AOL onboard
| By Frank Barnako, CBS.MarketWatch.com |
Last Update: 10:05 AM ET
Apr 27, 2001 |
Princess Cruises (POC) said it will install the world’s first
Internet cafes on cruise ships. America Online (AOL) members will be
able to access the Internet and e-mail. The first AOL Internet Cafe
will debut on the line’s new Golden Princess, which launches next
month in the Mediterranean. It will include 25 computer stations.
Other Princess ships will get the cafes by the end of the year, the
company said. They will also include business office services such as
fax machines, copiers and printers.
Yahoo cuts back on NY office space
Yahoo (YHOO) is giving up a floor of office space at 1065 Sixth
Avenue in New York City, and offering to sell the furniture. The
cutback amounts to a third of the space the company leases in New
York, primarily housing sales and support people, the New York Daily
News reported.
Starbucks Net access plan cooling
Plans for broadband wireless Internet access service in Starbucks (SBUX)
stores may be on hold. An expected announcement about design and of
the system, from Toronto IT consulting firm Cyberplex (https://www.cyberplex.com/),
has not been made. A spokesperson for Cyberplex told InternetNews.com
the deal was on hold due to internal problems within the company.
Cyberplex recently announced renegotiation of an acquisition, enabling
it to use less cash for more convertible stock to do the deal
Microsoft browser update delayed
Expected last week, a Microsoft (MSFT) upgrade to its MSN Explorer
will now not be released until next month. The software tightly
integrates many of MSN’s services including e-mail and news and
instant messaging, similar to America Online’s AOL client. Microsoft
said the delay was "minor", explaining some of the new
features needed more work and that developers were "making final
touches," PC World reported.
Frank Barnako is managing editor of the CBS.MarketWatch.com Radio
Network in Washington.
