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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                          (Amendment No.___________)*


                               Notify Corporation
              -----------------------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                        Common Stock, $.001 par value
          -------------------------------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    669956104
              -----------------------------------------------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)



Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ].

(A fee is not required only if the filing person:  (1) has a previous  statement
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities  described  in Item 1;  and (2) has  filed  no  amendment  subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any  subsequent  amendment  containing  information  which  would  alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).



                              



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CUSIP No. 669956104                  13G                    Page 2 of 7 Pages



- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

       D.H. Blair & Co., Inc.


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [  ]
                                                             (b)  [  ]


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3   SEC USE ONLY




- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION


       New York

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      5    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            381,030
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      6    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             0
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH             381,030
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       0

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON


                       381,030
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*



- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)


                       9.7%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*


                      BD
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

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CUSIP No. 669956104                   13G                    Page 3 of 7 Pages



- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

       Kenton Wood


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [  ]
                                                             (b)  [  ]


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3   SEC USE ONLY

 


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION


       Great Britain

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      5    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            4,000
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      6    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             381,030
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH             4,000
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                       381,030
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                        385,030

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*



- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)


                       9.8%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                     IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

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CUSIP No. 669956104                   13G                    Page 4 of 7 Pages



- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

       Kalman Renov


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [  ]
                                                             (b)  [  ]


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3   SEC USE ONLY




- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION


       United States

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      5    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            10,000
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      6    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             381,030
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH             10,000
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                       381,030
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                        391,030

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


                         X
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)


                       9.9%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                     IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT


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                                                        Page 5 of 7 pages
Item 1.
         (a)   Name of Issuer:
               Notify Corporation

         (b)   Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
               1054 S. DeAnza Blvd.
               Suite 105
               San Jose, California  95129

Item 2.
         (a)   Name of Person Filing:

               This  statement is filed  jointly by D.H.  Blair & Co., Inc.
               ("Blair"),  Kenton E. Wood ("Wood"),  and Kalman Renov  ("Renov")
               (collectively,  the  "Reporting  Parties").  Wood is Chairman and
               Chief  Executive  Officer of Blair.  Renov is a Vice  Chairman of
               Blair.  See attached Exhibit A which is a copy of their agreement
               in writing to file this statement on behalf of each of them.

         (b)   Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

               The Reporting  Parties'  business address is 44 Wall Street,
               New York, NY 10005.

         (c)   Citizen:

               Blair is  incorporated  in the State of New York,  Wood is a
               citizen  of Great  Britain,  and Renov is a citizen of the United
               States.

         (d)   Title of Class of Securities:
               Common Stock, $.001 par value ("shares").

         (e)   CUSIP#: 
               669956104

Item 3.  (a)   Blair is a  broker-dealer  registered  under  Section 15 of the
               Securities Exchange Act.

Item 4. Ownership: 

      (a) (b)
          (i)  As of  December  31,  1997,  Blair  may  be  deemed  to
               beneficially  own 381,030  shares or 9.7% of the Issuer's  shares
               issued and outstanding as follows:  60,515 shares, 24,675 Class
               A Warrants (1), and 147,920 Units (1) held by Blair as market-
               maker. 


          (ii) As of December 31, 1997, Wood may be deemed to  beneficially  own
               385,030  shares  or  9.8%  of  the  Issuer's  shares  issued  and
               outstanding   as  follows:   381,030  shares  held  by  Blair  as
               market-maker as described in (i) above, and 2,000 Units held in a
               custodial  account  pursuant to the  Uniform  Gifts to Minors Act
               (New York). 

         (iii) As of December 31, 1997,  Renov may be deemed to beneficially own
               391,030  (2)  shares or 9.9% of the  Issuer's  shares  issued and
               outstanding   as  follows:   381,030  shares  held  by  Blair  as
               market-maker  as described in (i) above,  and 10,000 shares owned
               directly by him.



 _____________________________________________________________________________

     (1) Each Unit consists of one share and one Class A Warrant.  Each Class A
Warrant  entitles  the holder to purchase one share at a price of $6.50, 
subject to adjustment, until August 28, 2002.

     (2) Not  included  are 2,000  Units owned by a  partnership,  some of whose
limited partners are Renov's wife and some of his children.  Renov does not have
voting or dispositive power over securities owned by this partnership.

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                                                            Page 6 of 7 pages

 
      (c)  Wood,  as Chairman  of the Board of  Directors  of Blair,  shares
           voting and dispositive  power over securities owned by Blair with
           its Board of  Directors,  of which  Renov is a  member.  Wood and
           Renov each has sole voting and dispositive  power over securities
           owned directly by either of them.


Item 5.     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
            Not applicable.


Item 6.     Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
            Not applicable.

Item 7.     Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
            Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
            Company:
            Not applicable.

Item 8.     Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
            Not applicable.

Item 9.     Notice of Dissolution of Group:
            Not applicable.

Item 10.    Certification:
            By signing  below we certify that to the best of our knowledge
            and belief, the securities  referred to above were acquired in
            the ordinary  course of business and were not acquired for the
            purpose  of  and  do  not  have  the  effect  of  changing  or
            influencing  the control of the issuer of such  securities and
            were not acquired in connection  with or as participant in any
            transaction having such purpose of effect.

                       EXHIBIT INDEX
                       -------------
EXHIBIT A -  Agreement by the  Reporting  Parties to file this Schedule
             13G on behalf of each of them.


                                   SIGNATURES

         After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best  knowledge and belief of the
Reporting Persons, each such person or entity certifies that the information set
forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.




                                          D.H. BLAIR & CO., INC.


                                              /s/ Kenton E. Wood
Dated:   February 10, 1998                By:________________________________
         New York, New York                 Kenton E. Wood
                                            Chairman



 
                                             /s/ Kenton E. Wood
Dated:   February 10, 1998                  _________________________________
         New York, New York                 Kenton E. Wood







                                            /s/ Kalman Renov
Dated:   February 10, 1998                  _________________________________ 
         New York, New York                 Kalman Renov





                                                           Page 7 of 7 Pages


                                    EXHIBIT A

                                    AGREEMENT 
 
                          JOINT FILING OF SCHEDULE 13G
 

     The  undersigned  hereby agree to jointly  prepare and file with regulatory
authorities a Schedule 13G and any future  amendments  thereto reporting each of
the  undersigned's  ownership of  securities of Notify  Corporation,  and hereby
affirm  that  such  Schedule  13G is  being  filed  on  behalf  of  each  of the
undersigned.




                                          D.H. BLAIR & CO., INC.

                                              /s/ Kenton E. Wood
Dated:   February 10, 1998                By:________________________________
         New York, New York                 Kenton E. Wood
                                            Chairman




 
                                             /s/ Kenton E. Wood
Dated:   February 10, 1998                  _________________________________
         New York, New York                 Kenton E. Wood









                                            /s/ Kalman Renov
Dated:   February 10, 1998                  _________________________________ 
         New York, New York                 Kalman Renov




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