My wife and 9 year old were planning a trip to Gamestop to get a new Xbox Game for my son. My son was excited and talking constantly about it over dinner. I glanced down at my Samsung Galaxy Note II and in the notification drop down from Google Now is this:
Somehow, my Android phone had figured out that my wife and son were going to Game Stop and in normal traffic it would take only eleven minutes. Wow...how did it know this? I asked if they had sent me an email or put it in my calendar. They had not. We were amazed , but confused.
We eventually figured out that my wife had Googled the Gamestop location on Chrome and since I allow Chome to share data with all my devices...Google Now was providing me driving directions and time estimates to Gamestop.
Here's where it got interesting. My reaction was "Cool, what amazing technology"; My wife's reaction, was "Ewwww, turn that feature off".
All Internet and technology companies now face decisions about technology and its use that will have to walk the line between these two user types, those that say "Cool" and those that say "Ewwww".
Well, it won't be boring! :-)
P.S. -Note to self, use Incognito feature on Chrome and sign out of Google Accounts when using other's computers.
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