Blippy puts a social spin on your shopping habits   by Jennifer
Cabala  Posted on February 3, 2010 at 8:32 AM  Updated
Wednesday, Feb 3 at 11:47 AM  SEATTLE -- How would you like all
your Internet friends to see where you shop, what you buy and
how much you pay? A new online service does just that -
and users say sharing so much is a good thing.  Micheal Foley is
living a public life.  "My default is to be transparent," he
said.  He signed up for social media service, broadcasting his
Netflix, Amazon, iTunes and checking accounts.  "Most people
tell me it's crazy," said Foley. "People think I have my
password and my account information out there for just anyone to
steal and that's just not the case."  Blippy broadcasts what you
bought, where you bought it and how much you paid, but you can
turn it off.  "If you go out shopping you can choose to pause
your publishing," said Foley.  So why do it at all? Foley says
it creates conversation starting points with new friends.  "They
might see I watched a certain mov