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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 | |
| About2Buy † "A Collaborative Commerce System to Align Internet Buyers & Sellers Via Multiple Channels of Social Distribution." | |
| AskForIt † - individual demand aggregation and advocacy | |
| BePleez † - Intentcasting | |
| GetHuman † "Need to contact a company? Or have them call you? Get customer service faster and easier." | |
| HomeAdvisor † "We help you find trusted home improvement pros." | |
| Intently † - Intentcasting "shouts" for services | |
| Instacart † "The best way to shop for groceries — Delivered from the stores you love in one hour" | |
| Lyft † Ride-ordering - taxi/car service alternative: "Your friend with a car." | |
| MyTime † "Book appointments for anything." | |
| Nifti † - Intentcasting "puts" in the market at customer (or community-) -chosen prices | |
| OffersByMe † - intentcasting for local offers | |
| Pikaba † "Pikaba is Social Shopping Platform that captures consumer intent to purchase and connects them with the right local business." | |
| PricePatrol † "monitors nearby stores for what you want at the price you want" | |
| 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 † "Trusted pros for a better home." | |
| TaskRabbit † "Tell us what you need, let us know what we can take off your plate, choose a Tasker, hire one of our fully vetted Taskers to get the job done." | |
| Thumbtack † "We help you hire experienced professionals at a price that's right for you" | |
| Trovi Intentcasting; matching searchers and vendors in Portland, OR and Chandler, AZ† | |
| Uber † Ride-ordering - taxi/car service alternative | |
| Übokia † "Get anything you want on your terms." | |
| WebOfNeeds - "A distributed marketplace driven by customer needs." | |
| Zaarly † "Hire the best home services experts." | |
| 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" | |
| Disconnect.me † browser extentions to stop unwanted tracking, control data sharing | |
| Ghostery † browser extension for tracking and controlling the trackers | |
| GnuPG "encrypt and sign your data and communication" | |
| Lightbeam "See who’s tracking you online" (from Mozilla, was Collusion) | |
| Open Whisper Systems - "Open Source security for mobile devices." | |
| OwnCloud - "sync & share your files, calendar, contacts and more. Access your data from all your devices, on an open platform you can extend and modify." | |
| 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." | |
| Wickr † "an iPhone encryption app any 3-year-old can use" and "secure communications that Leave No Trace" | |
| Tails "a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly." | |
| Tonido - "Access your files from anywhere. Share large files and folders with family, friends and colleagues. Setup public direct links so anyone can access the content or create a secure private share that only authorized people are allowed to access them." | |
| Tor and the Tor Browser Bundle "prevents somebody watching your Internet connection" | |
| DATABASES | |
| InfoGrid - graph database for personal networking applications | |
| ProjectDanube - open source software for identity and personal data services | |
| MESSAGING | |
| Confide † - "Messages disappear after they're read, ensuring all of your communication remains private, confidential and always off the record." | |
| 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 | |
| OTR Off-the-Record Messaging "allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging" | |
| TrustFabric † - service for managing relationships with sellers | |
| PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (aka PIMs; Personal Clouds, Stores, Lockers and Vaults) | |
| 4th Party † "C2B platform for trusted brands" | |
| BosonWeb † "Part of a global privacy movement for redefining the Internet, where people, businesses & devices all interact within a trusted network" | |
| 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 | |
| ForgeRock † "Builds secure relationships across the modern Web including cloud, social, mobile, and enterprise environments" | |
| Geddup.com † - personal data and relationship management | |
| Glome † "Anonymously control Web's offerings and get paid for interacting with businesses" | |
| Higgins - open source, personal data | |
| Hushmail † "a private email account with no ads, first class technical support and unlimited email aliases" | |
| InformationAnswers † "Where CRM meets VRM...a consulting and development business centred on the emerging personal data ecosystem" | |
| LastPass † - a secure password vault and service | |
| Lavaboom † "free secure email for everybody" | |
| The Locker Project - open source, personal data | |
| MyDigipass † Secure login. "The ultimate password app" | |
| 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) | |
| Oneexus † - "Always personal, private and safe. Keep your data with Onexus Cloud." | |
| Paoga † - personal data, personal agent | |
| percloud - "A free software, portable, personal alternative to centralized email, social networking and other Web services." | |
| Personal.com † - personal data storage, personal agent | |
| Personal Clouds - personal cloud wiki; has logo program for companies and products that meet the personal cloud principles | |
| Pribook † a personal cloud network for "personal identity, vendor relationship management and personal network of things" | |
| 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 | |
| The Trusted Cloud Company † Personal clouds. (In private beta, February 2014.) | |
| Trov † "a private online digital locker for all the information about every thing you own" | |
| [1] † "The most efficient, wide ranging and accessible platforms for individual privacy and security anywhere" | |
| Transaction Management | |
| Dashlane † - "The world's best password manager & secure digital wallet. | |
| Trust-Based or -Providing Systems and Services | |
| id3 - trust frameworks. Includes openPDS and Open Mustard Seed. | |
| 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 | |
| SERVICE PROVIDERS OR PROJECTS BUILT ON VRM PRINCIPLES | |
| Allfiled † "The Trust Platform behind businesses who put their customers first" | |
| belmewel-register.nl — the "Dutch YouMayCallMe registry" † "reverses the customer paradigm" | |
| Casius † "Matching home owners with pre-screened & qualified local contractors" | |
| citizenme † a personal identity management service | |
| Cloudstore † personal clouds | |
| Datacoup † a marketplace that translates personal data into a form of currency used for exchange on goods, offers or both | |
| Digital Animal † "Enables individuals to manifest their value in their digital networks, at their eleciton, without advertising, in an authentic, secure and participatory process" | |
| dotui.com † intelligent media solutions for retail and hospitality customers | |
| FileThis † "Take the paper and the work out of paperwork... Think outside your inbox." | |
