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Bluetooth and Its Mutation Into a Surveillance Tool

Bluetooth and Its Mutation Into a Surveillance Tool

The almighty Facebook corporation has announced its entrance into the dating industry using bluetooth, facilitating the social network with yet another facet of user-generated data. In the past, this repurposing of the Bluetooth technology as an actor within the...
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The Illusion of Choice: On the Datafication of User Interactivity in AI Storytelling

The Illusion of Choice: On the Datafication of User Interactivity in AI Storytelling

AI technologies have found their way to yet another field in the media landscape: film & television. While some claim AI technologies are revolutionising storytelling, others are critical of the implications involving user participation and interactivity. “The fascination with...
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Are you watching Netflix (or is it watching you)?

Are you watching Netflix (or is it watching you)?

Bandersnatch (2018), is the first release of an interactive film for adults on a platform (Netflix) where the viewers make decisions for the main character, taking control of the storyline. The question is: do we really monitor the characters’...
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“Hey, Siri…” “I am listening…”: Apple, Privacy & Siri

“Hey, Siri…” “I am listening…”: Apple, Privacy & Siri

Summer 2019 was quite eventful for virtual assistants across platforms. The big five all got exposed for recording their virtual assistant users’ audio, Apple among them. Such revelations prompt the prior mentioned company to at first temporarily suspend the...
By Anna Strelkova on 09/22/19 Comments Off on “Hey, Siri…” “I am listening…”: Apple, Privacy & Siri
Instant Apps – The Future of Mobile Applications?

Instant Apps – The Future of Mobile Applications?

Eleven years after the introduction of the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, mobile application development is a multibillion-dollar industry. As of Aug 1st, 2019, there are 2.46 million apps on the Play Store and 1.96 million...
By Christopher Murphy on 09/22/19 Comments Off on Instant Apps – The Future of Mobile Applications?
What the Jonas Lund Token Tells us About the Curious Convergence of the Art World and Blockchain Technology

What the Jonas Lund Token Tells us About the Curious Convergence of the Art World and Blockchain Technology

The Jonas Lund Token (JLT) is a work by Dutch conceptual artist Jonas Lund, who has created 100,000 shares in his own artistic practice. Each share gives the shareholders agency and voting power over future decisions concerning Lund’s art and...
By James Morales on 09/22/19 Comments Off on What the Jonas Lund Token Tells us About the Curious Convergence of the Art World and Blockchain Technology
Cross media learning: from a book to an online tribe – Miracle Morning

Cross media learning: from a book to an online tribe – Miracle Morning

How the book “Miracle Morning” can be the driver of a social movement on the web 2.0? Prosumers are combining traditional and new medias to foster innovative ways of learning. Welcome to our online tribe!
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“Swipe, swipe, vote“: Match your political opinion

“Swipe, swipe, vote“: Match your political opinion

You are sitting at home, watching Netflix, but you are still bored. How about a quick look at your smartphone? Before you know, you find yourself opening the online dating app Tinder, swiping left, right, left and checking out,...
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Identity theft and fake news at phone’s reach: the rise of DeepFake tools

Identity theft and fake news at phone’s reach: the rise of DeepFake tools

What do you mean, deepfake? An unravelling of the word deepfake is very much needed to pursue this blog post. Deepfake is the contraction between two terms: deep learning and Fake. Perhaps a reminder or an explanation of what...
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Epic Games Store’s struggle to become a platform

Epic Games Store’s struggle to become a platform

Epic Games finally found a way to invest the 4 billion dollars of Fortnite revenue: they are opening their store to compete with the largest PC gaming platform – Steam. Steam, originally envisioned as a tool for automatic update...
By Alexander Bernevega on 09/22/19 Comments Off on Epic Games Store’s struggle to become a platform
Car data: what does your car know about you?

Car data: what does your car know about you?

Case study: Carsharing platform European carsharing market is constantly growing, new cars and mobility possibilities arrive in different cities across the continent. The system is based on a mobile app displaying a map of the neighborhood, showing available cars...
By Zdzich Heydel on 09/22/19 Comments Off on Car data: what does your car know about you?

Is ‘Think Dirty’ Actually Making you Think About your Decisions? How an Easy-way Access to Information could also be Misleading

Think Dirty is an app that encourages consumers to make conscious decisions while buying beauty, personal, and household products to discover whether they contain toxic ingredients. But can we trust this app when it comes to the accuracy of...
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Uber, Saudi Arabia, and Gender Discrimination: The Fallacy of the Disembodied Digital World

Uber, Saudi Arabia, and Gender Discrimination: The Fallacy of the Disembodied Digital World

Manal Al-Sharif had spent hours in questioning. She hadn’t eaten, she hadn’t slept, and she hadn’t even had the chance to say goodbye to her son before police swept her away. She would spend the next nine days in...
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Deepfake technology: a paradox of economic and political possibilities

Deepfake technology: a paradox of economic and political possibilities

Abstract: Nowadays, deepfake technology seems to be a trending debate in not only media academia but also the social world. The discussions encompass many economic and political concerns that perhaps become prerequisites of further research in disinformation, misinformation and...
By Lei Ding on 09/22/19 Comments Off on Deepfake technology: a paradox of economic and political possibilities
About to Lose Your Sh*t? There’s an App for That!

