Privacy, encryption, cyberattacks...

Our privacy is losing out to Internet-connected household devices (LAT)

Tim Cook wants government officials to come out in favor of unbreakable encryption (TNW)

Nuclear Facilities in 20 Countries May Be Easy Targets for Cyberattacks (NYT)

"Jeb Bush is a smart man, but his views on cybersecurity depress me" (John McAfee, Business Insider)

U.S. and EU firms warn of 'enormous' consequences if data pact talks fail (Reuters)

Google RISE Awards

The Google RISE Awards is an annual grants program for nonprofit organizations worldwide that promote computer science education opportunities. Guidelines page.

Second Home Lisbon

Rohan Silva: “Vamos ver o setor tecnológico explodir em Lisboa” (Observador)

Gender matters

#GenderMatters: From digital divides to digital dividends

Davos: how can an event that's 82% male solve the digital gender divide?

“STILL ALIVE AND KICKING”: GIRL BLOGGERS AND FEMINIST POLITICS IN A “POSTFEMINIST” AGE
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/21560/KELLER-DISSERTATION-2013.pdf

Digital Dividends

World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends. Study by World Bank praises potential of technology to transform lives, but warns of risk of creating a ‘new underclass’ of the disconnected: Spread of internet has not conquered 'digital divide' between rich and poor. Silicon Valley tech firms exacerbating income inequality (The Guardian).

The Future Of Digital Media

Predictions On The Future Of Digital Media - http://techcrunch.com/gallery/predictions-on-the-future-of-digital-media/

Fotojornalismo, redes e Instagram

Textos de Wagner Sousa e Silva:

"Considerações sobre a presença do fotojornalismo no Instagram" 

"Redes de imagem e o telefotojornalismo"

RIP RenRen

La muerte del ‘Facebook’ chino (El País). La red social RenRen sucumbe ante el avance de nuevas plataformas. La falta de innovación y la escasa adaptación al móvil cavan su tumba.

"Estado de interregno"

Zygmunt Bauman: “Las redes sociales son una trampa” (El País)

What makes a video go viral

YouTube exec explains what makes a video go viral

Surveying The Digital Future

The 2015 Digital Future Report includes findings on more than 180 issues in five major categories: Internet users and non-users, media use and trust, consumer behavior, communication patterns, and social effects. (Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg).

Automated Censorship

Google Chair Eric Schmidt Suggests a "Spell-Check" for Hate Speech: The Coming Danger of Automated Censorship

Censorship in China

There's no Internet censorship in China, says China's top Internet censor

Unicórnios

Unicórnios. Há uma bolha (tecnológica) prestes a rebentar? (Observador)

Museum of Feelings

The Museum of Feelings actually feels things. Its unique exterior reacts to social media and real-time data to reflect New York's ever-changing mood in vivid color.

“Delete” Does Not Mean Deleted

“Delete” Does Not Mean Deleted. 4 Steps to Protect Your Privacy (Kerry O'Shea Gorgone, B2C)

Ciberperiodismo portugués

Milton Cappelletti Júnior "¿La infografía cabe en los dispositivos móviles? Estudio de caso sobre el diseño responsivo de infografías en el diario Observador.pt" e Julio Costa Pinto "La influencia de la Web 2.0 en el ciberperiodismo portugués", Nuevos perfiles y audiencias para una democracia participativa. Actas del VII Congreso Internacional de Ciberperiodismo y Web 2.0. Bilbao, 9 y 10 de Noviembre de 2015.

The disintermediation of Media

Apple TV Is The Latest Step In The Disintermediation Of Media (TechCrunch)

Coach (and TV) kills

Effect of Early Adult Patterns of Physical Activity and Television Viewing on Midlife Cognitive Function

Tres horas al día de ‘sofá y tele’ pueden dañar la capacidad intelectual

Google’s On Page Ranking Factors

Google’s On Page Ranking Factors: Are They Fact Or Myth? (SocialMediaToday). If you’re a website owner, one of your primary goals will be to optimize your site to ensure it ranks high on Google in order to increase organic traffic.

Data Science Machine

El ‘big data’ ya no necesita a los humanos (El País). Un software es capaz de realizar predicciones a partir de grandes volúmenes de datos digitales sin intervención humana y en una fracción del tiempo requerido por un analista.

Telegraph stories affected by EU 'right to be forgotten'

When the Court of Justice of the European Union decided in May 2014 that individuals have the right to ask search engines like Google to remove information deemed "inaccurate, inadequate, irrelevant or excessive" from their search results, many warned that it would open the floodgates to an era of mass censorship...Telegraph stories affected by EU 'right to be forgotten'

YouTube is the new children’s TV

Why YouTube is the new children’s TV... and why it matters (The Guardian). Kids are generating billions of video views on the online video service, but it’s raising some talking points for parents