Folks who were around during the first dot-com boom might remember Zaplets, which tried to do this 20 years ago. https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/0612/6514218

Folks who were around during the first dot-com boom might remember Zaplets, which tried to do this 20 years ago. https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/0612/6514218a.html https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/0612/6514218a.html "Combine the Web, instant messaging and e-mail, and you get Zaplets...You also get a fistful of nifty features--from live chats and instant polls to real-time snapshots of your stock portfolio" It was created by a company called FireDrop that raised $100 million and then suddenly flamed out. Bad timing, maybe, since this was around the time of the crash. I can't remember anyone I know ever receiving a Zaplet but they sure generated a lot of buzz.