STAMFORD, Conn.-Under a new deal between the two companies, SmartServ Online will help TheFirstNews.com offer its news information services in text form on various wireless devices, including personal digital assistants and pagers.
The new application will use SmartServ’s W2W Middleware, which uses XML-based feeds from TheFirstNews.com and distributes only requested information.
“Our agreement with SmartServ opens up a whole new way for us to provide timely and valuable information to our subscribers,” said Gabe Sciolla, TheFirstNews.com’s chief operating officer. “Now they can get their personalized news and alerts on the go, no matter where they are.”
SmartServ is a Web and wireless application service provider, and TheFirstNews.com, a subsidiary of Visual Data Corp., provides financial and business news in streaming audio and text format.
