In today’s Quick Hits, we discuss how easy it is to stalk a stranger through public Foursquare and Twitter updates, why teenagers might soon get tired of Facebook, and how Internet radio station Pandora has updated its privacy controls. – Why Teens May Leave Facebook At the Summit at Stanford, sponsored by AlwaysOn & STVP, …
Reputation Management, Internet Privacy, and Social Media Quick Hits
Are You A Victim Of Inception?
Has Someone Been Planting Ideas In Your Head And Making Them Seem Like Your Own?
Are You Sure?
WARNING: This Post Contains Spoilers (And The Links Out Contain Some Serious Ones!)
This season’s blockbuster, Inception, is set in the future where it’s possible for people to enter shared dreams and uncover their deepest secrets, in a process known …
Reviews, Consumer Reviews, Product Reviews… Hows Yours?
Reviews are a company’s best friend or worst enemy. It can dramatically increase your sales or totally devastate them overnight. I nowhere is better than the Internet to see the results and how affective they can be. Hotels, where would you research to find out if a hotel is any good? Tripadvisor? Electronic goods where …
Offer or Sell?
Let me ask you a question:
Are you offering what you sell, or selling what you offer?
One is about relationships, the other transactions.
One is about pull, the other push.
One is about permission, the other interruption.
One is about engagement, the other broadcast.
One is about conviction, the other convincing.
One is about giving, the other taking.
One is long-term, the …
Online ‘Memory’ Could Make Second Chances Obsolete
The United States is an interesting place. While we promote the acquisition of money, prestige, power and all things material we are also a forgiving bunch. We like the underdog and we are very willing to give people and organizations a second chance even when all logic wouldn’t merit it. It’s a very cool thing …
Dr. Pepper: What’s the Worst That Can Happen?
What’s the worst that could happen when one of the world’s most famous brands launches a witty, edgy and innovative social media campaign?
It manages to promote hardcore scatological porn to a 14-year-old.
Actually, that’s not the worst.
Worse than that is that the 14 year old’s mother is a “Mumsnetter” – a poster on the UK’s most …
Device Reputation Authority Provides Key Advantages in iovation Business Rules and Risk Scores
When it comes to managing risk for online transactions, we get a lot of questions about how our approach compares to other commercial solutions. Establishing business rules and risk scoring in combination with device reputation ranks high among topics …
