You Shouldn’t Have

Pharyngula 2014-01-24

Summary:

You Shouldn't Have

Amazon has acquired a patent for “anticipatory shipping,” a system that predicts your future purchases based on previous buys, site searches, and how long you linger on a particular item. Then they ship the item to a warehouse nearest you before/in case you order it. In the future, they may even load it on a […]

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Authors:

Ted Rall

Date tagged:

01/24/2014, 10:20

Date published:

01/24/2014, 07:14