Imagine surfing the Web while lying on your sofa, sipping Martini in front of the TV set. Hallelujah, I thought to myself, when on a recent visit to America I stumbled across Web TV. Otherwise known as the ‘Mouse Potato’s Delight’, Web TV delivers Internet access using your humble TV monitor. It was brought to …[ read more ]
OK, I confess– I too was a technophobe. Many years ago, I was asked what kind of computer I owned. The answer was, ‘Hmm, a small, beige, rounded one, I think.’I meant, of course, a Commodore 64, then at the bleeding edge of home computing technology. My geeky boyfriend who bore witness to my blasphemy …[ read more ]
There has been a lot of talk recently about the failure of the World Wide Web as an advertising medium. Even the best known sites, such as Time Warne’s Pathfinder, are not generating ad revenue. Advertisers perceive that online ads do not receive returns on investment equal to those of other media, and banner ads …[ read more ]
You’re away from your PC, but you’ve to surf the Net. Fine, come in and have lunch while you’re at it. Eva Pascoe, co-founder of cybercaf Cyberia, is a difficult person to pin down. One month she’s off supervising the opening of a Cyberia site in Rotterdam; another, she’s in the Far East, negotiating a …[ read more ]
It’s along way from Communist Poland to the cyberspace world of Internet cafes, but Eva Pascoe made the link – and a fortune on the way. By Ruth Picardie Last Thursday, Eva Pascoe hopped out of her bed – one of the few pieces of furniture in her grimly urban loft space on the edges …[ read more ]
THE WINNERS. An original idea hatched on paper napkins now looks set for worldwide success. SO that’s how you make money out of the Internet … cobble together a few computer terminals, rent out some well located property, buy a cheap coffee machine, think of a groovy name and franchise the idea around the world. …[ read more ]
BRITAIN’s first cyberspace cafe opens its doors tomorrow to welcome people bewildered by superhighway hype, writes Michelle Stavrinou. Located just behind the computer and hi-fi shops of Tottenham Court Road, Cyberia cafe was planned as a women-only venue, in protest at the small number of female “net surfers” encountered by Eva Pascoe and Gene Teare, …[ read more ]
BRITAIN’s first cyberspace cafe opens its doors tomorrow to welcome people bewildered by superhighway hype, writes Michelle Stavrinou. Located just behind the computer and hi-fi shops of Tottenham Court Road, Cyberia cafe was planned as a women-only venue, in protest at the small number of female “net surfers” encountered by Eva Pascoe and Gene Teare, …[ read more ]
