If you’re tired of the Verizon man sticking you for a dollar or so to call 411 (for Businesses), try 1-800-GOOG-411 by Google, the company that already knows too much about each of us.
I particularly like the feature where it will send me an SMS with my search results.
Entries Tagged as 'consumerism'
Goog Yourself
October 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: consumerism · fun · technology
The Stupidest Advertising on the Internet
May 28th, 2007 · No Comments
I recently went to read a local ABC news affiliate’s story about a missing Patriots team member and while reading the story was treated to the appearance of a screaming upper torso overlaid on the text and telling me to visit some nutjob’s car dealership:
A little investigation showed that this particular intrusion was the work [...]
Tags: consumerism · technology
Put down that credit card
April 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Dear eBay,
You do not need a credit card number from me in order to change my e-mail address. All you need to do is e-mail the old address with a link authorizing the change. That’s what everyone else does and it works fine.
I do appreciate that I should not worry, as you’ll keep [...]
Tags: consumerism