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Can too much information get you robbed?
Social networkers who broadcast their whereabouts might as well put an “Out to Lunch” sign on their front door, according to the founders of PleaseRobMe.com. The Dutch site, which launched last week,...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: Big data, ‘The Incredible Shrinking Europe’ and diet-friendly...
-An Economist special report on managing “big data” explores the benefits and headaches of today’s vast sea of information and insights. -According to new Nielsen data, women aged 35-54, not teens, do...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: Twitter makes history, innovation in emerging markets and...
-“Developing countries are competing on creativity as well as cost,” The Economist observes in a special report on innovation in emerging markets, arguing that this “will change business everywhere.”...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: The people and brands that matter, the future of universities...
-Millward Brown published its annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking. -Fewer affluent Americans feel guilty about buying luxury goods than they did a year ago, according to a report...
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The paradox of digital privacy
Online privacy has been all over the news: Just this week a U.S. Congressman introduced draft legislation that would regulate how online ad networks use personal data and Facebook, already under fire...
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Data point: Facebook privacy changes
As we noted in a post about the paradox of digital privacy, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has claimed that privacy is no longer a social norm. With the site under fire for compromising its users’...
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Cultivating a ‘nice’ experience in the anonymous Web
Christopher Poole, the founder of the controversial website 4chan, argues that online anonymity empowers people to achieve unfiltered self-expression. Poole, aka moot, spoke in defense of online...
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Data point: Millennials want more facts about their food
Unwrapping the Process, one of our 100 Things to Watch in 2012, is the idea that we’ll be seeing more about the “making of” as consumer expectations of Radical Transparency evolve to include interest...
View ArticleBarclaycard’s crowdsourced credit card
Can a business function like a democracy? Barclaycard is about to find out. It’s set to launch Barclaycard Ring, a crowdsourced credit card that taps into Millennial preferences. Radical transparency...
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As spotlight focuses on sweatshops, questions on whether consumers will...
We identified “ethical fashion” as one of our 100 Things to Watch in 2010, focusing on the use of organic cotton. Now, the horrific scope of last month’s garment factory collapse in Bangladesh—more...
View ArticleEthically sourced electronics
Last year’s launch of Fairphone, an ethically sourced and produced mobile phone, put a spotlight on the raw materials in our digital devices. Currently taking orders for a second batch of 35,000...
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Everlane’s Transparent City series
“We call it Radical Transparency,” says e-tail startup Everlane. The company, known for its luxe basics, was built on the principle of disclosing production costs and keeping markups as low as...
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Transparency ratings
The fight for digital privacy continues to gain momentum two years after Edward Snowden’s dramatic disclosures. But while most technology companies have made progress in protecting consumer data, some...
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