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# Free Internet Calls With A Twist
ThePudding.com

By Alex Covert | Published 2007-09-25 | Pop Culture
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/free-internet-calls-with-a-twist-thepuddingcom
References: [trendhunter](http://www.trendhunter.com/alexcove) & [thepudding](http://www.thepudding.com/)

ThePudding.com allows free, unlimited calls to any phone in North America! Users log in and [call someone](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/supercalls) - just like any other conversation. ThePudding provides highly targeted advertisements on your computer screen that are based on what you're talking about. They use their patented VoiceSenseâ„¢ technology. Kind of cool. It tells me, though, that if [words can trigger an ad](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artificial-intelligence-product-suite), they can also trigger other things, such as [demographic research](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/voice-call-anomaly-watch) (who said the word McDonalds or Coca Cola) or alert someone if you say anything related to guns or drugs or whatever. Big Brother just got a little bigger.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 1.9/10
- Popularity: 24% | Activity: 24% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet)

## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Targeted Advertisements:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop advanced algorithms to deliver personalized ads based on voice conversations.
- **Voicesense™ Technology:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Apply VoiceSense™ technology to other applications such as voice-controlled devices or transcription services.
- **Speech Analysis:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Use speech analysis to identify trends or conduct market research on consumer conversations.

### Who This Affects Most

- **Advertising:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create new platforms or tools for advertisers to leverage targeted ads based on voice conversations.
- **Voice Technology:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore voice-controlled applications or services that can benefit from VoiceSense™ technology.
- **Market Research:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop speech analysis tools for market research companies to gain insights from consumer conversations.

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