Number of Posts: 28
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How emojis took over your workplace - and the man who can help you make sense of it all
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emojis are everywhere, even in one of the latest movies. Also, 92% of internet users in the world claim they use emojis in their digital communication. Emojis are not only used by teenage girls, workers also use them in their work emails. Keith Broni talks about the use of emojis in work emails and some rules people should follow.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone displaying a chat conversation and emojis, portrait of Keith Broni, and woman in front of a big screen.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone, text
Facebook will protect white men but not black children, leaked documents show
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 29.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook
Summary | Facebook documents have been leaked and revealed that the company will protect white men but not black children. For instance, hate speech against female drivers and black children is considered okay, whereas hate speech against white men can be blocked.
Image Description | Screenshot of a censorship quiz displaying images of a female driver, black children, and white men, and chart/statistics about Facebook users.
Image Tags | chart, female(s), male(s)
Screens and teens: survival tips for parents on the technology battlefield
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 23.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, smartphone, social media, threat, youth
Summary | A mom talks about her battle over digital screens with her children. Children are spending more time online, and research keeps showing the negative effects that screens can have (e.g. isolation, bullying, porn, suicide etc.). Since the phenomenon is so new, it is difficult for parents -they have no guide to follow. Technology is not necessarily bad, but parents should make sure their children are okay and happy. The article provides a list with some advice concerning young people and screens; from screen time limit to online groups and social media.
Image Description | Photograph of a young girl using her laptop, a mom and her daughter with a laptop and tablet, three children behind books, and a mom and her two kids with a laptop, tablet, and smartphone.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet
I can't be trusted with Google's texting app
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 19.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Google, language threat, texting, word/writing, youth
Summary | Google's new Allo app is supposed to make you save time while you're texing, but it can sometimes lead to misunderstandings. The author of the article doesn't really like emojis and doesn't know how to use them well. She doesn't follow young people's digital habits. Their generation favors brevity, which can have a negative impact on language.
Image Description | Photograph of two young girls on their smartphones, two smartphones displaying chat conversations, and a man standing in front of a screen displaying "Allo" and "Duo".
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, text
Chatbot tips for brands that want to get ahead of the game
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 2.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, marketing
Summary | Chatbots mimic human conversation, and a lot of companies are using them to interact with their customers. Four experts working for CNN, Modiface, Quartz, and Mastercard talk about their experiences with chatbots (advantages, challenges, and future).
Image Description | Photograph of a woman's hands holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), smartphone
Is this the first Instagram masterpiece?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 18.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Instagram
Summary | Amalia Ulman started posting pictures on Instagram. She posed in lingerie, bragged about her lifestyle in LA, claimed she attended pole-dancing classes and had breast-enlargement surgery. People started hating her. However, all those pictures were a joke. Ulman had been playing a role, and all of her 89,244 followers had been fooled. She said that everything was planned with a beginning, a climax and an end. She was acting. Now, her pictures will be shown in two new exhibitions.
Image Description | Four Instagram pictures of Amalia Ulman
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
Why I won't stop taking naked selfies - even if the police tell me to
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 18.2.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | gender, law, selfie, sexting
Summary | Shane Connolly, an assistant commissioner for the Australian police, said that in order to avoid becoming victims of revenge porn, people should just stop taking selfies. The author of the article does not agree and is tired of men who think that women are responsible of their own downfall. According to a research, 83% of us have already taken naked selfies. The problem is that we need a law that protects us when we're being abused.
Image Description | Image of a computer screen displaying a blurry naked picture, Snapchat logo, portrait of Lily James, portrait of Vanessa Hudgens,
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s), logo, Snapchat
Forget India - Lenovo is betting on Africa as next big smartphone market
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 27.2.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | Eric Cador, president of Lenovo in Europe, Middle East and Africa, wants to reach Africa. Africa can be the next great market and smartphone superpower. By 2020, around 70 per cent of Africans will be using smartphones. Lenovo is the fourth largest smartphone manufacturer in the world.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman taking a picture of someone with a smartphone, photograph of Eric Cador, chart representing 2015 smartphone vendor market share, photograph of a laptop
Image Tags | chart, computer/laptop, female(s), male(s), smartphone
Britain shines in AI - but let's nurture it
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 3.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, texting
Summary | British entrepreneurs and investors are doing good; the app Swiftkey was created by three Cambridge graduates and attracted the attention of Silicon Valley.
The Cambridge graduates founded Swiftkey, an app that uses artificial intelligence to predict the next word you can type. Nevertheless, Swiftkey is not the first UK company to be successful; Amazon was the first one. The reason why Britain is so strong in this competitive area might be because of the locations of the startups (e.g. Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College and University College London)
Image Description | Screenshot of a scene of the movie Ex Machina where we can see a robot and a woman, photograph of two men, photograph of a man holding his head looking defeated next to a chess game, video of the board game Go.
Image Tags | female(s), game, male(s)
Bring on the boredom - why being idle can be good for you
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, technology-free
Summary | Nowadays people are always connected, and they don't know how to be bored. Being bored is actually good for you (and your health) according to writer Eva Hoffman. However, people try to avoid boredom. People are addicted to new technology, which is not heping.
Image Description | Two photographs of Eva Hoffman, photograph of a woman yawning, and a woman using a remote control next to a dog
Image Tags | female(s)
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