Bill, I don't know. I am a person that makes instant decisions, so if I can be directed immediately to the product I want and can be given info. without looking it up it will be greatly appreciated. I guess thats why RSS readers are popular, it allows us to have delivered to us what WE want, not what someone else decides is important.
Amazon is constantly sending me suggestion on products I have previously searched, Audible does the same on audio books they think I may like based on my previous purchase......hot dog, I like this, I don't want to be handed advertising on kitchen utensils or hair dryers when I normally look for computer equipment or investment books. John On Oct 11, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 11, 2013, at 16:14 , Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Oct 11, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Folks, don't know how many of you are aware of the "iBeacon" Apple >>>> incorporated into iOS7, it's really cool and going to revolutionize the >>>> way we shop. >>> >>> I vote uncool. >> >> There are plenty of cool ways this low-power Bluetooth will be used. One I >> read about a while back is companies like Disney will scatter Bluetooth >> receivers all over their theme parks and give low-power Bluetooth bracelets >> to kids entering the park. Using these, lost kids can quickly be tracked >> down. As a parent who once "misplaced" a 10-year-old at Disney World, I wish >> they'd had this eight years ago. > > Sure enough there will be useful usages. My feeling is, however, that once > the marketing people get their fingers in the pie (and they will, since it > seems that our economy is based solely on advertising), we will mostly > witness negative uses. Perhaps the rare positive uses will outweigh the > bounty of negative uses, perhaps not. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
