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Who Is Watching You? Nine Industries That Know Your Every Move (via Margot’s News & Views)

Some companies that you wouldn’t suspect of it on here. This is a great story most people would benefit from reading.

Who Is Watching You? Nine Industries That Know Your Every Move By DOUGLAS MCINTYRE Posted 8:00 AM 09/24/10 Technology, Google , Bank of America, Wal-Mart Stores, Citigroup, Facebook, Insurance, Credit Comments Print Text Size A A A Print this page|EmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on DiggShare on Lifestream Don’t kid yourself. Real privacy no longer exists in this country. We’ve long had government organizations collecting data that paints a pretty clear picture of what we do with our time. The Int … Read More

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Whatever happened to… Microsoft Bob (via a plan conceived in the mind)

The logo of Microsoft Bob.
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I only used Bob once and that was on a Gateway that I bought from Walmart. It was super cheap and when I assembled it at home it didn’t work right. I took it back to Walmart and was disappointed in the entire process. I never bought a computer at Walmart after that. People had said they enjoyed the computer they had bought. I guess I wasn’t the “Bob” type.

Released in March 1995, Microsoft Bob was designed as a nontechnical interface for desktop computing. It was also one of Microsoft‘s more notable failures. This is from Wikipedia: The main interface is portrayed as the inside of a house, with different rooms to correspond to common real-world room styles such as kitchen and family … Read More

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