@Cafe
Founded | April 25, 1995 12 St. Marks Place New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Founders | Glenn McGinnis Nicolas Barnes Chris Townsend |
Dissolved | 1996 |
Purpose | Internet café |
Area served | New York City |
Owner | James Casey (manager) |
@Cafe, one of New York City's first dedicated
At the time of @Cafe's opening, the first
@Cafe was one of the first businesses that was predicated on monetizing what had previously been the domain of academics and programmers.
The cafe also played host to an early web/television hybrid program called "Encarta On the Record."[24] The monthly program was moderated by journalist Linda Ellerbee, produced by Microsoft and Ellerbee's production company Lucky Duck and combined a live roundtable discussion with web-based resources through the Encarta web portal.[25] The web audience could ask questions to the panel in real time, the audio of the discussion could be streamed and video images of the proceedings were updated every 8 seconds.[26]
In contemporary interviews, Barnes and McGinnis spoke of opening a number of internet-based cafes around the world,[9][22] where technology novices and professionals could experience the full potential of the internet.[7]
Despite media and public interest, @Cafe never broke even and closed in 1996 before additional locations or franchises could be opened.[4]
References
- ^ a b Landman, Beth (April 28, 1995). "It's De-Lovely, It's De Niro". New York Daily News. p. 60.
- ^ a b Reyes, Sonia (Jan 27, 1995). "Combining cafe and computers". New York Daily News. p. 37.
- ^ a b c Wolff, Jennifer (April 30, 1995). "At Two Cyber Cafes, They Eat and Drink, Hunt and Peck". New York Times. p. 45.
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- ^ a b Hodges, Jane (July 24, 1995). "Getting a taste of cyberspace". Advertising Age: 17.
- ^ a b Kalish, Jon (April 30, 1995). "Cybercafes new sites to network and nosh". New York Daily News. p. 13.
- ^ a b c d "3 NEW CYBER CAFES OPEN". AP Archive. AP. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Internet Over-Easy". Interactive Age: 50. April 10, 1995.
- ^ a b c Much, Marilyn (May 23, 1995). "@ Your Convenience: Dine, Sip Latte And Surf The World Wide Web". Investor's Business Daily.
- ^ Stempler, Randall (June 15, 1995). "New York On The Net". New York Post. p. PC16.
- ^ Baron, Tom (May 24, 1995). "Welcome to the Cyberbar". Manhattan Mirror. p. 8.
- ^ "MOSAIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFERS NEW NETWORK NAVIGATOR FREE ON THE INTERNET". MCOM. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Wilson, Brian. "Netscape Navigator". Blooberry. Brian Wilson. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Garrick, David (May 1, 1995). "[email protected]". New York Newsday. p. B4.
- ^ Krantz, Michael (Nov 13, 1995). "The Great Manhattan Geek Rush of 1995". New York Magazine: 39.
- ^ Green, Noah (August 1995). "Logging in at the Cybercafe". Spin Magazine: 108.
- ^ Levine, Joanne (Mar 5, 1996). "Without the net, they wouldn't have met". New York Post. p. 33.
- ^ Sugimoto, Keiko (Sep 30, 1995). "SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Senken Exclusive Series: New Yorkers' Choice Valuing the Café". The Senken Shimbun Company. p. 4.
- ^ a b c d Sasaki, Rei (Feb 1996). "Inside the Authentic American Cybercafe". Playboy Japan: 66.
- ^ Massarella, Linda (Aug 16, 1995). "Rudy sends Boston boss to Cyberia". New York Post. p. 8.
- Time Magazine: 69. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Frenkel, Karen (Feb 4, 1996). "Cybercafes: More Than Just A Place to Compute". New York Times CyberTimes.
- ^ Rousseau, Bryant (Mar 18, 1996). "Groups Pair Technology, Gastronomy At Cyber-Dining Venue". Meeting News: 6 + 9.
- ^ Lewis, Peter H. "Internet Courtroom Battle Gets Cyberspace Preview". New York Times. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES NEW 90-MINUTE INTERNET SHOW HOSTED BY LINDA ELLERBEE". The Free Library. PRNewswire. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ Hunt, Kevin. "Pixels: ELLERBEE, ON-LINE". The Hartford Courant. The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 7 October 2016.