Pinger~Textfree

Hello blog viewers! Have you heard about the free app by Pinger?

Its Textfree..

Textfree works with your iPod, iPad, and any other 'i' devices you have! This unique program also works with Android devices. With Textfree you can send and received free text messages (real SMS). In addition, you can make free phone calls too! You get your own free phone number. Whoever you may be texting does not need Textfree to recieve your messages..and you can text anywhere from the world as long as you have, quote "data connection".

Need TV ads Based On Your Living Room Activity?

Similarly like what had been done previously by other companies, Verizon patented a DVR that can watch and listen to the activity going on in your living room, or wherever you decide to place that DVR. Hope its not in the bathroom..

I, myself, think this is undoubtedly creepy, but as hinted earlier, Verizon wasn't the first company to come up with a similar design for a DVR. Both Google and Comcast also did the same thing, but all were unique in their own way. Verizon gave two examples for how the DVR could be useful: sounds of arguing prompt ads for marriage counseling, while sounds of “cuddling” prompts ads for contraceptives.

Mind you, I don't know what 'contraceptives' means, so I didn't looked it up to see what it means before posting this.

Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/how-to-get-targeted-ads-on-your-tv-a-camera-in-your-set-top-box/

~Jeff~