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PointCast was a dot-com company founded in 1992 by Christopher R. Hassett in Sunnyvale, California. PointCast Network. The company's initial product amounted to a screensaver that displayed news and other information, delivered live over the Internet.
Mar 29, 2000 · PointCast, which took in tens of millions in venture capital and once spurned a $400-million-plus offer in its heyday, was sold last year for $7 million. Companies like Marimba, another early...
From local search apps to connect users with nearby places, to social apps that connect users with each other, to payment apps that make transactions fast and easy, Pointcast puts the power of gesture-based interactions to work for your app, your users, and your business.
Jan 31, 1998 · PointCast attracted $12 million from three of the Valley’s best-known venture-capital firms. It launched its Internet-based network. All roads led to an IPO. Then Murdoch called.
A now-defunct company founded in 1992 to deliver news and other information over Internet connections. PointCast’s flagship product was PointCast Network, which sent customized news to users’ desktops. PointCast Network was free.
In February, a company called PointCast introduced a combination browser and screensaver designed to broadcast, or push, news and information to users' computers.
The first major deployment of push technology on the Web. Introduced in 1996 and supported by ad revenues, PointCast provided Internet-based news and customized information to the desktop.
Oct 18, 2007 · PointCast was a screensaver popular in the mid-90s that displayed news stories pulled in from over the internet. This hot Web 1.0 service died off in large part due...
May 13, 1999 · First, PointCast decided to file for a public offering without coming up with a fresh, better story to sell to Wall Street. Then it abruptly canceled the offering, ostensibly to pursue a merger.
Dec 3, 1998 · PointCast Inc. is close to being acquired by an Internet backbone provider, according to industry executives who say a final deal for the push pioneer could be announced as soon as this week.
