The sky’s the limit.
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Comcast and Disney’s bidding war for Sky can only be justified by the outside threat of Amazon and Netflix.
Does the Internet bring people together or isolate them?
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Trust is the keystone of the entire Internet system: without it more connection and therefore more commerce. How to restore it?
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To gain mastery over our inboxes we have to deal with the root causes and not just the symptoms that frequently flare up.
Despite closures, there’s still room for real life shopping.
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Bricks and mortar stores can play a crucial component in the future of retail.
Too big to like?
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As Facebook grows and grows, it either drowns out or buys up the competition.
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, Christopher Wylie.
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The routine gathering and monetisation of vast amounts of personal data has been normalised.
Advertising mogul, Martin Sorrell.
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How Martin Sorrell built WPP from scratch into the world’s biggest marketing conglomerate.
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Voters can no longer check all the posts sent out by political parties in the past. That makes it harder to hold them to account.
The Facebook CEO has promised to ‘do better’.
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Zuckerberg’s control over the way Facebook is run far outstrips his shareholdings. That can be a problem when scandals hit.
Not creepy at all.
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Slacktivism won’t cut it in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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The internet has not only changed the kinds of answers historical study can provide, but also what questions can be asked.
The collection of huge data sets that can be searched, collected and cross-referenced is called Big Data.
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Increased foreign investment in the digital economy means a national conversation is needed to ensure that citizens don’t get exploited.
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It is no accident that practices of meditation and mindfulness have become so ubiquitous in our neoliberal times.
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Seven rules for break up in the digital age.
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We should be worried about the development of social skills in a world where everyone can have their ‘perfect’ AI friend.
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Rebecca Watts, Rupi Kaur, Kate Tempest – the world of poetry is up in arms again. Here’s why.
Chinese giant.
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Tencent’s monetisation strategy so far has been counter-intuitive to the traditional way of doing business.
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The digital economy has created millions of jobs that involve intense competition, unregulated working conditions and extremely low rates of pay.
We want your data.
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The rate at which valuable identity information is flying out of the control of firms is alarming – more than 3,500 records per minute.
Kevin Rawlings
The printing press, like the internet, has been revolutionary. But technology alone is not enough – access to to it must be open to ensure its benefits are felt.