
Readers will recall my multiple calls for “
metaservices” that begin to unify our disparate online worlds of data. Today’s announcement of
Slice, which does just that for online purchases, albeit through an email hack, is a step in that direction. Readers will also recall that “Purchases” are one of the key fields in my “
Database of Intentions” graph. I wish Slice worked because Amazon and others provided us our data easily through an API, but hey, that will come, I think. For now, the email approach is an elegant workaround.
More at TNW. Interesting to note that Eric Schmidt, Exec. Chair of Google, is an investor.