VRM Development Work

Here is a partial list of VRM development efforts. (See About VRM). Some are organizations, some are commercial entities, some are standing open source code development efforts.

SOFTWARE and SERVICES

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"

Intently † - Intentcasting "shouts" for services, in the U.K.

Innotribe Funding the Digital Asset Grid prototype, for secure and accountable Intentcasting infrastructure

OffersByMe † - intentcasting for local offers

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

RedBeacon † - intentcasting locally for home services

Thumbtack † - service for finding trustworthy local service providers

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

Übokia intentcasting†

Zaarly † intentcasting to community - local so far in SF and NYC

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

ComplainApp † - An iOS/Android app to "submit complaints to businesses instantly - and find people with similar complaints"

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

OneCub †- Le compte unique pour vos inscriptions en ligne (single account for online registration)

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

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

Real Estate Cafe † money-saving services for DIY homebuyers & FSBOs

Hover.com Customer-driven domain management†

Hypothes.is - open source, peer review

MyInfo.cl (Transitioning from VRM.cl) †

Neustar "Cooperation through trusted connections" †

NewGov.us - GRM

[1] † - Service for controlling one's reputation online

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, Code bases and Protocols

Datownia † - builds APIs from Excel spreadsheets held in Dropbox

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

https://github.com/CSEMike/OneSwarm Oneswarm] - privacy protecting peer-to-peer data sharing

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/persona/ Mozila Persona] - a privacy-protecting one-click email-based way to do single sign on at websites

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

Tent - open decentralized protocol for personal autonomy and social networking

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