Welcome to the Forbes Tech Update #3 -- fast-takes on the technology stories in the May 1, 2000 issue of Forbes magazine.
RADICAL PHILANTHROPIST (p. 114)
Pierre Omidyar started Ebay and made billions of dollars. Now, trying to give his fortune away, he's created a new style of charitable giving -- venture philanthropy -- and demolished old philanthropic models in the process.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510114a2RATIONAL
The day has come where any company with a brand name can act as an ISP and offer their customers free Internet access. So what does this mean for AOL and other access providers?
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510140a2LAND GRAB (p. 144)
EXUBERANCE (p.52)
What happens if a bubble bursts on Wall Street and the Nasdaq collapses from 4000 to 2000? People might have to stop daydreaming about retiring at 42, but technology, and our ever-improving ability to put it to productive use, will continue driving real gains in living standards.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510052a2B2BLUSTER
FEATURES:
ON YOUR MIND: NUPTIALS (p. 36)
Intuit, Broadcast.com, and Eve.com's founding partners share stories of how they met and what it was that brought them together to form lasting business partnerships.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510036a2FUNDS AND GAMES (p.53)
EARTH (p. 76)
In the high-risk business of global satellite services, two of the four
players have gone bankrupt. So what makes Inmarsat think it has staying
power? For starters, twenty-one years of experience and a powerhouse set of partner-shareholders.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510076a2SUPER
SOUP UP YOUR PHONE JACK (p. 100)
A convergence of technologies is ready to enable high-speed Web access
(Webtone) throughout your home, yet this isn't about more access for your PC. Get ready for smart doorbells and security, Webphones, radio and stereos, digital picture frames and true video on demand.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510100a2ZEN AND THE
TALENT (p. 108)
The lack of broadband access necessary to broadcast live-action video,
combined with the quick spread of Macromedia's Flash animation software, is making once obscure animators the kings of Web entertainment.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510108a2LUXE.COM (p. 128)
Luxury goods e-tailer Ashford.com is coping with a problem known in the
computer industry as "channel conflict," where manufacturers threaten
relationships with existing retailers by selling products via a more
efficient means (in this case, the Web).
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510128a2THE
Urban Media and a pack of rivals are betting millions on a race to wire up small businesses for the digital age. The plan: roll out free broadband to hundreds of office buildings and then use their fiber optics as a platform to sell additional services.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510144a2TEST-TUBE SEX (p. 154)
Thomas Weisel, founder of Montgomery Securities, predicts where the next wave of investors gains in the technology sector will come from – massive buyouts of young tech companies with good concepts but not enough capital to be viable.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510166a2COLUMNISTS:STEVE FORBES
FACT AND COMMENT: PUMMELING OUR PROSPERITY (P. 39)
Forbes' Editor-in-Chief looks at what's causing the stock market's current turbulence and what factors could ultimately kill high-tech innovation.
http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/6510039a2RICH KARLGAARD
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