VRM Development Work
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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 | |
| 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 †- social CRM platform rewarding customers for telling businesses what they want, what they like, and what they have problems with | |
| 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 | |
| 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 the trackers | |
| PrivacyScore † browser extensions and services to users and site builders for keeping track of trackers | |
| 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 | |
| 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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