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Internet Kompakt
(Internet compact)
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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Datenverbrauch von Flüchtlingen übersteigt den von Airports
(Mobile data usage of refugees is greater than an airport's )
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 19.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | politics, smartphone
Summary | Refugees depend on their smartphones to access critical information and to stay in touch with their loved ones back home. This is why refugee shelter's number one request is that they offer the refugees broadband internet access. There is a huge telecommunications business catering to refugees' needs, offering the prepaid SIM cards and data packets for which they do not need a stable address.
Image Description | Two refugees in a shelter using a smartphone.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Smartphones werden zu Sprachlehrern
(Smartphones are becoming language teachers)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 9.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | digitized education, smartphone
Summary | The new language learning app Babbel is becoming more and more successful. The main reason might be that it it geared towards learning via smartphone which means that users get to learn a few words or phrases while waiting for the bus or filling some other empty ten minutes. No substantial time commitment is needed and yet one slowly learns a language.
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Diese nützlichen Apps gehören auf jedes Smartphone
(These useful apps belong on every smartphone)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 2.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | privacy, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp dominates all rankings of popular app downloads. The free messaging app is so popular precisely because almost everyone has it and free messages can be sent to all one's contacts. There are good alternatives for those who value data security more highly, for example Threema or Signal. Other useful apps that everyone should have is a maps app taht can be used offlne, a Clean Master that frees up storage space on the device, and a decent browser.
Image Description | Slideshows showing the apps in use.
Da hilft auch das Internet nicht
(The internet won't help with that)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 18.1.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | digitized education, politics, smartphone, threat
Summary | The access to internet has been declared a basic human right because it was thought that the internet is the only way to access unbiased information that may be censored elsewhere. While it is true that the internet opens up a flood of information unavailable outside of it, it does not guarantee that people become less biased or more tolerant. This is exemplified by the clash of cultures which happened on New Year's Eve in Cologne where foreign refugees sexually harrassed German women publicly despite all having had smartphones and thus access to the internet which could have taught them that this is inappropriate behavior in Germany.
Image Description | Portrait of the author.
Image Tags | male(s)
Hieroglyphen von heute
(Hieroglyphs of today)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 30.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, research/study, translation
Summary | Emojis have permeated contemporary life in all aspects. Experts say it is the most quickly expanding language worldwide.Companies are being hired to Interpret emojis for adverising, and the police have to rely on emoji experts when text messages are part of the evidence. Whole books have been translated into emoji.
Image Description | Emoji riddles.
Image Tags | emojis
Facebook testet "Daumen runter"-Symbol
(Facebook is testing the "thumbs-down" symbol)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 6.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | Facebook, threat
Summary | Facebook is testing the much--awaited thumbs-down reaction button. Ever since the "like" function existed on Facebook, users have been requesting a "dislike" function. So far, Facebook headquarters did incorporate a "dislike" function so as not to spread negativity on the platform. Now, they are testing it to see if people would use it as a "no", for instance to decline invitations or to communicate when making plans.
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MacBook Pro, jetzt mit Emoji-Leiste
(MacBook Pro, now with an emoji bar)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 27.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | The new MacBook has a unique new feature: the touch bar. It is a touch sensitive dislay that offers different Buttons depending on which window is open on the laptop. When, for instance, a chat window is open, the touch bar displays a selection of emojis that users can just touch to type the emoji.
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15-jährige Berlinerin erfindet Kopftuch-Emoji
(15 year old Berliner creates hijab emoji)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 15.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | A 15 year old girl from Berlin has submitted a hijab emoji design to the Unicode Consortium. That is the organization which authorizes new emojis. The designer, Rajouf Alhumedi argued that a hijab is part of many women's identity and that that should be represented in emojis. Emojis have become a valid language of its own - the Oxford English Dictionary even picked an emoji as the word of the year once.
Image Description | The new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Das neue iMessage strapaziert die Nerven
(The new iMessage gets on my nerves)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 15.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, texting, word/writing
Summary | The updated iMessage has tons of new functions. It suggests appropriate emojis to replace words of a message, it now has sticker packages like the Facebook Messenger and allows for text messages to be animated. Users can also send short handwritten Messages - that it if they can still write by hand. All of the updates combined make for a much more obnoxious iMessage service.
Image Description | Images of iPhones using iMessage.
Image Tags | smartphone
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