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Vicentiu Dinga

Currently I'm an MA student at the UvA. I have a background in Journalism, PR and Advertising. I'm working as a Social Media Manager for various local brands in Romania. I'm interested in New Media, film photography, Gonzo Journalism and PR.

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European Commission: online piracy helps music sales

European Commission: online piracy helps music sales

Although it has been criticized as being a main cause of the musical industry decline, the online piracy of music files actually appears to help to provide access to legal content, shows a recent study of the European Commission’s...
By Vicentiu Dinga on 03/23/13 Comments Off on European Commission: online piracy helps music sales
iTunes U – one billion downloads of open knowledge

iTunes U – one billion downloads of open knowledge

One billion is a solid number. That’s the amount of downloads Apple’s iTunes U has collected as of late February 2013, as specified by their press statement. Released in 2007, just before the first iPhone, it provides free educational...
By Vicentiu Dinga on 03/12/13 Comments Off on iTunes U – one billion downloads of open knowledge
Apple’s textbooks – too cool for school?

Apple’s textbooks – too cool for school?

.ibooks is Apple’s proprietary ebook format based on the EPUB standard, created with the free iBook Author layout software for publishing ebooks. Due to some dissimilarities between CSS tags used in the iBooks format file, it isn’t compatible with...
By Vicentiu Dinga on 03/04/13 Comments Off on Apple’s textbooks – too cool for school?
The Lomography phenomenon

The Lomography phenomenon

Lomography is the modern term for the type of film photographs taken with analog, simple cameras, initially produced by Lomo PLC in Sankt Petersburg in the ‘80s. In 1991, two students from Austria discovered a compact enigmatic camera which allowed...
By Vicentiu Dinga on 10/17/12 Comments Off on The Lomography phenomenon
So you think your a journalist?*

So you think your a journalist?*

It started off as a protest, a personal objection to the poorly made yellow journalism we all come across on a daily basis. Being called a “grammar nazi” so many times before certainly has its perks. At first, you’re...
By Vicentiu Dinga on 09/10/12 Comments Off on So you think your a journalist?*