Thoughts on the TED Talk of Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb. An ongoing challenge for Airbnb and other sharing economy companies is trust. And it seems that Gebbia found a solution: “It turns...
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Vijilent asks, 'who do you trust?' Airbnb says it's ok to trust baby boomers. In a recent study conducted by Airbnb, Americans aged 60 and older are the fastest-growing and best-reviewed demographic...
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Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit and 44 other sharing economy companies signed an open letter to the leadership of the European Union. The letter is urging the Council of the EU not to limit the development...
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The start of the new year always comes with such optimism. This is our year! This is the year we are going to nail all our goals! I like to start the new year by reading a motivational book and this...
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Earlier this fall, the Atlantic published a piece forecasting a data-driven culture where consumers are assigned a single score. In the future, members of society are judged against this number. Who...
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At Vijilent we keep saying that we are all about trust and safety.  So for the month of December we will be providing safety tips to take with you anywhere and particularly as you navigate the sharing...
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I started my day today by reading this very raw account of a son's loss of his father due to an unfortunate accident during an Airbnb visit.  The NYT also followed up on the story and the NYT author...
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More on personal information security. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with a goal to "protect consumers: prevent fraud, deception, and unfair business practices in the marketplace" has an article...
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Data deluge + insecure storage of data should worry the average consumer as well as the company that collects this data.  In an October 2015 Strata+Hadoop keynote, Pinboard.in founder Maciej Ceglowski
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I can't believe that I haven't posted anything since June.  It's definitely not from a lack of activity!  There have been many highlights over the last 5 months - Vijilent's app launching in the iOS...
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