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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
In the Apple Case, a Debate Over Data Hits Home
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 13.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, law, politics, privacy, research/study, smartphone, threat
Summary | Apple's refusal to aide the FBI with breaking into the phone of the San Bernardino attacker has unleashed a political debate among Americans. IT experts as well as lay people report that they have had discussions about the topic with other people, some say they have had fights over Facebook with family members about the issue. Polls show that the American people are hugely divided on the topic: 42% think Apple should cooperate with the FBI while 47% support Apple's stance to protect user privacy.
Image Description | Getty image of a protest crowd showing a man holding up his smartphone with the text: "Don't turn our phones into FBI drones".
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, text
Justice Dept. calls Apple's encryption fight 'a diversion'
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 10.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, marketing, privacy, smartphone, threat
Summary | Ever since the FBI asked Apple to unlock a terrorist's iPhone, a huge debate around user privacy has ensued. Other tech companies side with Apple with the position that aiding the FBI at the expense of user privacy would open the gate for masses of future cases. The Justice Department however accuses Apple of purposefully making unbreachable smartphones, which may be good for user privacy (and thus for profit) but a huge problem for the police to be able to investigate criminal cases.
Image Description | Hand holding an iPhone.
Image Tags | hand(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
Happy birthday, iPhone: Ten years later, Steve Jobs' creation owns us
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 21.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | smartphone, texting
Summary | The first iPhone became available to the public in June 2007; ten years later, the iPhone owns us and represents our capitalist society. When Jobs presented the first iPhone in San Francisco in 2007, he knew he was going to make a revolution. The author of the article owned a Blackberry but decided to buy an iPhone. With the iPhone, she thought it was hard to write long emails, and found it easier to use abbreviations and emojis. She also started taking too many pictures. When comparing the iPhone with other smartphones, Steve Jobs used to say that it was way smarter. The author agrees with Apple's philosophy "We are smarter so you can be dumber".
Image Description | Photograph of Steve Jobs holding an iPhone
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
China Disrupts WhatsApp Service in Online Clampdown
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 18.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook, Google, Instagram, privacy, threat, Twitter, WhatsApp
Summary | The Chinese government has partly shut down the use of WhatsApp within their borders. The app is widely used around the globe and was used by some in China do communicate with people outside of Chine with end-to-end encryption. Other popular social media platforms and internet sites like Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are blocked under the "Great Firewall" in China.
Image Description | Woman using a smartphone and women standing in front of Facebook and Instagram logos as well as emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, Facebook, female(s), Instagram, logo, smartphone
As Elites Switch to Texting, Watchdogs Fear Loss of Transparency
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 6.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, politics, privacy, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | The powerful elites are using the end-to-end-encrypted WhatsApp to communicate sensitive information. Such strategies are adopted by politicians, high-profile representatives of major companies, and Wallstreet banker. The latter are lawfully obligated to save all communications for possible inspection but WhatsApp enables them to escape that law.
Image Description | Image of a man talking on the phone and another man reading some paperwork.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
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