Neowin .NET Alerts!

Neowin .NET Alerts!

Mr magoo on 20 August 2004 - 17:14 · 80 comments & 3027 views

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Attentive Neowin readers might have noticed we have just launched a brand new feature: Neowin Alerts. We are now able to offer members the ability to have alerts on the latest Neowin news, direct to your phone, email, or MSN Client.

You can sign up for the alerts by clicking on the image above, or by following this link. The alerts will come every time a new post is added to the front page.

The service is being operated by Messagecast.net, and we'd like to thank them for their extensive help and time.

Update: We've had an amazing response - ~2000 sign-ups in the last 48 Hours!

Screenshot: NW Alert

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Feedback Request: Would members be interested in alerts for the other sections? Post below.

Further update - you'll only get an alert when news is posted!

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#1 jmc777 on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:18

#2 jorgeivan2k3 on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:19

i LIKE THIS A LOT

#3 tktino on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:22

its good. But i will edit this to my needs

#4 Larney on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:22

Yeah

#5 SidVicious on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:22

Nice one.

#6 davs on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:25

perfect. now i love neowin even more..

#7 kainashi on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:31

awesome.

#8 Test Zero on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:34

Wahey, this is great!

#9 g3nu1n3 on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:41

Thats great ... and i already use http://www.neowin.net/mobile.php/mobile.php?mode=main

(1 reply) #10 voidunknown on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:43

I think this is a GREAT concept. But it still needs some more work. I would love to recieve updates and stories on my cell phone. The only problem is Neowin usually has MANY stories per day. I don't want my cell phone getting flooded with text messages about stuff I don't want. Not to mention it will hike up my cell bill. There needs to be a way to customize it. Maybe only send alerts when keywords are found in an article or send one update a day with all the stories headlines. I love the concept! Keep up the good work!

#10.1 Jstphish on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:55

I completely agree, it does need to be tweaked.

#11 Tech001101 on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:49

cool

i'll try it out.

#12 tiagosilva29 on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:49

(^_^) This is very nice! Thank you, Neowin!

#13 StOrM on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:50

Signed up. Thanks Neowin

#14 Hurmoth on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:55

Wonderful new feature!

#15 Greenstein on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:56

Tasty

#16 Blaine on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:57

Wow this is great!

#17 Trickster¿ on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:58

Cool idea.

(1 reply) #18 yert* on 20 Aug 2004 - 17:59

Marry me

#18.1 Hurmoth on 20 Aug 2004 - 20:53

Marry you? OK

#19 Starman on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:10

I haven't looked at it yet, but I hope it's set up with levels of importance. I don't need to be hammered by every SCO article that comes through.

Great idea, though!

(2 replies) #20 digitalslacker on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:22

ok my phone has beeped 5 times in the last hour
can you limit the types of alerts recieved?

#20.1 voidunknown on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:07

Thats exactly what I was saying in my post above.

#20.2 un0™ on 21 Aug 2004 - 00:22

Well, i knew that would happen so i just set it to send it via messenger.. have yet to recieve any Alerts though? Anyone else getting anything through their msn messangers ???

#21 SMeK on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:27

ill have to remember about this when i go on holiday, can set it up to goto my neowinmail e-mail which i get on my mobile

nifty

#22 Mister Lamar on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:28

VIVA neowin

#23 dougkinzinger on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:31

Oh, how I have waited for this day. Good work, men.

--Doug

#24 xStainDx on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:40

.NET Alerts has been out forever! Finally neowin steps into the magic and awe of the .NET Framework and the Passport backend.

Bravo!

#25 DJ Specs on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:42

Lets try it!

#26 LispyGlitter2 on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:45

I keep getting errors

(1 reply) #27 Sushubh on 20 Aug 2004 - 18:47

We are unable to complete your task at this time. The Microsoft Alerts service is experiencing difficulties. Please try your task again later.

#27.1 kitchenutensils on 21 Aug 2004 - 13:13

haha msn alerts pwned by neowin

#28 Jedimark on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:05

Yay, this is a great feature... signed up to the mess.be alerts aswell.

#29 shift on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:08

neowin r0x0rz my b0x0rz

#30 mopper on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:09

yay i just signed up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#31 IntelliMoo on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:09

Well cool, msn alerts finally making a comeback. LOL Don't forget to get the bink.ru alerts too.

#32 mstx on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:12

cool

#33 Jstphish on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:25

Awesome. I doubt I'll ever use it since, 1) I rarely use MSN Messenger and 2) I don't want to be charged for messages on my phone but I really love the fact that Neowin supports just about all news services out there (RSS, Klip, email). Giving people amazing options is really what helps set this community apart from others (besides the amazing people here).

#34 JCAP on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:27

Signed up nice

#35 un0™ on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:29

Sweet... too bad i dont have unlimited mms on my celly. well worth it though.

#36 brn2prgrm on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:33

Cool guys, keep up the good work!

(1 reply) #37 BGuillaume on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:48

ok I singed up like one or two hours ago ...some seem to be flooded with alert I havent received any...do u guiys actually received any alerts so far...I don't wanna be waiting all night long for the alert to be displayed !!!!!!!!!!!!

#37.1 un0™ on 21 Aug 2004 - 16:52

I havent recieved any either...

#38 jameseuk on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:53

erm did I need an alert regarding this story?

(2 replies) #39 BGuillaume on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:54

hum also on alerts.msn.com Neowin is not lised...is that normal...?

