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By Samantha Murphy Kelly2013-11-20 22:41:22 UTC
If you're team Microsoft — or just anti-Google in general — you now have your pickings of "Scroogled" gear, a term coined by the Redmond, Calif.-based software company.
The products, which range from hats to T-shirts to mugs, poke fun of Google collecting personal data about its users. The items come just in time for the holiday shopping season.
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"Put 15-ounces of your favorite beverage into this stoneware mug to let the world know that even though Google is trying to make money on almost every aspect of your digital life, you're still calm. And fully caffeinated," the product description for its Keep Calm While We Steal Your Data mug says.
Meanwhile, a shirt with "Scroogled" emblazoned on the front includes a word cloud around it with negative-sounding terms: scammed, conned, surveilled, gossiped, hoodwinked, duped and so on. Most products include the logo for Chrome, Google's popular web browser.
Earlier this year, Microsoft "Don't Get Scroogled" site to highlight how the search engine sells its shopping results, while Microsoft's Bing search engine embraces a more "honest search."
For a full look at Scroogled products, click here.
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Topics: Marketing, Microsoft, Mobile, Tech
By Samantha Murphy Kelly2013-11-20 22:41:22 UTCIf you're team Microsoft — or just anti-Google in general — you now have your pickings of "Scroogled" gear, a term coined by the Redmond, Calif.-based software company.
The products, which range from hats to T-shirts to mugs, poke fun of Google collecting personal data about its users. The items come just in time for the holiday shopping season.
See also: How Microsoft Could Rebrand Itself [PICS]
"Put 15-ounces of your favorite beverage into this stoneware mug to let the world know that even though Google is trying to make money on almost every aspect of your digital life, you're still calm. And fully caffeinated," the product description for its Keep Calm While We Steal Your Data mug says.
Meanwhile, a shirt with "Scroogled" emblazoned on the front includes a word cloud around it with negative-sounding terms: scammed, conned, surveilled, gossiped, hoodwinked, duped and so on. Most products include the logo for Chrome, Google's popular web browser.
Earlier this year, Microsoft "Don't Get Scroogled" site to highlight how the search engine sells its shopping results, while Microsoft's Bing search engine embraces a more "honest search."
For a full look at Scroogled products, click here.
Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.
Topics: Marketing, Microsoft, Mobile, Tech