Digital Discourse Database

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Internet Kompakt

(Internet compact)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 18.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | digitized education, email, research/study, social media, threat
Summary | The German language learning app Babbel is increasingly successful, they claim to have one million paying users. Statistics show that the district with the most social media users is Hessen with 86% active social media users. The criminal department of the Netherlands warns residents of malware emails.
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Das Schweigen der Emojis

(The Silence of Emojis)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 12.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | email, emojis, misunderstanding, texting
Summary | Our written and computer-mediated communication is requiring more and more non-textual signs. First the likes of this " :-) " came along and now text messages and emails have begun to look like someone spilled colorful candy all over them. Emojis also easily lead to misunderstandings, so the manicure emoji can be misinterpreted as a weird foot by people who are not in the know.
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WhatsApp erlaubt PDF-Versand

(WhatsApp can send PDFs)

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Newspaper | Kontakter
Date | 3.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | email, WhatsApp
Summary | Now WhatsApp users can send PDFs through the messaging app both to single and to multiple contacts via group chats. This is seen as a further step for WhatsApp to replace e-mails entirely.
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