VRM Development Work

Here is a partial list of VRM development efforts, most or all of which move in the direction of Life Management Platforms (see About VRM). Some are organizations, some are commercial entities, some are standing open source code development efforts:

SOFTWARE and SERVICES

Browser Extensions

Abine † DNT+, deleteme, PrivacyWatch: privacy-protecting browser extentions

Collusion Firefox add-on for viewing third parties tracking your movements

Disconnect.me † browser extentions to stop unwanted tracking, control data sharing

Ghostery † browser extension for tracking the trackers

PrivacyScore † browser extensions and services to users and site builders for keeping track of trackers

Databases

InfoGrid - graph database for personal networking applications

ProjectDanube - open source software for identity and personal data services

Messaging Services and Brokers

Gliph †- private, secure identity management and messaging for smartphones

Insidr † - customer service Q&A site connecting to people who have worked in big companies and are willing to help when the company can’t or won't

PingUp (was Getabl) †- chat utility for customers to engage with merchants the instant customers are looking for something

TrustFabric † - service for managing relationships with sellers

Personal Data and Relationship Management

Azigo.com † - personal data, personal agent

Connect.Me † - peer-to-peer reputation, personal agent

Geddup.com † - personal data and relationship management

Higgins - open source, personal data

The Locker Project - open source, personal data

Mydex †- personal data stores and other services

Paoga † - personal data, personal agent

Personal.com † - personal data storage, personal agent

Personal Clouds - personal cloud wiki

Privowny † - privacy company for protecting personal identities and for tracking use and abuse of those identities, building relationships

QIY † - independent infrastructure for managing personal data and relationships

Singly † - personal data storage and platform for development, with an API

Recommendations and Personal RFPs (Intentcasting)

AskForIt † - individual demand aggregation and advocacy

Body Shop Bids † - intentcasting for auto body work bids based on uploaded photos

Have to Have † - "A single destination to store and share everything you want online"

OffersByMe † - personal rfp service

Prizzm †- social CRM platform rewarding customers for telling businesses what they want, what they like, and what they have problems with

RedBeacon † - personal rfp service

Thumbtack † - service for finding trustworthy local service providers

Trovi intentcasting; matching searchers and vendors in Portland, OR and Chandler, AZ†

Übokia personal RFP†

Zaarly † personal RFP

Transaction Management

Dashlane † - simplified login and checkout

Trust-Based or -Providing Systems and Services

id3 - trust frameworks

Respect Network - VRM network based on KRL & XDI, affiliated with Connect.Me

Trust.cc Personal social graph based fraud prevention, affiliated with Social Islands

SERVICE PROVIDERS OR PROJECTS BUILT ON VRM PRINCIPLES

First Retail Inc. † commodity infrastructure for bi-directional marketplaces to enable the Personal RFP

dotui.com † intelligent media solutions for retail and hospitality customers

Edentiti Customer driven verification of idenity

Hover.com Customer-driven domain management†

Hypothes.is - open source, peer review

MyInfo.cl (Transitioning from VRM.cl †

NewGov.us - GRM

Spotflux † malware, tracking, unwanted ad filtration through an encrypted tunnel

SwitchBook † - personal search

Tangled Web † - mobile, P2P & PDS

The Banyan Project- community news co-ops owned by reader/members

TiddlyWiki - a reusable non-linear personal Web notebook

Ting † - customer-driven mobile virtual network operator (MVNO - a cell phone company)

Tucows †

VirtualZero - Open food platform, supply chain transparency

INFRASTRUCTURE

Concepts

EmanciPay - dev project for customer-driven payment choices

GRM: Government Relationship Management - subcategory of VRM

ListenLog - personal data logging

Personal RFP - crowdsourcing, standards

R-button - UI elements for relationship members

Hardware

Freedom Box - personal server on free software and hardware

Precipitat, WebBox - new architecture for decentralizing the Web, little server

Standards, Frameworks, and Protocols

Evented APIs - new standard for live web interactivity

KRL (Kinetic Rules Language) - personal event networks, personal rulesets, programming Live Web interactions

Kynetx † - personal event networks, personal rulesets

TAS3.eu — Trusted Architecture for Securely Shared Services - R&D toward a trusted architecture and set of adaptive security services for individuals

Telehash - standards, personal data protocols

The Mine! Project - personal data, personal agent

UMA - standards

webfinger - personal Web discovery, finger over HTTP

XDI - OASIS semantic data interchange standard

PEOPLE

Analysts and Consultants

Ctrl-SHIFT † - analysts

Synergetics † - VRM for job markets

VRM Labs - Research

HealthURL - Medical

Consortia, Workgroups

Fing.org - VRM fostering organization

Information Sharing Workgroup at Kantara - legal agreements, trust frameworks

Pegasus - eID smart cards

Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium (PDEC) - industry collaborative

Meetups, Conferences, and Events

IIW: Internet Identity Workshop - yearly unconference in Mountain View

VRM Hub - meeting in London NOTES: † Indicates companies. Others are organizations, development projects or both. Some development projects are affiliated with companies. (e.g. Telehash and The Locker Project with Singly, and KRL with Kynetx.) A - creating standard B - Using other standards 1 - EventedAPI