Pointcast, introduced in February 1996, automatically delivered news and other information from the Internet to users' screens.
Video distributors like Netflix, RealNetworks and Blockbuster are also starting to explore the possibility of delivering feature-length movies via the Internet to users for viewing later.
Open Educational Resources, the term adopted by Unesco in 2002, makes course content and on-line learning tools available without cost over the Internet to users who are similarly free to adopt, improve or redistribute them.
Borders, she notes, are returning to the Internet.Interest in geolocation soared after last November's ruling by a French judge requiring Yahoo!, an Internet portal, to ban the auction and sale of Nazi memorabilia over the Internet to users in France.
ESPN began streaming its entire lineup of channels over the Internet to users who paid for cable.
Like Internet.org, Facebook's free internet system that was deemed unconstitutional in India, Hike gives a taste of internet to users in the hope that they will want more.
