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 Hi all.
This Saturday April 28, 2000 I downloaded in few seconds my Flyswat update and now here is it running just fine! Do you know this incredible tool for Net surfers? Sincerelly, I recommend it! But. what exactly is Flyswat?  Flyswat analyzes the content of any Web page, and instantly transforms it into a rich resource with dozens or even hundreds of links to sources of additional information. So what will this virtual swatter do for you? It'll connect you to relevant info like never before. As you're perusing a Web page, this nifty tool will automatically hyperlink certain words; click the 'flycons' to view detailed information about the links. In the photo here you can see how Flyswat works.

Surfing I encountered the word OS/2 and I was curious about it. What is OS/2? I simply clicked the word and my Flyswat shows an hypertext summary about OS/2!

Flyswat hooks you up with great Web resources about a wide variety of topics, including:

... and much more!

Photo above shows Flyswat home page loaded by IE 5 on @Macarlo's Windows 2000 Professional web IDE

NBC to aquire Flyswat

NBC Internet Inc. (Nasdaq: NBCI), a leading Internet media company connecting buyers to sellers through premier entertainment, information and e-commerce services, announced  at last April 3, 2000, in San Francisco, CA, it has entered into an agreement to acquire Flyswat, Inc., a privately-held company that has launched innovative technology that creates links to highly relevant Internet content and commerce services on any Web site or personal document. The acquisition will strengthen NBCi’s broadband, direct e-commerce, business-to-business, and core search and navigation services.

Flyswat’s best-of-breed core service provides contextual links to a rich array of real-time content and commerce from the Web or desktop, and will enable Internet users to access content and commerce services from NBCi and other third-party providers – anytime, anywhere. In addition, the Flyswat product will enhance NBCi’s relationships with its 18 million registered members, further bolstering NBCi Direct, the company’s direct e-commerce division.

Flyswat’s core service is a free, downloadable utility that identifies and automatically hyperlinks existing words or phrases in any Web page, enabling users to retrieve relevant information and services simply by clicking on these terms. The Flyswat service also is compatible with any desktop application, such as word processing, spreadsheets, slideshow presentations and more. When users click on terms in their personal documents and Web pages, a small window appears presenting definitions, related content and e-commerce service links, news headlines, stock listings, shopping opportunities, or any other relevant information from NBCi and other top quality content providers.

The Flyswat service is scalable and can be extended into markets such as corporate intranets, vertical market applications or wireless technology. Flyswat’s architecture has six patents pending and was developed by the company’s powerhouse engineering team, fueled by 28 MIT degrees. This engineering team will work closely with NBCi’s existing teams to help develop new versions of the Flyswat service, as well as more robust broadband interfaces for NBCi’s broadband portal service, NBCi.com.

Flyswat partners announced to-date represent such industry leaders as mySimon, NeoPlanet, Raging Bull and Red Herring Communications. NBCi will work to increase Flyswat’s distribution, content and commerce partners, in addition to integrating the most relevant content from the full suite of NBCi consumer and business services into Flyswat’s core service.

“The acquisition of Flyswat will strengthen NBCi’s position among consumers and small businesses as the point of contact for information, entertainment and transactions across all platforms,” said Will Lansing, NBCi’s Chief Executive Officer. “Flyswat’s best-of-breed service will bring NBCi and our e-commerce and advertising partners directly into users’ lives when they surf the Internet and work on documents on their computers. We look forward to building Flyswat’s features, content and distribution through partnerships and alliances.

We are excited to join the NBCi family. This move will not only significantly increase our user base, but will also create more awareness of our product and its capabilities by integrating our technology with an extremely powerful brand,” said John Rodkin, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Flyswat, who will continue to head-up NBCi’s Flyswat business unit.

Starting today, co-branded versions of the Flyswat application will be distributed via NBCi’s family of Web properties, which include the Snap Internet portal, the NBCi.com broadband portal and the XOOM.com personal storage service, among others. Flyswat will also continue to leverage its existing distribution partner sites, with other such alliances forthcoming. Additionally, Flyswat’s technology will be integrated into NBCi’s top quality Snap Internet search capabilities.

NBCi’s acquisition of Flyswat is an all-stock transaction which is expected to close in May. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Flyswat will be exhibiting at Spring Internet World 2000 in booth #4466 at the Los Angeles Convention Center from April 5-7.

About Flyswat
Founded in 1998, Flyswat is based in San Francisco, privately held and funded by US Venture Partners, Angel Investors LP and Amicus, among others. For more information or to download the Flyswat application, please go to www.flyswat.com.

About NBC Internet, Inc.
NBC Internet, Inc. (NBCi), a branded global integrated media company, commenced operations in November 1999. NBCi integrates major media platforms, including Internet, broadcast and cable television and radio, to deliver powerful ways for partners to connect with users and customers. NBCi's flagship mass media consumer Web site, Snap (www.snap.com), provides a comprehensive online experience to users worldwide via Internet search and directory, community, shopping, e-commerce, multimedia and entertainment services across all bandwidths. In February 2000, NBCi launched NBCi.com, a multimedia portal for broadband and high-speed users.

NBCi was created through the combination of Snap, XOOM.com, NBC.com, NBC Interactive Neighborhood, VideoSeeker and a 10 percent equity stake in CNBC.com. NBC Internet publicly trades under the ticker NBCI on The Nasdaq Stock Market ®. NBC, a subsidiary of General Electric Company, holds a 43.9 percent ownership stake in NBCi and brings to the venture the storied heritage of 70 years of branded media and technology innovations. NBCi is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Paris, France. For more information about NBCi and its constituent Internet services, please see the NBCi corporate Web site at http://www.nbci.com/corporate.

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