Each week we post stories from around the web and media that detail how identity affects society and its importance. As always, feel free to post links you have found in the comments. Here is the roundup for the week of 3/01/2009: Background Checks Are The Final Step Before Hiring For ...
Each week we post stories from around the web and media that detail how identity affects society and its importance. As always, feel free to post links you have found in the comments. Here is the roundup for the week of 2/23/2009: Consumers Are Unwilling to Sacrifice Convenience for Security, Despite ...
Each week we post stories from around the web and media that detail how identity affects society and its importance. As always, feel free to post links you have found in the comments. Here is the roundup for the week of 2/16/2009: Facebook's Zuckerberg Calms Privacy Fears Over TOS Change Anything you ...
The Internet Safety Technical Task Force led by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University recently released a 278 page final report examining the extent of the threats children face on social networks. The report was the culmination of a year of meetings between dozens of academics, ...
Recently, I was walking down 6th Avenue in Chelsea and stumbled upon a tremendous line of people snaking around several blocks. I figured it was the line to try out for the next edition of American Idol, but I was wrong. It was the line to get ...
In recent weeks, we have seen a ton of commentary from people we hold in extremely high regard when it comes to managing and running successful startups or businesses. Jason Calacanis seemed to be the first to tip with this, and then we had this, this, this, and the one ...
Meet Janet Jones. She is the Chief Marketing Officer of BeenVerified, she is a former marketing executive at Goldman Sachs and a Harvard Business School alum. Why don't you check her out on LinkedIn? Better yet, why don't you check out who is in Janet's ...
Earlier this month, The Houston Chronicle published a story about someone named “Janet,” who has been posing as an employee of Exxon Mobil online. The story focuses on her Twitter posts, where she claimed to represent the company. Ironically, “Janet” seemed to be very effective at communicating positive messages about ...
We are in the process of taking a good hard look at the way personal information is currently shared online. When we speak of personal information, we are referring to your name, age, date of birth, education, work experience, credit score, address, professional licenses etc. etc. etc. Basically, the things ...
Some interesting stories coming out of South by Southwest today, but none more appropriate for us here at BeenVerified than the media frenzy surrounding the chaos of Zuckerberg's keynote interview and his admittance that Facebook messed up when it comes to user privacy. The Wired Magazine article, "SXSW: Zuckerberg ...
