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 | ||
| Nifti † - Intentcasting "puts" in the market at customer (or community-) -chosen prices | ||
| OffersByMe † - intentcasting for local offers | ||
| Prizzm †- Was a social CRM platform rewarding customers for telling businesses what they want, what they like, and what they have problems with. Now "demand based advertising." | ||
| 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† | ||
| Uber † Ride=ordering | ||
| Übokia † intentcasting from photos of desired things | ||
| Zaarly † intentcasting to community - local so far in SF and NYC | ||
| Privacy protection | ||
| Abine † Do Not Track Me, DeleteMe, MaskMe PrivacyWatch: privacy-protecting browser extensions and services | ||
| AdBlock Plus Ad and tracking blocking. | Emmett † "An easy to install browser plugin that protects your privacy online" | |
| 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 and controlling the trackers | ||
| Privacyfix † "One dashboard for your Facebook®, LinkedIn®, and Google® privacy.
Blocks over 1200 trackers." | ||
| PrivacyScore † browser extensions and services to users and site builders for keeping track of trackers | ||
| Privowny † - "Your personal data coach. Protect your identity/privacy. Track what the Internet knows about you." | ||
| 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 | ||
| Directly † - 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 | ||
| Camilstore Personal storage system. "Note that it's a 'storage system', not just a 'file system'." | ||
| 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 @respectconnect | ||
| CozyCloud † - personal cloud storage, service | ||
| DataBanker - lets individual consumers aggregate and understand their personal behavioral data, and sell that data to product designers, marketers, and social researchers | ||
| 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 | ||
| MySocialCloud † - personal password management Acquired by Reputation.com on 23 July 2013 | ||
| 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 personal cloud network based on OAuth, XDI, KRL, unhosted, and other open standards, open source, and open data initiatives. Respect Network is the parent of Connect.Me. @respectnet @respectconnect @drummondreed | ||
| Trust.cc Personal social graph based fraud prevention, affiliated with Social Islands | ||
| TrustCloud | ||
| SERVICE PROVIDERS OR PROJECTS BUILT ON VRM PRINCIPLES | ||
| belmewel-register.nl — the "Dutch YouMayCallMe registry" † "reverses the customer paradigm" | ||
| Cloudstore † personal clouds | ||
| Datacoup † a marketplace that translates personal data into a form of currency used for exchange on goods, offers or both | ||
| dotui.com † intelligent media solutions for retail and hospitality customers | ||
| Flamingo † Service company working toward leveling the playing field between service providers and customers | ||
| easyDNS † Customer driven managed DNS hosting, domain tools and registration with no lock-in | ||
| Edentiti Customer driven verification of idenity | ||
| First Retail Inc. † commodity infrastructure for bi-directional marketplaces to enable the Personal RFP | ||
| Get Satisfaction † Forum software for customer feedback | ||
| 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 | ||
| OwnYourInfo Personal information storing and sharing application † | ||
| Reputation.com † - 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 † Parent of Ting and Hover | ||
| VirtualZero - Open food platform, supply chain transparency | ||
| Vū † User-driven personalized content delivery | ||
| 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 | ||
| Scanadu † - A scanner packed with sensors designed to read your vital signs and send them wirelessly to your smartphone | ||
| Standards, Frameworks, Code bases and Protocols | ||
| CliqueSpace A system that models user and device interactions. See this SSRN paper. | ||
| Datownia † - builds APIs from Excel spreadsheets held in Dropbox | ||
| Digital Asset Grid S prototype for secure and accountable Intentcasting infrastructure, funded by SWIFT Innotribe. | ||
| Evented APIs - new standard for live web interactivity | ||
| KRL (Kinetic Rules Language) - personal event networks, personal rulesets, programming Live Web interactions @windley | ||
| Kynetx † - personal event networks, personal rulesets @windley | ||
| 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, ORGANIZATIONS, WORKGROUPS | ||
| Fing.org - VRM fostering organization | ||
| Information Sharing Workgroup at Kantara - legal agreements, trust frameworks | ||
| Midata Innovation Lab "Working to give consumers better access to the personal data that companies hold about them. @ Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)." | ||
| Midata "Providing better information and protection for consumers. Organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills" | ||
| Patient Privacy Rights - Patient privacy advocacy organization | ||
| 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
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