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Sick perverts ask schoolgirls to indecently expose themselves during lessons on live video app
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 25.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, pornography, privacy, school, smartphone, threat, video communication
Summary | Perverts have asked schoolgirls to expose themselves via live Periscope videos during lessons. While they were using the app, the girls received a lot of sexual comments. Periscope is an app that is also used by businesses and media organisations to stream events and conferences live. Viewers can then comment and ask questions live; those comments are displayed on screen and everyone can see them.
Image Description | Photograph of a student's hands holding a phone under a desk, photograph of an empty classroom,
Image Tags | cell phone, male(s), school
The rise and rise of international diplomacy by WhatsApp
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 4.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | politics, privacy, texting, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp diplomacy is a thing: when leaders gather to talk in the same room, they can exchange emojis and other documents to other people without the whole room knowing. WhatsApp is more secure than other government information systems and has been used at the UN and EU headquarters.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of diplomats looking at their phone, screenshot of a WhatsApp chat, photograph of a man holding a phone and a woman standing next to him (both are looking at the phone)
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, text, WhatsApp
Bullying police officer, 30, who attacked his 22-year-old girlfriend and sent her vicious WhatsApp message saying she was a 'n*****-loving c***' faces losing his job
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 22.6.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, texting, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A police officer attacked his girlfriend, sent her abusive WhatsApp messages, and destroyed her smartphone. He now faces the end of his career.
Image Description | Photograph of police officer Bobby Cooper and photograph of the Metropolitan Police headquarters,
Image Tags | male(s)
'Chatbots' are coming
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 7.4.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, research/study, WhatsApp
Summary | The future is artificially intelligent. All major digital companies seem to see the most potential in messenger-based, artificially intelligent chatbots. Studies have shown that people value messaging services most highly on their smartphones so any innovation needs to be accessible through a messaging service. WhatsApp is a very significant one, it has 900 mio users.
Image Description | Getty image of Mark Zuckerberg in front of the Facebook Messenger logo and a screenshot of an Uber chatbot conversation.
Image Tags | Facebook, logo, male(s)
App lets doctors trade photos of patients for advice
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 11.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, social media, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | Many doctors often consult with each other when they are unsure how to treat a patient. This becomes a problem when they share images of patients without their consent on unsafe platforms such as WhatsApp. Now a safer platform has been developed where registered doctors can pool their expertise. Especially doctors working with refugees who don't speak their language find this incredibly useful.
Image Description | Refugee children and women wrapped in blankets.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Whatsapp macht das Abhören unmöglich – auch für sich selbst
(WhatsApp makes interception impossible – even for itself)
Newspaper | Der Bund
Date | 5.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | privacy, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp has incorporated end-to-end encryption so that nobody can under no circumstances see the content of any message sent through the app. This was done so as to avoid problems with federal investigators. Recently, Apple did not allow federal investigators to break into a suspect’s phone because then the government would keep approaching them with such demands. Because WhatsApp wants to protects its users’ privacy, they have added end-to-end encryption to their service.
Image Description | Photograph of WhatsApp founder, Jan Koum.
Image Tags | male(s), WhatsApp
Jungbürger verzweifelt gesucht
(Young citizen seeked out desperately)
Newspaper | Tagblatt (Thurgau)
Date | 15.1.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | WhatsApp, youth
Summary | Swiss towns traditionally invite all of their citizens who turn 18 to a young citizens’ celebration to initiate them into the life of their town, meet the town council, find out about their right, and to mingle with fellow young citizens during some fun activities. Less and less youths however responded to such invites and so the town of Sirnach decided to send their invites via text message and WhatsApp. This is meant to create a group dynamic so that young citizens would animate fellow young citizens to attend the celebration.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of teenagers playing curling.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
WhatsApp frisst Apps
(WhatsApp devours apps)
Newspaper | Focus Online
Date | 28.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | video communication, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp has been running a deficit since Mark Zuckerberg bought the app for $ 22 bio. WhatsApp developer Jan Koum is not worried about profits – he states that their number one goal is to recruit more WhatsApp users and the opportunity to profit would establish itself later on. WhatsApp is looking to expand its services to video communication and communication with businesses. WhatsApp users should, f.i., be able to make a reservation at a restaurant via WhatsApp rather than having to make a phone call.
Image Description | Videos/Interviews about WhatsApp, its features, and its future.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, WhatsApp
Statt Whatsapp bitte wieder den Telefonalarm
(Instead of WhatsApp please bring back the telephone chain)
Newspaper | Der Bund
Date | 1.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp group chats are convenient to spread messages quickly. The only problem is that all members can contribute to a WhatsApp chat, and if everybody responds to an announcement, these group chats can get very annoying because one gets notified of everyone's contribution.
Image Description | Photograph of an adult male looking at his smartphone.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
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