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An upside to data collection

Original article is at MarketPlace, Tuesday, April 26, 2011   Listen to this Story

University of Chicago economist Richard Thaler discusses why he believes businesses that (the) collect(ors of) our data should give it back to us so …

The Value of Browser Add Ons

Today a question about the size of the browser add-on market came up and more specifically, what kinds of things people used browser addons for. I spent a little time at AMO to try and find some answers–at least for Firefox.

First the AMO statist…

EFF: Skype scores 0/4 on protecting users from US governments

EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn says “companies that stand up for users will do better in the long run if people are informed and can include this information in their decision-making about what services to use.”
With no stars, Skype fares poorly i…

Patient-driven health care

VRM has been a cause in health care far longer than the term Vendor Relationship Management has been around. (For ProjectVRM, that’s been since late ’06.) And, as a category within VRM, health care could not be larger, more personal, or more conten…