Welcome to a new week of summations.
Just when you thought Amazon was going to be the next and only name in direct-to-home grocery delivery Google steps in. That's right Google has now opened it's same day shipping services to select communities in New York (and another few cities, I'm sure SF is included) This means you can sit at home and order anything you might need, toilet paper, cookies or a new TV and have delivered to you in a matter of hours. This could be the next revolution that takes humanity to Wall-E level.... or logistics could prove to be too difficult and it will flop. Only time will tell.
Net neutrality is a huge topic across the web, obviously. If you are unfamiliar with the subject it is basically the issue of whether internet content and access in universal and unlimited or if certain corporations (read Comcast) can limit the amount of broadband or speed of certain sites or types of content. I bring this up because CPG Grey posted a video today asking people to rally behind petitions to have the government keep net neutrality. It really, truly is the better option, an option that all of Europe, Brazil and other countries have already gotten behind but the U.S. is taking it's time to decide.
Big corporations will argue that they will be able to better provide networks if they can charge companies (like Netflix) for the extra broadband they use. Netflix has already struck a deal and pays Comcast to access faster speeds. However, the claims of these corporations should be taken with a grain of salt.
You can now add items to your Amazon shopping cart through a tweet. You've already been able to make purchases with a tweet using a connect Chase account but now you don't have to worry about remembering to add a product to your cart after seeing in on Twitter, you can do it immediately. I of course, don't remember the hashtag you're supposed to use but I'm sure you can figure it out.
Speaking of Twitter there's a fun account that just posts snapshots of very well timed, oriented or created shots in movies. The account is called Perfect Shots and I recommend checking it out.
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