Wer das neueste Buch von Steffan Heuer und Pernille Tranberg zu Ende gelesen hat, traut sich womöglich kaum noch ins Netz. Über die ersten knapp 200 Seiten ist dort nämlich zu lesen, wie gefährlich alles ist, was wir im virtuellen Raum so treiben: Überall wird gespeichert und bespitzelt, zurückverfolgt und mitgelesen. Im Netz lauern große Konzerne, Kriminelle und Betrüger, neugierige Arbeitgeber, rachsüchtige Ex-Partner, Pädophile oder cybermobbende Jugendliche. Jede Information kann zum Puzzlestück und letztlich gegen uns verwendet werden. So etwa steht es in dem Buch - und leider ist das wahr. Auch wenn der ständige, auf ein möglichst mulmiges Gefühl abzielende Unterton des Buches zuweilen sehr lästig werden kann. Die beiden Journalisten Heuer und Tranberg haben einen Ratgeber geschrieben, bei dem allein schon der Titel wie eine Kampfansage klingt: “Mich kriegt ihr nicht” heißt die deutsche Übersetzung, Untertitel: “Gebrauchsanweisung zur digitalen Selbstverteidigung”. Wer sich selbst verteidigen will, muss sich aber erst einmal angegriffen fühlen, und falls das bei den Lesern bisher nicht der Fall sein sollte, hilft das Buch nach: In insgesamt dreizehn Kapiteln wird auch für Laien verständlich beschrieben, worin genau die Gefahren für ihre Daten im Netz bestehen und warum strikter Datenschutz nach Meinung der Autoren wichtig ist.
Ratgeber zur digitalen Selbstverteidigung: “Mich kriegt ihr nicht” - SPIEGEL ONLINE
**English version is called Fake-It and can be found here

There’s just one thing about Santiago Swallow that you won’t easily find online: I made him up. Everything above is true. He really does have a Twitter feed with tens of thousands of followers, he really does have a Wikipedia biography, and he really does have an official web site. But he has never been to TED or South By South West and is not writing a book. I—or rather he—flat out lied about that…”
Gerd adds: great story indeed.
During the Belgacom m2m event we will present Belgacom’s current and future strategy in terms of Machine-To-machine (m2m), together with the m2m solutions and the new management platform.
We will have the pleasure to welcome Gerd Leonhard, famous visionair who will talk about the importance and the evolution of the ‘Internet of Things’.
;)) look forward to it too
The idea of just selling copies is toast - selling (i.e. offering) access is where the money is. Kevin Kelly said it years ago: we must sell what can’t be copied, what’s scarce, not what is ubiquitous.
The Future of Technology in a Digital Society: Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard in Paris (Systematic) (by Gerd Leonhard)
Please take a look and let me know how you like it. The PDF with the slides is here: http://gerd.fm/WlJaXa
Future of Innovation & Business: From Ego to Eco. Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard Porto Alegre 2012 (by Gerd Leonhard)
Would be curious to know what you guys think of this video
The immense potential of the Indian SMB market is well known. Market research firm, Zinnov, says that with over 50 million units, India has the largest number of SMBs across the world. While a…
(via 2012 KPCB Internet Trends Year-End Update)
Another must-read 5* slide deck from Mary Meeker @KPCB
After finishing the project, Smolan became such a convert that he argues that “big data will have a bigger effect on humanity than the Internet” because knowing so much more about the world via data lets us anticipate and potentially solve problems. (via Big data gets its own book: ‘The Human Face of Big Data’ | Internet & Media - CNET News)
(via IDG Connect – Dan Swinhoe (Global) - The App Revolution: How this Varies By Market)
“Does all this point to the death of the web, and the rise of the ‘app-internet’? While it’s true many companies are moving away from web towards an app-based culture -Google thrives on the web but hasn’t stopped its march towards Android & apps - so don’t start measuring the casket yet. In the same way some experts talk about the death of the PC despite there still being life in the old monitor yet, the internet isn’t going anywhere soon…”
Lots of companies know about you,” Athey said. “But knowing what you want to buy now — that contextual information is so much more powerful.” It’s why search ads sell better than display ads. The problem? “If only one company has that data, we can’t actually expect the benefits of that data to benefit the ecosystem.”
Vint Cerf discusses an interplanetary internet.
Father of the internet, Vint Cerf, on creating the interplanetary internet
An animated infographic series called “Smart Community” by Toshiba shows facts about countries in relation to the rest of the world.
How Google Glass Works
By Martin Missfeldt.