Technology / Media

What happens when toddlers talk to voice-activated devices? What happens, for example, when a small child talks to Echo, Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant, i.e., voice-activated devices? When adults talk to voice-activated devices, we try…

Tech giant Facebook is still a global leader, in spite of its late July share value slump. The sharp decline in its share price wiped off $120 billion from the company's value. The social media network giant holds a virtually unshakable…

Materialistic media exposure makes us less sympathetic to the plight of people who live in poverty. It also makes us more materialistic and anti-welfare. Even one minute of exposure to materialistic media has an effect on most people. The…

Did you know that bots steal many online advertising budgets? Online advertising budgets are infested with nasty bots that steal companies' hard-earned advertising dollars. In an article in Entrepreneur Europe, guest writer Harry…

On Thursday, Instagram announced a new feature that will show users when their friends are online. Users will be able to see which of their friends are online via a green dot next to a user’s profile picture which indicates that they are…

This Wednesday, Twitter announced the removal of a significant number of frozen and suspicious accounts. It disabled them because of suspicious activity. Users should be expecting a drop in the number of followers they have this week.…

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, has now reached the third position in the rankings of the world's richest persons. He has overtaken Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO, Warren Buffett. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, on…

England fans are ecstatic at reaching the World Cup 2018 semi-finals. In every World Cup, since 1966, our hopes of becoming champions again have repeatedly been smashed. We have either been eliminated before the tournament, didn't make it…

Netflix has become the most popular platform for watching entertainment on TV among US adults, according to a recent survey by Cowen & Co. The survey of 2,500 US adults, carried out in May, 2018, asked participants “Which platforms…

Uber will begin a court proceeding in London on Monday that will determine whether the firm is “fit and proper” to have an operator licence in the UK capital. The hearing will be held at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. It is expected to…