[Previous] [Next] - [Index] [Thread Index] - [Previous in Thread] [Next in Thread]


Subject: UKNM: wap killer app??
From: Fiona Campbell-Howes
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:27:34 +0100

Today's Telegraph Connected leader says that BT Cellnet has launched FindMe, which allegedly points a mobile phone user to the nearest McDonalds/Lloyds cashpoint etc. So far so location-specific-m-commerce-hype-bollocks.

But if FindMe can identify a user's location to 100 metres, how long before Jack Straw and his cronies cotton on to the fact that pretty soon most of the UK population will willingly be carrying around an electronic identity tag? Sinister...


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ScreamingMedia the leading global technology platform for
the aggregation and distribution of digital content over the
Internet, is now operating in the United Kingdom.
Get relevant and customised content to attract visitors
to your site and keep them there. Click Here!

http://adcenter.in2.com/cgi-bin/click.cgi?tid1036
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to
http://www.chinwag.com/uk-netmarketing or helpatchinwag [dot] com



[Previous] [Next] - [Index] [Thread Index] - [Next in Thread] [Previous in Thread]