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ADPOCALYPSE!! Is YouTube taking it to far in their recent rage of demonitizing video’s by the masses?

ADPOCALYPSE!! Is YouTube taking it to far in their recent rage of demonitizing video’s by the masses?

ADPOCALYPSE!! Is YouTube taking it to far in their recent rage of demonitizing video’s by the masses?     The ‘Adpocalypse’, as it has been declared by worlds most popular YouTuber, Pewdiepie, is without any doubt the biggest struggle YouTube...
By Tom Brok on 11/15/17 Comments Off on ADPOCALYPSE!! Is YouTube taking it to far in their recent rage of demonitizing video’s by the masses?
“De Sleepwet”: Why five students are trying to protect the privacy of Dutch citizens

“De Sleepwet”: Why five students are trying to protect the privacy of Dutch citizens

A revised version of the Dutch law on intelligence and security is challenged by five students, because it violates the right to privacy. They started a campaign with the goal to enable a referendum, in an effort to protect...
By Leon Smits on 11/03/17 Comments Off on “De Sleepwet”: Why five students are trying to protect the privacy of Dutch citizens
Time and Algorithmic Music Composition

Time and Algorithmic Music Composition

Time and Algorithmic Music Composition     Information and communications technologies proliferate today, and with them, the continuous generation, processing, recording, circulation, and visualization of ever more data.  The societies of control theorized by Deleuze and others are said...
By Giovanni Scala on 10/25/17 Comments Off on Time and Algorithmic Music Composition
Make voting safe again? A selection and as-sessment of contemporary technologies in relation to their integration with i-Voting

Make voting safe again? A selection and as-sessment of contemporary technologies in relation to their integration with i-Voting

By conducting an academic literature review along with an empirical analysis of the Estonian i-Voting system, our aim was to identify weaknesses in the i-Voting infrastructure, and assess whether biometric technologies can be implemented to help alleviate issues and...
By Mandy Theel on 10/25/17 Comments Off on Make voting safe again? A selection and as-sessment of contemporary technologies in relation to their integration with i-Voting
Snapchat Fams as a Subculture: How Influencers Use Emojis for Commodifying Cross-Platform Engagement

Snapchat Fams as a Subculture: How Influencers Use Emojis for Commodifying Cross-Platform Engagement

Introduction Communities on social media are an emerging phenomenon in today’s society. Within the framework of networks, people come together virtually, satisfying their needs of communication and belonging, usually by creating communities based on mutual interests. Often, these communities...
By Nefeli Gkoni on 10/25/17 Comments Off on Snapchat Fams as a Subculture: How Influencers Use Emojis for Commodifying Cross-Platform Engagement
Blind Spots: The value of information about cloud services for user empowerment.

Blind Spots: The value of information about cloud services for user empowerment.

“Cloud” – a word that suggests the promise and experience of accessing files from anywhere you choose, much like pulling it down from the sky. However, when we think of the verb “to cloud”, it means ‘to make less...
By Renate Brulleman on 10/25/17 Comments Off on Blind Spots: The value of information about cloud services for user empowerment.
The Data-Ing Game: The Value Placed On Our Own Data; How Socio-Economics Play A Part And How Our App Will Help Educate Users On The Current Worth Of Data In The Market

The Data-Ing Game: The Value Placed On Our Own Data; How Socio-Economics Play A Part And How Our App Will Help Educate Users On The Current Worth Of Data In The Market

Our project aimed to design an app called ‘The Data-ing Game’ that would educate people on the value of their data. Not many realised the valuable commodity that their own personal data has become*. We aimed to distinguish whether...
By Aisling Crabbe on 10/25/17 Comments Off on The Data-Ing Game: The Value Placed On Our Own Data; How Socio-Economics Play A Part And How Our App Will Help Educate Users On The Current Worth Of Data In The Market
iClarify: About The Control and Understanding of Our Privacy.

iClarify: About The Control and Understanding of Our Privacy.

iClarify: About The Control and Understanding of Our Privacy.   “I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT, AND I ACCEPT AND AGREE TO ALL OF ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS”   This might be one of the biggest lies on...
By Ilja van de Rhoer on 10/24/17 Comments Off on iClarify: About The Control and Understanding of Our Privacy.
The role of anonymity in discussing social anxiety online: A comparative platform analysis of Facebook and Reddit

The role of anonymity in discussing social anxiety online: A comparative platform analysis of Facebook and Reddit

We usually use social media to share photos or events, to see what our friends are up to, or to wish our colleagues a happy birthday. It is less common to use these platforms to share your insecurities, fears...
By Anne van Meerveld on 10/24/17 Comments Off on The role of anonymity in discussing social anxiety online: A comparative platform analysis of Facebook and Reddit
Instagram bots in the debate of free labor

Instagram bots in the debate of free labor

In the recent years there has been a growing trend of Instagram bots creating accounts, liking content and posting comments on Instagram. For a cheap price, these bots are offered as a service, by sites such as Gramista to...
By Edo Druiventak on 09/25/17 Comments Off on Instagram bots in the debate of free labor

Dust in the wind: On air pollution and objectivity

Abstract By comparing Robert Boyle’s measuring device to subtract data about corporal particles and air pollution visualization app the Breezometer I try to show that how and which data is being subtracted depends on a socio-cultural matrix in which...
By Ilja van de Rhoer on 09/25/17 Comments Off on Dust in the wind: On air pollution and objectivity
There is no such thing as Privacy Policy: Tracking users’ online behaviour through Waze

There is no such thing as Privacy Policy: Tracking users’ online behaviour through Waze

When referring to navigation apps that are frequently used on our smartphones, the Waze app may sound familiar to many users. Founded in 2006, this app has been used by over 50 million users worldwide. Waze acts as a...
By Stefy Stefany Winona Santosa on 09/25/17 Comments Off on There is no such thing as Privacy Policy: Tracking users’ online behaviour through Waze
Voice assistants – speak or die?

