In December 1999, Juno began to offer the same service (without technical support) for free, provided the user ran the Juno client, which displayed a bar containing advertisements for the majority of the time that the user was online. In June 1998, Juno expanded its service to offer premium support for paying subscribers, and added the ability to browse the web in addition to use of email. This was similar to " QWK" and similar less automated offline readers that had been used for years by BBSes to save phone line connect time. Upon doing so, the Juno client would upload any emails the user had written, download any new incoming emails in the online mailbox, and download targeted advertisements, which were displayed in the client. The user could write emails with the Juno client and would periodically sign in by dial-up. Version 1 did not offer attachments or other features.
In August 1996, it began a free e-mail service - a customer would install the proprietary Juno client which would allow them to send and receive email of about 35 kilobytes in size. Shaw Group and headquarters in the same Midtown Manhattan building as Shaw. Juno was founded in May 1996 by Charles Ardai, Brian Marsh and Clifford Tse, with equity capital provided by the D.
The earliest Juno logo, circa 1996, the year the company was founded.
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