| 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 identity | |
| First Retail Inc. † commodity infrastructure for bi-directional marketplaces to enable the Personal RFP | |
| Get Satisfaction † Forum software for customer feedback | |
| HelloPeter † "Report on the service you receive from any supplier - anywhere, and tell the world. Quickly and for free." | |
| Helpshift † "An in-app customer support platform that enables mobile apps to improve customer experience" | |
| Real Estate Cafe † money-saving services for DIY homebuyers & FSBOs | |
| Hover.com Customer-driven domain management† | |
| Hypothes.is - open source, peer review | |
| iHealthHome † "A comprehensive in-home monitoring and communication system designed for professional caregivers...enables client self-management to improve health and reduce total cost of care"
The system enables client self-management to improve health and reduce total cost of care. | |
| mediagoblin - " a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc." | |
| Meeco † "...an easy way to manage your digital life and control your information, so you can decide who you want to share it with and be rewarded for being you! | |
| MyInfoSafe † "Helps you organize & protect your personal information" | |
| MyWave † "MyWave CMR puts the customer in charge of their data and the experience." | |
| Neustar "Cooperation through trusted connections" † | |
| NewGov.us - GRM, Government Relationship Management | |
| OwnYourInfo † Personal information storing and sharing application | |
| PeerCraft † "A personal agent offering a set of commerce tools to its individual private users. The main purpose for Peercraft is to support Vendor Relation Management - the new trade paradigm allowing consumers to express their intentions and manage their purchases on their own terms." | |
| Reputation.com † - Service for controlling one's reputation online | |
| Resolver - "Helps you solve issues against over 1,500 key services for free" | |
| SmarterComplaints † "A service to help people and companies resolve disputes about products and services." | |
| 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 | |
| TheGoodData † "Helps you control your personal data and make it work for a good cause" | |
| 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 | |
| WeMakeItSafer † - "Items I Own sends alerts when it's important to YOU" | |
| Vū † User-driven personalized content delivery | |
| Welcomer † " Private Data Dashboards show collected summaries of the personal data held by organisations and by individuals including the person themselves. The dashboard gives a summary of personal data with the ability to link through to the source data (where required)." | |
| Youstice † "We help customers and retailers resolve shopping issues quickly and effectively" | |
| 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 | |
| Indie Box - run open-source web applications on personal server in your home | |
| Personal Server - "Life is better when you have your own server and are in control of your digital life" | |
| Precipitat, WebBox - new architecture for decentralizing the Web, little server | |
| Protonet † - "we’ve built the hardware and software to eliminate the need for cloud services and for IT expertise." | |
| 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 | |
| arkOS A personal cloud operating system. | |
| CloudOS An operating system for personal clouds and PICOs (persistent compute objects). | |
| CliqueSpace A system that models user and device interactions. See this SSRN paper. | |
| cyanogenmod Replaces current Android install with one that doesn't narc you to Google | |
| Datownia † - builds APIs from Excel spreadsheets held in Dropbox | |
| Etherium - "a platform and a programming language that makes it possible for any developer to build and publish next-generation distributed applications." | |
| FinTP - "the first open source application for financial transactions" | |
| Digital Asset Grid S prototype for secure and accountable Intentcasting infrastructure, funded by SWIFT Innotribe. | |
| Evented APIs - new standard for live web interactivity | |
| Hub of All Things (HAT) "Platform for a multi-sided market powered by the Internet of Things" and "understanding context and lived lives; new economic and business models; the future of connected things in the home; personalised products and services; data ownership and empowerment of the individual in a fully connected digital world." | |
| KRL (Kinetic Rules Language) - personal event networks, personal rulesets, programming Live Web interactions @windley | |
| Kynetx † - personal clouds, personal rule languages, etc. See @windley and this Github collection. | |
| Oneswarm - privacy protecting peer-to-peer data sharing | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/persona/ Mozilla Persona] - a privacy-protecting one-click email-based way to do single sign on at websites | |
| Owncloud "provides universal access to your files via the web, your computer or your mobile devices — wherever you are." | |
| percloud "personal cloud free software." Currently in fund raising. Explained here. | |
| Tahrir — "aims to be a distributed, decentralized, scalable, and anonymous "workalike" for services like Twitter, Google Plus, and Facebook" | |
| 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, Research organizations and Consultants | |
| Ctrl-SHIFT † - analysts | |
| PureProfile † "Connects you with a range of paid surveys,
cool insights and content matched to you" | |
| Synergetics † - VRM for job markets | |
| The REXpedition † "The relationship economy expedition" | |
| HealthURL - "Helps for-profit and not-for-profit organizations navigate rapid change in medical device and health information technology to bring simple and fully connected products and services to market." | |
| CONSORTIA, ORGANIZATIONS, WORKGROUPS | |
| Customer Commons - "for liberated, powerful and respected customers" | |
| Data Privacy Lab "a program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) at Harvard University... to provide intellectual leadership to society in shaping the evolving relationship between technology and the legal right to or public expectation of privacy in the collection and sharing of data." | |
| Fing.org - VRM fostering organization in France | |
| The H(app)athon Project "Connecting Happiness to Action" | |
| 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 | |
| The Gov Lab - "The Governance Lab (the GovLab) brings together thinkers and doers who design, implement, and study technology enabled solutions that advance a collaborative, networked approach to reinvent institutions of governance." | |
| MEETUPS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS | |
| IIW: Internet Identity Workshop - yearly unconference in Mountain View | |
| VRM Hub - meeting in London
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