Voice assistants – speak or die?

The Tech’s Big 5 feels honour-bound to win the race for the best voice assistant. Since Siri’s introduction for iPhone 4s in 2011 and Alexa’s official debut at smart speaker Echo in 2015 the appetite for more natural ways...
By Aleksandra Straczek on 09/25/17 Comments Off on Voice assistants – speak or die?
Camarilla: New Concept of Social Media or Not?

Camarilla: New Concept of Social Media or Not?

Is it not cool to have so many friends on social media anymore? Do social media undermine the definition of friendship? Are we ever more concerned about our privacy? These questions are provoked by the emergence of a social...
By Mari Fujiwara on 09/25/17 Comments Off on Camarilla: New Concept of Social Media or Not?
GIS: An Exploration of Non-Existent Maps

GIS: An Exploration of Non-Existent Maps

Introduction I’m reminded of the short story On Exactitude in Science by Jorge Luis Borges. He presents an encyclopedia excerpt from a nameless empire of cartographers who, in their pursuit of the perfect map and blinded by their hubris...
By Jonathan Murthy on 09/25/17 Comments Off on GIS: An Exploration of Non-Existent Maps
Big data, small issue?

Big data, small issue?

On the 2nd of August 2016, Facebook-owned Instagram rolled out a new extension of their already popular social network platform called Instastories. Media and netizens alike took to the internet to comment on the uncanny resemblance between Snapchat, which...
By Jessie Jashithra Assokan on 09/25/17 Comments Off on Big data, small issue?
ArtPassport: How Virtual Reality Technology is Shaping Our Cultural Experiences

ArtPassport: How Virtual Reality Technology is Shaping Our Cultural Experiences

  One of the most influential figures of our time, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” On the contrary, writer Evgeny Morozov believes that “Celebrating innovation for its own sake is...
By Prateeksha Bhatt on 09/25/17 Comments Off on ArtPassport: How Virtual Reality Technology is Shaping Our Cultural Experiences
iPhone Face ID: Privacy issues we should worry about

iPhone Face ID: Privacy issues we should worry about

On September 12th 2017, the new iPhone X was introduced by CEO Tim Cook during an Apple event that took place at the Steve Jobs Theatre in the Apple Park. Due to its features, this smartphone is considered to be the most...
By Amber de Zeeuw on 09/25/17 Comments Off on iPhone Face ID: Privacy issues we should worry about
Have No Fear…Facebook is here?

Have No Fear…Facebook is here?

Since its February 2004 debut, Facebook has evolved from an online yearbook for Harvard students into a daily ritual for 1.32 billion daily active users as a resource for everything from status updates to the latest world news to...
By Abby Listerman on 09/25/17 Comments Off on Have No Fear…Facebook is here?
VIA- A New On Demand Luxury Shuttle Service Expands to Europe

VIA- A New On Demand Luxury Shuttle Service Expands to Europe

  The ride-sharing phenomena has disrupted the way people commute and get around as popular apps such as Uber and Lyft continue to launch and grow in major cities around the world. By using these platforms, riders have the...
By Lara Slipock on 09/24/17 Comments Off on VIA- A New On Demand Luxury Shuttle Service Expands to Europe
New Google Feed: What about privacy?

New Google Feed: What about privacy?

In July of this year, Google Inc. delivered a new feature for its Google app called Feed.  This addition transforms the front page of the app into a news and information feed, where news articles and suggestions are presented...
By Katliin Soosalu on 09/24/17 Comments Off on New Google Feed: What about privacy?
Has Apple Destroyed the Internet?

Has Apple Destroyed the Internet?

At the Worldwide Developers Conference 2017 (WWDC) Apple announced to the world their plans to sabotage the infrastructure of the modern internet. Their proposal to implement an ad-blocker called ‘Intelligent Tracking Prevention’ (ITP) onto their web browsers has produced...
By Tony Shannon on 09/24/17 Comments Off on Has Apple Destroyed the Internet?
Sensory reality; a new technology that changes both your virtual and physical world

Sensory reality; a new technology that changes both your virtual and physical world

Sensory reality. The name maybe already says it all; during a simulation in a virtual world, all your senses are being stimulated. That means that you can walk down the beach while hearing kids play, smelling the salty water...
By Anne van Meerveld on 09/24/17 Comments Off on Sensory reality; a new technology that changes both your virtual and physical world
Unmanned Stores Embraced by Chinese: Are They the Future Shops ?

Unmanned Stores Embraced by Chinese: Are They the Future Shops ?

In July, the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba opened its first experimental unmanned store Tao Cafe in the company’s home-city Hangzhou. Shoppers just need to scan the Ali-Pay app to go in, grab stuff and walk out. Money is automatically...
By Wen Yang on 09/24/17 Comments Off on Unmanned Stores Embraced by Chinese: Are They the Future Shops ?