About to Lose Your Sh*t? There’s an App for That!

We’ve all been there: an annoying boss, a roommate who never cleans up after themselves, a sibling who “borrows” your things. But, imagine, right in the heat of things, you reach into your pocket, swipe left a few times,...
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Picnic – tapping into the comfort of platforms

Picnic – tapping into the comfort of platforms

Cars that drive themselves, a robot serving you at a restaurant, and even skyping someone over the phone while you are commuting. Ten years ago, many of these things were unimaginable. Now in some places they are a staple...
By Silke Mulder on 09/22/19 Comments Off on Picnic – tapping into the comfort of platforms
The wisdom of Wysa – Mental health apps, the (AI) friend who is always there

The wisdom of Wysa – Mental health apps, the (AI) friend who is always there

Introduction Ever felt lonely depressed or anxious at four AM and didn’t feel like you had anyone to talk to? Mental health issues are a daily struggle for many people. In recent years people have started coming forward and...
By Annabel on 09/22/19 Comments Off on The wisdom of Wysa – Mental health apps, the (AI) friend who is always there
Sherlock Holmes of the Data-Driven world: ‘Big Data Policing’

Sherlock Holmes of the Data-Driven world: ‘Big Data Policing’

The emergence and rise of ‘Data Policing’, all around the world, is noticeable. And it is not a traditional use of technology by police, For instance, surveillance cameras in some public places. Nowadays we are encountering a completely novel...
By Arman Eslambolchi on 09/21/19 Comments Off on Sherlock Holmes of the Data-Driven world: ‘Big Data Policing’
The post capitalist ad manager: solution to user’s data exploitation

The post capitalist ad manager: solution to user’s data exploitation

  Data and free labour Without knowing it, you have been working and creating valuable content for many third parties that rely their life on your creations. While scrolling down, watching a video that just passed by on your...
By Jérémie Bottollier Lemallaz on 04/15/19 Comments Off on The post capitalist ad manager: solution to user’s data exploitation
Neoliberal subjectivity in the age of platform capitalism

Neoliberal subjectivity in the age of platform capitalism

Foucault states that the liberal art of government is founded on the very rationality of the governed themselves. This concept of governmentality is not just a tool for thinking about government and governing but also incorporates how and what...
By Jérémie Bottollier Lemallaz on 04/15/19 Comments Off on Neoliberal subjectivity in the age of platform capitalism
Am I—Reflections on the search recommendations, algorithmic identity and the datafied subject

Am I—Reflections on the search recommendations, algorithmic identity and the datafied subject

“The endless, continuously updated streams of information online are selected, processed and made available through recommendations calculated by complex algorithms. Am I explores how these algorithmic recommendations shape our everyday existence – and both reflect as shape our sense...
By Jing Shi on 10/24/18 Comments Off on Am I—Reflections on the search recommendations, algorithmic identity and the datafied subject
Monetization on Twitch: Investigating the Relationship Between Audience, Creator and Content

Monetization on Twitch: Investigating the Relationship Between Audience, Creator and Content

The social and interactive nature of web 2.0 (O’Reilly) and new media platforms provide a sense of freedom for users to produce or consume content according to their preferences. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube have, over the...
By Rama Adityadarma on 10/24/18 Comments Off on Monetization on Twitch: Investigating the Relationship Between Audience, Creator and Content
Free as in ‘labor’, not as in ‘movement’: Google’s Local Guides and Gamifying Digital Maps

Free as in ‘labor’, not as in ‘movement’: Google’s Local Guides and Gamifying Digital Maps

In the past few years, tourism has hit an all-time high across the globe. With decreasing costs of transportation and travel, more and more countries are seeing unprecedented numbers of visitors. By May 2018, Turkey had received 11.8 million tourists,...
By Eliza Connolly on 10/23/18 Comments Off on Free as in ‘labor’, not as in ‘movement’: Google’s Local Guides and Gamifying Digital Maps
Do the Robot: A critical alternative to gendered humanistic virtual assistants

Do the Robot: A critical alternative to gendered humanistic virtual assistants

“Alexa, how deep is the ocean?”, “Alexa play some music!”, “Alexa, call the plumber!” Mundane tasks such as making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, and searching for weather, traffic, sports, and other real-time information are all outsourceable in...
By Katarzyna Wiercioch on 10/23/18 Comments Off on Do the Robot: A critical alternative to gendered humanistic virtual assistants