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Should an Actress be Suing IMDB Because She Doesn’t Want Her Age Posted?

(This post is cross-posted at Napsterization.org/stories, my personal blog on disruptive technologies.) Brad McCarty of The Next Web thinks the IMDb: Age-publishing lawsuit is “a frivolous abuse” and should be dropped. Reading his piece, I can see that on first glance, it sounds silly. An actress anonymously sues the Amazon-owned IMDB folks because they won’t […]

Upcoming Events

Identity.Next – in The Hague on November 9th will have several Startup Circle companies participating and an open space afternoon where personal data topics are sure to arise. New Digital Economics in London on November 10th – Kaliya is on a panel at with three Startup Circle  companies: William Heath, Founder & Chairman, Mydex Marcel Van […]

Recent News from Startup Circle Companies

Here’s what’s happening with members of the Startup Circle: November 17, 2012: Personal launched their beta service: Techcrunch coverage Mashable’s coverage The Economist’s coverage … October 19, 2012: Sing.ly launched their developer platform at Web 2.0 Summit: RWW coverage John Battelle’s coverage … October 17, 2012: MiData Initiative announced in the UK. MyDex is one […]

World Economic Forum update

The Rethinking Personal Data project of the World Economic Forum (WEF) telecommunications group continues. They are actively working on developing a potential framework of how personal data can be shared when derived from different formats. Kaliya Hamlin and other startup circle members attended WEF meetings in New York City on October 4-5.