AOL is working to incorporate CD-ROM technology into the online experience. The idea is that bandwidth-clogging graphics and other basic components will be contained on discs at home, with users getting updated information when they sign on.
Predictor: Nollinger, Mark
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Wired magazine, Mark Nollinger writes: ”On the technology front, AOL is working to incorporate CD-ROM technology into the online experience. The idea is that bandwidth-clogging graphics and other basic components will be contained on discs at home, with users getting updated information when they sign on. An AOL shopping service called 2Market already has a digital link, with more content providers to follow. And in an attempt to get a head start on Microsoft, AOL management recently announced alliances with multimedia publishers like Broderbund, Voyager, and Novell to link AOL with their CD-ROM products. Members will be able to click once from inside the respective programs and be taken straight to the companion space on AOL.”
Date of prediction: August 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: America, Online! America Online Has Been on a Rocket Ride, Now it Would Like to Morph Into an ‘Interactive Service Company’ Before Microsoft and the Web Eat its Lunch
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.09/aol_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry