We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Sharing Is Declaring: How the Peer-to-Peer Economy Affects Your Taxes Molly McCluskey, U.S. News While the concept of shared consumerism can have environmental and financial benefits, the issue of taxes – who… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Google Enters the Collaborative Economy in a Big Way Jeremiah Owyang, Huffington Post Google enters the market with a series of five market moves injecting the company as a central player for the… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Australian workers in mass freelance shift David Swan, The Australian The Airtasker Future of Work Research Monitor January 2015, based on a representative survey by Pureprofile of 1,004 employed Australians nationwide, found 84.8… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Grouplend Targets the Canadian Peer to Peer Lending Market JD Alois, Crowdfund Insider Across the globe traditional banking operations are under attack by more nimble and user friendly companies that see opportunity… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: We must unleash the sharing economy to help drive living standards Allister Heath, The Telegraph Digital revolution allows people to rent far more goods than used to be possible, ensuring that they only… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Are tech founders becoming more political? They should Guy Levin, Tech City News Today, TransferWise launched their ‘Stop Hidden Fees’ manifesto and petition for banking transparency. And rather than taking place at some… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Vodafone ‘service friends’ offer custom tech support DW Vodafone Germany pilots peer-to-peer tech support that deliver help to users’ doors – for a fee. The scheme is meant to bring together customers needing… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Lawsuits may cause business owners to rethink ‘sharing economy’ Rob Wile, Fusion.net The past few years have seen an explosion of firms built on a 1099 workforce. The contracts allow employers to avoid… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Korea’s sharing economy rocket-propelled as domestic ride-sharing service gets $18M Nathan Millard, VentureBeat Bain Capital has today announced that they have led a series A investment into Korean car sharing company, Socar. The… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: NSW govt test drives car sharing Adam Bender, Computer World Seeking to put the brakes on big spending on its car fleets, the NSW government is test driving a car-sharing scheme for state… Read more