Telstra & Mog announce an Aussie-friendly music streaming services

Hot on the heels of the impending Australian launch of Spotify, Mog &Telstra have announced a 320kb music streaming offer that won’t eat into your data allowance. It looks to be a similar strategy to the Spotify/Three business model that worked very well in the UK. Having met with the guys from Spotify Australia last week, I expect big [...]

Article: Google wants to serve you ads based on the background noise of your phone call

The patent discusses the technology to analyze the background noise during your phone call and serve up ads for you based on the environmental conditions Google picks up on. Yeah, that’s creepy. While Google isn’t technically “listening” to your calls, meaning there isn’t someone on the other line listening to your conversation, the fact that [...]