We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Sharing economy: government response to the independent review Gov.uk This publication sets out the UK government’s response to the independent review on the sharing economy. How The Sharing Economy Could Help The Poorest… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: The future of the sharing economy: why we’ll all be doing odd-jobs Andrew Cave, The Telegraph Founder of TaskRabbit explains why the need for more flexible workspaces and lifestyles is leading people to… Read more
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: Uber Confirms New $1.2B Funding Round At $40B Valuation Ingird Lunden, TechCrunch Uber, the transportation and ride-sharing startup, has just announced that it has raised another $1.2 billion in funding, and we have… Read more
Peers, a member-driven organisation to support the sharing economy movement, launched two new products on December 4th: Homeshare Liability Insurance and Keep Driving. Homeshare Liability Insurance is a comprehensive personal liability insurance for homeshare hosts/owners. Hosts and home owners are insured for up to $1 million for personal injury or damage to property sustained by a homesharing guest/renter. Homesharing Liability Insurance… 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