11/1/2000   English German
  Edition # 25  
San Francisco, 11-1-2000

Tellme
Figure [1]: Sun, clouds, and water in Hawaii

Michael The whole time I didn't have a laptop with me. The pager was on strike, and the cell phone didn't work either, that's how remote the area was. So I faced the problem of having to survive more than a week without access to stock prices! To my rescue, there's an internet startup company in America called "Tellme" (incidentally also in Mountain View, where Netscape is), which offers internet information via a telephone service. Like all new internet companies, they are making heaps of losses to attract customers. "Tellme" offers a toll-free number (1-800-555-TELL) with a voice recognition system that understands whether you say "Stock Quotes" or "Restaurants" and provides information on stock prices or restaurants accordingly. It's a bit embarrassing to stand at a public phone and constantly shout keywords ("Stock Quotes!" ... "America Online!" ... "Yahoo!" ... "Microsoft!"), but what wouldn't you do to stay up-to-date, even in a South Sea paradise.

Until the next newsletter, again from San Francisco!

Angelika und Michael

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