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4 ways businesses and customers can build digital trust (while we wait for a blockchain solution)

Jun13
by on June 13, 2018 at 8:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Reinventing the World of Banking


In the future, a digital ID may replace all your current forms of identification. At the same time, as we become more and more digital, trust issues are increasing. Is the future of ID centralized and managed by governments/financial institutions, or distributed and trust-less like blockchain? Which practical (technological) measures can be taken to increase digital trust between a company and its clients? How should security departments — which are expected to be the guardians or digital personas — adapt to these developments? No one can accurately predict the future of digital ID, but some governments are moving towards digital…

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Dear social media companies: Here are some ideas for your next products

Jun13
by on June 13, 2018 at 7:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, Social Media


Snap’s second-gen line of its Spectacles – which were launched in April of this year – are now on Amazon. Joy! The decision to do another iteration of the Spectacles is strange, especially as the product’s first run didn’t do that well, losing the company around $40 million. Despite this, I don’t actually think the Spectacles are a particularly bad idea. A pair of glasses that let you quickly capture and share what’s going on fits well with Snapchat’s approach to social media. And from there, I couldn’t help but wonder… If other social media brands decided to release their own hardware,…

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