Spotted on Manhattan’s downtown 6 train this weekend: Google ad campaign explaining why collecting personal data makes their services better. “Spot the difference? Were you looking for a beetle that beeps or a beetle that buzzes? When you type in beetle we can guess you meant the car and not the insect if …
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Shipping to Amazon Locker – Why Doorman Buildings Are Overrated
“What the heck is that thing?” -Me, after seeing an Amazon Locker for the first time. My curiosity got the best of me and it turned out that “thing” was an Amazon Locker, a service that that lets you ship a package to a locker location nearby your home. This is huge if you live in …
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How to Improve Spotify
I’ve been using Spotify for 6 months and recently stepped my game up to Spotify Premium (iPhone app access, no advertisements, higher quality streaming). Spotify has been making some solid software improvements over the past few months and I think the new App ecosystem makes the product stickier (the TuneWiki app is great). With that said, there’s always …