The design philosophy of the everything app WeChat may seem paradoxical, being simultaneously pervasive and inconspicuous. But this idea of “everythingness” goes back to ancient Taoist philosophy.
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Everything apps offer a wide range of features, combining social media with personal finances. But creating the perfect everything app is no easy task.
Nigeria’s Central Bank didn’t have an adoption strategy for its digital currency. It was a missed opportunity.
An analysis of 12 popular apps’ privacy policies reveals a number of concerns, including confusing privacy messages and unnecessarily long data retention windows.
Persuasive design in kids’ apps is often overlooked in the screen-time debate.
Mobile apps are sometimes ‘regionalized’ to better serve the needs of users, functioning differently in, for example, China than in Canada. But some of those differences pose security and privacy risks.
Connecting health apps to health care can enable better care for patients with chronic diseases, and it has the potential to lower skyrocketing US health spending.
Parties who design the technologies and platforms on which mobile apps are built and marketed must be brought within the legal accountability framework to close the privacy loop.
Etsy’s purchase of Depop shows that eco-conscious fashion could threaten fast fashion retailers.
The AN0M app was programmed by law enforcement to allow ‘back-door’ access. This led to the retrieval of information that culminated in hundreds of search warrants.
Entertainment, sports and tourism industries can learn valuable lessons from how Saudi Arabia managed the annual pilgrimage during a pandemic.
Internet technologies and the devices that enable information access and transfer are useful in crisis management. Accessing these readily available digital technologies can help community resiliency.
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.
Apps like WhatsApp have connected more voices to participate in live talk radio - but this comes with new challenges.
Mobile health apps, teleconferencing with experts and thoughtfully designed educational platforms can all help families during the chaotic and confusing early years.
The hand that taps ‘remove from this group’ is the hand that rules the world.
The mobile game has been downloaded more than 50 million times. If you have kids, they’ve probably played it. But it’s more problematic than most people realise.
App developers deploy three key tricks to make you a more loyal and proactive user.
Experts describe their research into how smartphones collect and share private personal information with tracking companies and advertisers.
Schools should consider offering mobile learning technology in multiple languages to help pupils learn better in subjects like maths and science
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Co-director, Centre for Digital Business, University of Salford
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Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Miami
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Dundee
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Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor in Behavioural Neuroscience, Bangor University
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Lecturer in Digital Civics, Newcastle University
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Co-director, Games Studio, Human Centred Design Technology, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Professor of Nursing; Director of Health Innnovations, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Economics, HEC Paris Business School
