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Part 5: Resources and references<br />

One Big Switch<br />

Nike’s fuelband<br />

Here is a listing of all the tools, services and platforms and activities<br />

mentioned in the paper, many of these are now household names but for<br />

others, the links and further description will be useful. Mention of sites is<br />

not an endorsement by Consumer Futures.<br />

Tool Description Page link<br />

Australian membership network<br />

that negotiates collective<br />

switches on bank accounts,<br />

energy suppliers and mortgages<br />

Wearable technology that tracks<br />

exercise progress and health data<br />

https://www.onebigswitch.<br />

com.au/about-us<br />

www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/<br />

nikeplus-fuelband<br />

YouTube Free to use video sharing site www.youtube.com<br />

Twitter Global microblogging site www.twitter.com<br />

Wordpress<br />

Free, open source blogging www.en.wordpress.com<br />

platform<br />

Tripadvisor<br />

Peer to peer review site for www.tripadvisor.com<br />

accommodation, restaurants,<br />

leisure and entertainment<br />

Foursquare<br />

Used by over 45 million people https://foursquare.com/<br />

worldwide, allows you to<br />

share where you are and find<br />

personalised suggestions and<br />

recommendations based on your<br />

previous activity (and that of<br />

others like you)<br />

Food hygiene ratings Find ratings of take aways and<br />

restaurants in your area<br />

http://ratings.food.gov.uk/<br />

Twitcident<br />

Open Signal App<br />

Dutch tool that sifts through and<br />

analyses social big data in real<br />

time for local authorities, police,<br />

emergency services and operators<br />

Worldwide cell phone signal<br />

coverage maps based on data<br />

submitted by users.<br />

http://twitcident.com/<br />

http://opensignal.com/<br />

<strong>Realising</strong> <strong>consumer</strong> <strong>rights</strong><br />

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