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Download rates have been disappointing and people aren't following self-isolation warnings.
The app's predictions may only work if we're willing to make life changes.
An app that young people use to share videos of themselves dancing might seem like a silly diversion, but it's become a powerhouse social media platform.
Countries around the world have struggled to get people to download and use contact tracing apps.
Apps like WhatsApp have connected more voices to participate in live talk radio - but this comes with new challenges.
AI-powered tools have proven helpful for some couples trying to separate. But human relationships exist along a complicated spectrum, and even this advanced tech can't grasp it all.
While the delay to releasing the app is disappointing, it’s a chance to use behavioural science to optimise its design.
Smartphone apps and wearable devices can tell when workers have been within six feet of each other, promising to help curb the coronavirus. But they're not all the same when it comes to privacy.
The NZ COVID Tracer app helps you keep track of places you visit in New Zealand, in case anyone infected also visited. But the app has some shortcomings that won't be fixed until June at the earliest.
Symptoms like loss of smell and taste are powerful predictors of COVID-19 infections.
Providing the relevant safeguards are in place, there should be no particular threat to Australians' privacy.
Apps like Houseparty and Netflix Party are helping people stay in touch with friends - but do these apps have cyber dangers that we need to be aware of?
Aspiring singers can now use apps to record professional-sounding songs from their phones. This has the potential to disrupt the recording and publishing industry.
CovidRADAR was developed in less than a week.
Research reveals a complicated relationship between surveillance and freedom, as surveillance activities allow for greater autonomy for women hoping to work in Jordan.
Precocious social media users want to use technology to change the world.
Tinder was developed as a dating app, but research has found that some find it useful for promotional campaigns and artistic purposes.
The convenience of digital consultations can be compelling. But these services aren't without risk – especially when people don't interact directly with a health-care professional.
As the head of a media and communications program, my life's digital-analogue balance was off. Four weeks at sea with no devices refocussed my views – even on things that had been there all along.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor - Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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Professor, University of Stavanger
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Research Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre., CSIRO
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Co-director, Centre for Digital Business, University of Salford
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Education & Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor of Information and Computing Sciences, Bond University
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Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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Quality of life researcher and occupational therapist, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, Data61
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Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
