As my – very limited – research attempt in the video above reveals social media platforms apparently prefer to leave the profiles open when the user has passed away what can lead to disturbances for the bereaved when for examples…
Our social media digital legacy – video
The video was made to accompany the article “Our social media digital legacy“. By using 3 examples of persons passed away a closer look is taken on how some of the social media platforms handle profiles of their deceased users. Some references to…
How Internet of Things IOT is driving Big Data
Speaker: Philippe Nieuwbourg Reference to the source: (DeZyre Academy, 2015) The speaker of this webinar starts with a translated quote from the French economic and social theorist Jacques Attali: “We give [data] to those who are going to aggregate our…
Internet of Things data collection
For a couple of years now, new Internet of Things (IoT) devices are released every day covering more and more functions in our lives. Next to what these devices, (which are liberally equipped with multiple sensors), can do they also…
Reflective One Minute paper, what have I learned today
This one minute paper is regarding Unit 2: Social Media and building a Digital Portfolio. The various figures and demographics about the usage and internet penetration are very useful in illustrating the importance on how business should change their mind…
How the Internet of Things (IoT) is Expanding Your Digital Shadow
Authors: Digital Shadows (no individual author mentioned) Reference to the source: (Shadows, 2015) (free registration is required to view) Summary The whitepaper offered by “Digital Shadows”, a firm specialising in cyber situational awareness gives an introduction to the Internet of…
“Big data”, the “Internet of Things” and the “Internet of Signs”
Authors: Daniel E. O’Leary Reference to the source: (O’Leary, 2013) The paper is about the relationship between “Big data”, “Internet of Things” (IoT) and “Internet of Signs”. The lesser-known concept of “Internet of Signs” is explained in detail with examples…
Big data usage in electoral environments
The presidential campaign of Mr. Trump to become the President of the United States along with the United Kingdom EU Referendum has demonstrated that big data also has its use in electoral environments. In both events “Cambrigde Analytica”, a UK…
The digital breadcrumb trail we leave behind (to exploit …)
“The information about a particular person that exists on the Internet as a result of their online activity” is what a dictionary (Oxford Dictionary, 2017) returns as an explanation for the term “Digital footprint”. This footprint can be manipulated by…