-
The war against privacy
How relevant is data protection to people who are not currently in charge of a quoted company? How much data tracking do Facebook, Dropbox, Gmail, WeTransfer and our smartphones themselves do? Danny Mekić, fellow student at the faculty of law as well as entrepreneur, consultant and internet expert, at first blush doesn’t seem very worried…
-
Face scanning at Tesco undermines customer trust
Facial recognition technology has become more advanced than ever before. A photo could now be used to assess not only a person’s gender, but also their age, health, ethnic background and mental and physical wellbeing. Analysing their clothing, movements and cars too, you can get an idea of their income, assets and education, and further…
-
The new discount card of Albert Heijn
The supermarket chain Albert Heijn introduced their new discount card last month. So what’s new about it? Nothing at all. Well, that is to say: if you personalise your new discount card, making it into a personal discount card, you’ll get three times the benefits, the advertisements say. Three times what benefits, exactly? “Personal offers…
-
“To be able to innovate, you need to accept short term losses”
Love is blind, and love for new developments in the area of technology is even more so. Danny Mekić – IT consultant, founder and owner of strategic consultancy firm NewTeam, internet expert, writer and much more – knows that better than anyone. An so, he tells SME entrepreneurs: “Don’t fall in love too quickly.” That…