#39.1 jameseuk on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:56

yeah i found that a bit odd aswell

#39.2 The_Decryptor on 21 Aug 2004 - 17:29

It's cause the alerts are not running through microsoft, they are managed by a company called messagecast (i think) they send the alerts to you (dont know why they arn't listed on ms's site, must have a aggreement or something)

Edit: i might be wrong, this is what i have gathered

#40 jameseuk on 20 Aug 2004 - 19:57

Nice pun on the title of this news story

(5 replies) #41 lare2 on 20 Aug 2004 - 20:14

Phone bill going up ....

#41.1 jameseuk on 20 Aug 2004 - 20:16

the alerts are free

#41.2 lare2 on 20 Aug 2004 - 20:18

But not the messages on my cell

#41.3 Mister Lamar on 20 Aug 2004 - 20:52

u have to pay to use MSN Mobie, but to set MSN up on mobile I have to pay right. I get 750 Text per month for free.

Last edited by 37896 on 21 Aug 2004 - 01:01

#41.4 un0™ on 21 Aug 2004 - 00:24

No, but mobile providers charge for recieving messages. Alerts = mesages = $

#41.5 carstereos on 21 Aug 2004 - 05:33

You can choose to only recieve alerts on your messenger on the PC. You do not have to get them via cell phone. Many news stories get posted every day.

#42 Steffan on 21 Aug 2004 - 01:47

:/

I signed for it 4 hours ago and I haven't gotten any alerts yet. I have received stuff from bink.nu tho. I signed up for bink's a couple of mins after signing up for neowin's.

edit: w00t! I finally got some alerts. are the alerts only coming from the main area? what about the software and gaming areas?

Last edited by 32187 on 22 Aug 2004 - 00:42

#43 winxptwker on 21 Aug 2004 - 02:54

Nice feature! Good job, Neowin. I signed up.

#44 petroid on 21 Aug 2004 - 03:13

yea! this is a handy feature. Neowin has become an addiction.

(2 replies) #45 Jugalator on 21 Aug 2004 - 10:08

Can't your RSS feeds be used for this instead?

More info here:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=195886

Anyway, that's what I'd prefer since you can use any RSS reader you want for it, not just these three.

I know there are RSS readers for Java-enabled mobile phones, and others that can send RSS updates by SMS. Wouldn't suprise me if there is apps to send RSS updates by mail too.

You also don't need to sign up to anything.

Last edited by 21023 on 21 Aug 2004 - 10:18

#45.1 Mr magoo on 21 Aug 2004 - 10:50

We have RSS feeds already; this is an additional offering for users of MSN Alerts enabled devices..

#45.2 Jugalator on 21 Aug 2004 - 13:11

I know you have RSS feeds already, that's why I told about them, since many devices are already "RSS enabled".

There are Pocket PC RSS readers, Palm RSS readers, mobile phone RSS readers, and so on.
(of course also numerous readers for all common desktop OS'es)

I guess this can be good for some people, was just a bit surprised by the amount of replies here.

Note I'm not complaining about this decision, just informing that Neowin have had news alerts for quite a while now that works on a whole lot of devices.

(2 replies) #46 BGuillaume on 21 Aug 2004 - 11:56

lol MSFN.org has done the exact same thing
http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?catid=1&id=9385

#46.1 xper on 21 Aug 2004 - 20:09

They did that before N. Read comments.
Anyway, who cares. Bink was first.

#46.2 dwergs on 24 Aug 2004 - 12:19

Actually, for anyone who cares, I seriously think Mess with MSN Messenger was :p (16th of August).

#47 The Napster on 21 Aug 2004 - 16:46

Yipee...

Its a great idea

#48 Sim31 on 21 Aug 2004 - 18:29

I think everyone found out about this idea from Bink becuase I saw this first on Bink, he made a big email about it to all his subscribers and now neowin has it and msfn has it, wonder whats going on everyones gonna do it now?

#49 FireWire on 21 Aug 2004 - 20:00

I signed up and I am not getting any alerts whatsoever... what's wrong? Anyone know why my msn isn't showing any of these alerts?

#50 FireWire on 21 Aug 2004 - 21:04

Could this have anything to do with me not recieving the Neowin alerts? (From the MS Alerts site)

"We are unable to complete your task at this time. The Microsoft Alerts service is experiencing difficulties. Please try your task again later."

#51 SquareSoft0 on 22 Aug 2004 - 05:04

Didn't I see an article like this yesterday? Wait... it was

(1 reply) #52 Azmodan on 22 Aug 2004 - 06:31

more cash to the empire! god bless you, brothers!

#52.1 AdamLC on 22 Aug 2004 - 10:15

Great I dont even have to open my browser and click on neowin now

opps clicked wrong button

#53 onebyside on 22 Aug 2004 - 15:10

I like this alot...no matter who had idea first

#54 Anthony Timberlake on 22 Aug 2004 - 16:23

I love this feature. Finally a way to get things integrated with other services.

#55 pdog on 22 Aug 2004 - 20:45

2 days, no messages

#56 SquareSoft0 on 22 Aug 2004 - 22:54

Didn't I see an article like this yesterday? Wait... it was

(1 reply) #57 FireWire on 22 Aug 2004 - 23:14

Haha, I only got 1 message in 2 days. What's going on?

#57.1 Azmodan on 23 Aug 2004 - 00:54

The reason might be [The following sentence is subject to ban]. that could explain it.

#58 BGuillaume on 23 Aug 2004 - 16:14

ok time to put this as last week news now...no spam on Neowin please...not even from Neowin...

#59 insurektion on 23 Aug 2004 - 19:01

yay for not getting charged to recieve txts

(1 reply) #60 jameseuk on 24 Aug 2004 - 14:59

I see www.mess.be have alerts now

#60.1 dwergs on 30 Aug 2004 - 12:53

Had them since August 16th.. 3000 subscribers now

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