Marshall Kirkpatrick writes: Harvard Business Review ran three interesting short pieces in this month’s magazine, under the misleadingly timeless title “Tackling Business Problems.” The three essays are actually guest submissions from business radicals, the final of the three being from social media luminary Doc Searls. Traditional Customer Relationship Management is dead meat, Searls argues. Companies should…
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Have RIM, Nokia & Apple provided Indian Military with backdoor access to cellular comm? (updated)
Mannan Kakkar | ZDNet On January 6th reports of Symantec (makers of Norton Anitvirus) being hacked surfaced. The group of hackers behind the attack behind the attack were from India. In a statement issued by a member from the Lords of Dharamraja group (badass name!), the guys said: As of now we start sharing with all our…
FTC settles charges against Landmark Clearing over debiting bank accounts without consent
Another settlement announced today by the FTC: A payment processor and two of its principals are now banned from using a new payment method to process electronic payments under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which resolves charges that they debited consumers’ bank accounts without their consent. The settlement furthers the FTC’s ongoing efforts to…
Upromise Settles FTC charges that ‘TurboSaver Toolbar’ deceptively collected personal information
From the FTC, a settlement in a case previously mentioned on PogoWasRight.org after a researcher reported problems with Upromise’s toolbar: A membership reward service aimed at consumers trying to save money for college has agreed to settle FTC charges and will be barred from its allegedly deceptive practice of using a web-browser toolbar to collect…