexibility of the SDK means that we can develop truly state-of-the-art on-line applications for our clients." The MSN SDK enables multimedia developers like CfM to create on-line applications with the interactivity, animation and production values of traditional multimedia applications. "As pioneering users of MSN SDK, it offers content providers more flexibility than they've had previously. We can now do things with MSN that AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. and Compuserve are still dreaming about," said Patrick Dooley, vice president of Business Development. Founded in 1992, the Center for Multimedia, headquartered in Bellevue, utilizes teams of graphic designers, animators, software engineers and digital video specialists to create multimedia and on-line applications for both the consumer and corporate marketplaces. For more information on the Center for Multimedia and their services, please call 206/643-9039 or fax at 206/643-9032. CONTACT: Jessica Maco, 206/462-4777 Internet: jmaco@rrp.com CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S : 75471,3355 |
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