Archive for February, 2008
MyID.is interviewed by Horizon Entrepreneurs
Yazan: Charles | 26 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Conference, MyID.is, Podcast, Press
When a friend of mine called me, asking if I wanted to make the pilot of a series of entrepreneurs podcast named Horizon Entrepreneurs that promote entrepreneurship in France, I immediatly answered yes. Looking at the result, I’m really glad to have made it. It’s in French.
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
Yazan: Charles | 20 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Digital Identity, Identity, Identity Theft, MyID.is
This is a really old cartoon, that I kept since 1993… What wasn’t a problem at those times, is one now since we’ll be approching the 2 billions Internet users frontier really soon!
Cartoon by Peter Steiner. The New Yorker, July 5, 1993 issue (Vol.69 (LXIX) no. 20) page 61.
MyID.is changing his baseline
Yazan: Charles | 14 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: News
Well, the problem when you’re not native in a foreign language is that you think that a baseline is awsome when in case it means exactly the opposite of what you think…
A friend of mine catch me at Lift08 and told me that our baseline “Just trust me” is the favorite sentence of the [...]
MyID.is @ LIFT08 – another Interview
Yazan: Charles | 13 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Conference, Podcast, Press
Thanks to Nicolas Charbonnier who recorded more than 50 interviews atLift08 this year, for giving me the possibility to explain in english (yes, this is english… despite my really bad accent, it was recorded at the Fondue Party) what MyID.is Certified is trying to achieve.
Facebook ID Theft can put you in REAL problem
Yazan: Charles | 12 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Digital Identity, Identity, Identity Theft, MyID.is
Radio Canada reported a sad Facebook story:
A student at the University of PEI (Prince Edward Island), Adam W. Morrison, has been suspected of wanting to commit a killing because of a false Facebook profile published on a Web site popular networking.
When the young Morrison has created its profile on the site Facebook, he was [...]
ID Theft on dating websites
Yazan: Charles | 12 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Digital Identity, Identity, Identity Theft, MyID.is
On dating websites, people are most often with a simple nickname. This culture of anonymity has several consequences. Of course, you think of the danger of the bad meeting. But we can also mention the case of a friend who does not necessarily want you well and that encourages members to contact you…
Identity Theft [...]
Why do we wanna certify comments on blog?
Yazan: Charles | 12 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Digital Identity, Identity, Identity Theft, MyID.is
This is a good question, why someone would left a comment on a blog with my ID and without my permission except for playing around with my online repution?
What happened to Doodee’s Thailand might be a good answer too:
I Did Not Leave a Comment on Your Blog or Forum
If you’ve arrived at this blog by [...]
Nice interview by TSR at LIFT08
Yazan: Charles | 11 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Conference, Podcast, Press
The Swiss television made a really nice interview of MyID.is during Lift08 in Geneva, by the way if you’ve never been to Lift you really should think about it next year, it’s one of the top conference in Europe.
Virtual environments and social justice
Yazan: Charles | 10 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Podcast
I just get back from one of my favorite conference, LIFT08, and I just loved this presentation:
Jonathan Cabiria talks about relationships in virtual environments and social justice. He explores how platforms such as Second Life can be a recommended activity for marginalized people, especially if they suffer from issues such as loneliness, depression, isolation, pessimism [...]
Thanx to TheNextWeb for the great interview
Yazan: Charles | 04 February 2008 | Comments
Categories: Conference, Press
Ernst-Jan Pfath from The Next Web did a great interview of MyID.is:
Every week we publish an interview with a start-up. We ask five questions, hoping the answers will give you inspiration and new views. Well, actually six questions, since we also ask the start-up to who he or she is passing the mic to.
This week [...]
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