New Service Eavesdrops on Internet Calls to Display Ads Based on What’s Being Talked About
September 24th, 2007HA I thought, “Who would use this?”
The answer came to me seconds later: Drunk college students.
They’ll have to program a cunning drunken slur filter.
Via: AP:
A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying ads on the callers’ computer screens based on what’s being talked about.
For instance, a caller talking about going for dinner might see ads to local restaurants and restaurant review sites, while someone pondering whether to buy a new computer might see ads for computer stores. Relevant unsponsored links also appear.
