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Stepping up the fight against childhood asthma, EPA and the Advertising Council today launched a national media drive, “The Childhood Asthma Campaign,” alerting parents to indoor environmental triggers of asthma attacks, such as mold and secondhand smoke from cigarettes. “Childhood asthma is an epidemic in this country and many parents feel helpless to protect their […]
The time Americans are spending glued to their online computers soared 51 percent last month compared to February of last year, according to figures released today by Jupiter Media Metrix.
Zooba.com (www.zooba.com), a leading direct marketing company that leverages the power of email to equip media properties with a cost-effective, highly targeted marketing and distribution channel, today announces its co-marketing and content distribution deal with SchoolSuccess.net, an e-learning company that provides families with children aged 8 and younger and their teachers with online learning tools […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — SmartForce (Nasdaq: SMTF – news), the world’s largest e-Learning company, today announced a strategic agreement with Microsoft Corp. to provide an e-Learning solution to help Microsoft partners sell Microsoft products and solutions. The program is directed to the 20,000 plus registered users of the Microsoft Direct Access website. The Microsoft Direct […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An interactive form of much-delayed digital television broadcasting which lets viewers watch through specially-equipped PCs will make its U.S. debut next month, the company behind the technology said on Wednesday.
CALGARY, Canada – Quick Link Communications Ltd. (QLC), a leading Satellite Access Service Provider, is pleased to announce that it has completed the provision of broadband data and Internet services to Pukatawagan, a First Nations community located approximately 300 km Northwest of Thompson, Manitoba. The Band and Education officials at Pukatawagan recognized the need for […]
Lifelong learning has become a buzz word in the educational world. It is seen as a way of responding to technological change and dealing with an enormous range of issues from job creation to literacy promotion and from environmental protection to multiculturalism. But so far, the term has not been very clearly defined, and it […]
DULLES, Va.– Everyone’s favorite fuzzy red monster, Elmo, will be America Online’s (AOL) special guest in his first-ever live, online chat on Tuesday, February 27 at 4 p.m (ET). During this 30-minute chat, Elmo and his Sesame Street friend Maria will answer questions submitted online from children across the country, as well as interact with […]
n the Crayola Crayons Web site you can pick up some fascinating trivia: — Tiger Woodss favorite crayon is wild strawberry. — the most popular color as of January 31 is blue. — the flesh-colored crayon was renamed peach in 1962 “partially as a result of the U.S. civil rights movement.”
Press release – February 21, 2001Boston, MA– The Corporation for Public Broadcasting/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) today announced the launch of an innovative research partnership with America Online, Inc., a division of AOL Time Warner Inc. and the world’s leading interactive services company, to help make interactive television more accessible to people with […]
