Google DVRs and TV Advertising

Ray writes "Google may be creating their own branded digital television DVR / satellite service. A DVR that lets you "Log In" with your Google Account before you begin your television watching would allow Google to serve up relevant ads based on: the program you are watching, your search history, the type of emails you have received in the past 24 hours (excluding spam hopefully), or anything else Google can track. Imagine the possibilities... You are watching Google Satellite TV through your "internet ready" Google DVR."

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Don't be a bitter luddite

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Google and Wal-Mart (and Dell) for that matter have advanced algorithms that they're constantly tweaking and are better than anyone else's in their respective industries's when it comes to monitoring their consumer habits. So its not as simple as you say that just because you search for something you'll see commercials for it. Google has worked very hard on figuring out the difference between a genuine interest in a subject and a trivial inquiry about a subject.

The internet is not responsible for anyone losing a job. Capitalism and efficiency mandate periodic bouts of creative destruction. That means companies and whole industries change, morph, shift or completly dissapear so that better more efficient ones may arise and the entire economy benefits because of this. Some companies may not use the internet as well as others but its ridiculous to imply that the internet is somehow bad because some folks don't have jobs anymore. And I know it was just an observation but its an observation that could have no other intent.