Homestead Technologies Announces Partnerships With Deja News and CollegeBeat.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1998--Homestead Technologies Inc., a leader in online community technology, today announced separate partnerships with Deja News The Deja News Research Service was an archive of messages posted to Usenet discussion groups, started in 1995 by Steve Madere in Austin, Texas. Its powerful search engine capabilities won the service acclaim, generated controversy, and significantly changed the perceived nature of , the discussion network and CollegeBeat, the leader in online collegiate marketing. Homestead Homestead. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,866), Dade co., SE Fla.; inc. 1913. A large Miami suburb with a growing Hispanic population, Homestead is a trade center for the redland district, known for its many varieties of citrus and other fruits and vegetables. will provide co-branded versions of its free online Web site and community building service to users at partner sites, available immediately at www.dejanews.com and www.collegebeat.com. Homestead provides end users of all skill levels with an easy, free and flexible way to build a Web site or 'micro-community' on the Web together with friends, family or colleagues. Under the agreements, Homestead will provide a community-based Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. solution without the need for partners to install or maintain the service or any software on their own servers. "Internet discussion groups and college communities are clear examples of micro-communities that are formed by groups who know each other or share common interests," said Homestead founder 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. Justin Kitch. "We're excited to be working with these partners to provide their communities with enhanced publishing and collaboration capabilities that provide a compelling reason for users to return," Kitch added. Deja News Under the three-year partnership, Homestead will provide a co-branded service to the Deja News community of millions of users. Homestead has also developed a custom Deja News search Element which is integrated into the existing Homestead palette of drag-and-drop Elements, available to all Homestead native and co-branded service users, including non-Deja News members. The element provides users with direct search access to the more than 80,000 Internet discussion forums on Deja News, including Deja News Member Forums and Usenet newsgroups. "Deja News is constantly striving to provide better ways for communities to interact and thrive," said Guy Hoffman, president and CEO of Deja News. "Homestead's ease of use belies its powerful offering. This is an intuitive tool that our community leaders and members will use to collaboratively publish group information and resources, creating an even richer community environment." CollegeBeat Under the terms of the CollegeBeat agreement, Homestead will provide a complete Web publishing solution to CollegeBeat, which will promote the service to students at the more than 100 schools that are currently affiliated with the CollegeBeat service. The CollegeBeat Homesteads(tm) service gives students access to all the tools they need to collaborate on class projects, plan fraternity events, create club newsletters or simply communicate with friends at other schools. "CollegeBeat seeks to offer best-in-class technology and applications to the more than one million college students who have access to our site. In partnering with Homestead, we've integrated the easiest to use, yet most sophisticated Web publishing technology, which truly adds value to our community of students," said Bill Townsend This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. , vice president of sales and marketing at CollegeBeat. About Homestead Technologies This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. Homestead Technologies Inc. is a leader in online community technology, providing the first service that gives PC users of all skill levels an easy, free and flexible way to build a personal Web site or micro-community together with friends, family or colleagues. The service is available at www.homestead.com and through co-branding and licensing partners. Founded in 1997, Homestead is based in Menlo Park Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif., and has more than 50 employees. The company is privately held and has received investments from Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $4.5 billion in capital commitments. , a Silicon Valley venture finance firm, and Intel Corp. About Deja News Inc. Deja News, the discussion network, is the Web's leading destination for discussion. Founded in May 1995, Deja News provides an easy and powerful Web interface for participating in entertaining and informative discussions with people of like interests. The company's innovative technology also makes it possible to quickly search the archives of more than 80,000 discussion forums, including Deja News Member Forums and Usenet newsgroups. Deja News provides discussion services to America Online See AOL. , AT&T WorldNet Service, Bell South, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, InfoSpace, Lycos, Microsoft's Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. , The Microsoft Network See MSN. Microsoft Network - The Microsoft Network , Open Text, WebCrawler, Yahoo! and ZDNet. Deja News is free to users and may be found on the Web at http://www.dejanews.com. About CollegeBeat CollegeBeat is the only college-oriented Web site endorsed by college deans and installed on their campuses to deliver college event schedules and research tools, as well as local, regional and national news; shopping; forums; and online tools and applications. CollegeBeat is currently installed at more than 100 colleges and reaches 1 million students aged 18-24. The company is headquartered in Hudson, Mass. Other partners include ABCNews.com, American Greetings American Greetings Corporation, Inc. NYSE: AM is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Cleveland, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic , Barnesandnoble.com, and Six Degrees. Note to Editors: Homestead, the Homestead Editor and Homestead Express are trademarks of Homestead Technologies. All other trademarks or product names are the property of their respective owners and are hereby recognized as such. |
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