HELLO? ENOUGH ALREADY

Here's one ringy dingy of an idea that will allow advertisers to display ads on computer screens based on what's being talked about from phone calls connected via the Internet.


Puddingmedia, a Silicon Valley-based company, is launching software today on its Web site http://www.ThePudding.com that recognizes speech patterns of visitors placing free calls to the U.S. and Canada, and then displaying ads relevant to what is being discussed.

You talk about dinner, you get restaurant advertisements bombarding your monitor. They company is even looking into adapting it for cell phones!

The advertising model is similar to that of Google Inc.'s Gmail, which shows ads based on scans of the user's e-mail correspondence.

I can just imagine what will pop up when two people are talking about having cybersex.

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