Top Stories published by Mydex in 2010

Facebook Messaging and ‘lock-in’

Facebook’s new Messaging service provides a neat summary of where we’ve got to so far on the online journey…

In one way, Facebook Messaging is a good step forward. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the thinking behind it like this:


Doug Richards on Mydex: “I think you’re onto something huge”

Mydex was invited to present to Doug Richards’ School for Startups at the Good Deals social-investment conference. The challenge: to outline what the “personal data store” is, why the world needs it, what Mydex does and why…


If ever there was an example….

…of why the individual needs to be actively in control of their personal data (BBC News)

Up to 800,000 people on the UK donor register may have had their wishes about the use of organs for transplant wrongly recorded.

Datonomy on the Facebook privacy saga

Here’s a piece on the ever evolving Facebook Privacy saga on the Datanomy blog.

A short excerpt (our emphasis added):

‘With these changes, it seems that Facebook has finally come to appreciate the reality of the


IIW Europe — Invite and Discount Code

The Mydex team will be sponsoring and attending the IIW Europe  un-conference on Monday 11th October; we’ll be giving an update on and showing materials from our Community Prototype.

These were the top 10 stories published by Mydex in 2010. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2010 by using the calendar at the top of this page.