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Rise of the defrienders: Nine in ten young people have been 'ghosted' by their friend or partner
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 6.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone, social media, texting, youth
Summary | “Ghosting” or defriending someone by text or social media is a new phenomenon. It seems that young people prefer using their smartphones and laptops to end relationships instead of doing it face-to-face. The term "ghosting" came from Katy Perry's song "Ghost" where she talks about ex-husband Russell Brand who had not spoken to her after demanding a divorce via text. Thanks to social media and the fact that you can hide behind your phone it is now easier to defriend people by ghosting.
Image Description | Photographs of two hands holding a smartphone, Russell Brand and Katy Perry, a man using his phone and looking at it, a hand holding a smartphone displaying the Facebook icon.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone
5 easy and simple ways to protect your privacy online - how to prepare for the next big threat
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 18.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, threat
Summary | Privacy expert Mark Weinstein shares some tips to protect your privacy online: use safe internet browsers, be careful where you search (for instance, Google saves all of your searches), WhatsApp is not as private as what you might think, use a cloud storage that can't see your information, etc. We should be worried about our privacy in the future as governments are trying to get backdoor access to apps and digital devices. Millennials seem to be the ones that are most concerned about their online privacy.
Image Description | Photographs of a woman in front of social media icons, two hands using computer mice and a keyboard, fingers touching a screen displaying the Google search bar, WhatsApp icon, cloud storage icons, hand holding a smartphone in front of the Facebook logo, portrait of Tim Cook, and Facebook "laughing" reaction button
Image Tags | emojis, Facebook, female(s), Google, hand(s), keyboard, male(s), smartphone, social media, WhatsApp
Facebook wants to kill off the phone number in 2016: Claims system is from the 'flip phone era' as it reveals Messenger now has more than 800 MILLION users
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 8.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, texting
Summary | More than 800 million people use Facebook Messenger. Facebook wants to 'kill off the phone number' and attract even more users thanks to more features. Texting and SMS were flip phone communication styles. Now we can do much more with our smartphones, and new communication styles are appearing. With Messenger, Yes, you can text, send stickers, photos, videos, voice clips, GIFs, and even money to people. You can call people and you don't even need to know people's phone numbers anymore. Facebook also wants to introduce its digital virtual assistant called "M" into Messenger
Image Description | Photograph of Mark Zuckerberg, chart displaying Messenger statistics, illustrations of two smartphones displaying a conversation with "M", and photograph of a finger touching a screen displaying several icons.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo, male(s), smartphone, text
WhatsYapp! Smart collar concept translates your dog's bark and sends you a message revealing what their noises mean
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 27.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone, texting
Summary | Online pet store Fetch.co.uk revealed a new concept that may allow dog owners to have real conversations with their pets. Thanks to a smart collar connected to a smartphone, the app called WhatsYapp can analyze a dog's barks/sounds/movements and translate them into words so that the owner knows what the dogs means. The firm also unveiled other concepts: CatQuest and PetPounds.
Image Description | Screenshot of a conceptual design displaying a conversation between owner and dog, illustration of the smart collar, illustration of CatQuest, photograph of a smartphone displaying an interactive screen for cats, and illustration of 'PetPounds' smartbands.
Image Tags | smartphone, text
Facebook uses AI to help blind people 'see' the site: Feature uses audio and image recognition to describe scenes in photos
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 5.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook
Summary | Facebook introduced Automatic Alternative Text; it uses artificial intelligence to help blind people "see" posts. Automatic Alternative Text uses 'neural network' to recognize specific items in photos using millions of examples.
Image Description | Photograph of three smartphone screens displaying Facebook posts, photograph of two hands holding a smartphone, and screenshot of an iPhone's "accessibility" functions
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), smartphone
A Poke-error! Players in Gloucestershire left shocked after the game labels a symbolic sculpture an 'inbred attempt at modern art'
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 19.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game
Summary | Pokemon Go players from Gloucestershire were horrified after the game labelled them 'inbreds'. One Pokestop was located next to the sculpture "Strata", but instead of displaying the name 'Strata', the game labelled the Pokestop 'inbred attempt at modern art.'
Image Description | Screenshot of the game and the display 'inbred attempt at modern art', and photograph of a hand holding a smartphone and playing Pokemon Go.
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone
'Snowden' filmmaker Oliver Stone warns Pokemon Go is creating a totalitarian world filled with robot-like people
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 22.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game, privacy, smartphone, social media, threat, virtual reality
Summary | The game Pokemon Go has become so popular that it has overtaken major social media in number of active users. Oliver Stone spoke about the smartphone phenomenon as 'a new level of invasion' that could potentially lead to totalitarianism and a culture of surveillance. Internet giants are tracking everyone's online behavior, especially through the game Pokemon Go.
Image Description | Photograph of Oliver Stone, photograph of three male children looking at their smartphone, photograph of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and photograph of Edward Snowden
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Barking mad or brilliant? Smart collar for dogs lights up to tell you how your pooch is feeling
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 20.10.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | You can now hook up your dog's collar to your smartphone app to monitor your dog's mood. The collar glows different colours depending on dog's emotions. The collar was invented by Japanese man Joji Yamaguch. The goal of the product is to connect pets and owners on a deeper level. The company that created the collar also revealed two other products: 'CatQuest' (3D projection for cats), and 'PetPounds' (smartbands that encourage children to play with their pets to earn rewards).
Image Description | Photographs of dogs wearing the smart collar, illustrations of the different product designs, and photograph of a smartphone ( a cat is playing on the screen).
Image Tags | smartphone
Facebook backs down in race row: Will stop advertisers using 'ethnic affinity' to target housing, employment and credit ads
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 11.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, marketing, privacy
Summary | Facebook will stop its "ethnic affinity" practice that helps advertisers reach ethnic groups with housing, extension of credit, and employment ads. However, policymakers and civil rights leaders have been concerned about the use of the ethnic affinity option; those ads discriminate against people. The privacy and public policy manager at Facebook said that it is important to keep the option to include and exclude groups for advertisers.
Image Description | Screenshot of Facebook's 'Detailed Targeting' form, screenshot of a part of a Facebook page, photograph of a smartphone screen with social media logos on it
Image Tags | Facebook, logo, smartphone, social media
Two Saudi women are sentenced to 20 lashes for using bad language while arguing with each other over WhatsApp
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 24.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, game, gender, WhatsApp
Summary | Two Saudi women were sentenced to 10 days in prison and 20 lashes because they used bad language on WhatsApp. Saudi Arabia has been condemned numerous times for violating human and women's rights, and restricting freedom of expression. For instance, the game Pokemon Go was banned because it is similar to gambling.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone with the WhatsApp logo on the screen, and photograph of the city of Jeddah.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone, WhatsApp
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