tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:/hub_feeds/3633/feed_itemsthomwithoutanh's bookmarks2017-05-23T13:06:32-04:00TagTeam social RSS aggregratortag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/22295912017-05-23T13:06:32-04:002017-05-23T13:06:32-04:00Faking it on WhatsApp: How India's favourite messaging app is turning into a rumour mill | india-news | Hindustan Timestag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/22269032017-04-09T08:57:28-04:002017-04-09T08:57:28-04:00App Usage Numbers Quantcast - Business Insidertag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/22207742017-02-27T06:19:48-05:002018-08-02T06:03:46-04:00Whatsapp is the most popular social media tool for both CCM and Ukawa in Tanzania's 2015 general election. — Quartztag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/22202982017-02-17T03:32:14-05:002017-02-17T03:32:14-05:00Refugees and Humanitarian Assistance: Which Kind of Aid Is Best? | Center for Financial Inclusion blog<p>A new report from GSMA offers a handful of vignettes that illustrate the growing pervasiveness of phone-based financial services in refugee communities: In Pakistan, which has the third-largest refugee community in the world, the government is the primary source of cash assistance for displaced individuals, and the majority of cash transfers are completed via mobile money. Four of the market’s top five MNOs are active participants in the mobile money disbursement programs. In Uganda, GSMA surveyed refugees both in and outside camps and found that almost half of them used mobile money, mainly to receive remittances from family and friends. Recently, the MNO Orange Uganda built a tower in the Nakivale camp to support the launch of its mobile money service targeting the refugee population. Refugees in Rwanda are regular users of mobile money. Some are even working as mobile money agents.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/22173362017-02-02T08:34:15-05:002017-02-02T08:34:15-05:00Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Journalistic Disruption: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Journalistic Disruption: Digital Journalism: Vol 0, No 0<p>this article explores the ethical principles that guide journalists who use UAVs, how they have worked within these ethical principles, and how they can serve as disruptive innovators. Semi-structured interviews with 13 UAV early adopters reveal that legal and regulatory restraints on UAVs facilitated the emergence of a new form of norm entrepreneur inside journalistic institutions.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/22173342017-02-02T05:41:40-05:002017-02-02T05:41:40-05:00IM comparison tabletag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/22101902017-01-11T09:01:30-05:002017-01-11T09:01:30-05:00Telegram App Store Secret-Chat Messages in Plain-Text Database › Zimperium Mobile Security Blogtag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/22101692017-01-11T08:59:26-05:002017-01-11T08:59:26-05:00Telegram, AKA “Stand back, we have Math PhDs!” – Unhandled expressiontag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21981782016-10-14T13:53:41-04:002016-10-14T13:53:41-04:00Battle of the Secure Messaging Apps: How Signal Beats WhatsApp<p><span>Marlinspike told me that Open Whisper Systems has three full-time staff: two software developers and one person who handles user support and project management. With such incredibly limited resources, it’s surprising that they’ve accomplished as much as they have.</span></p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21956182016-09-27T13:02:58-04:002016-09-27T14:06:24-04:00Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp Users in Germany - The New York Timestag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21954682016-09-27T07:50:06-04:002016-09-27T07:50:06-04:00WhatsApp: Delete user data until September 25 when you change privacy policy, says Delhi HC | The Indian Expresstag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21941302016-09-26T06:09:54-04:002016-09-26T06:09:54-04:00Is group chat making you sweat?tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21941292016-09-26T06:00:58-04:002016-09-26T06:00:58-04:00Gabon is taking an unprecedented step in internet censorship - Sep. 16, 2016<p>Digital rights organization Access Now has documented 40 major internet disruptions in 25 countries in 2016. Social media or internet outages have coincided with elections in Uganda, Chad, and Congo-Brazzaville. Meanwhile, Ethiopia restricted internet access during protests in August.</p>
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<p><span>"It's difficult to block individual pieces of content on channels, so they have to block everything or nothing. You have to block Facebook, they just can't block a group on Facebook," said Karl Kathuria, CEO of </span><a href="https://www.psiphon3.com/">Psiphon</a><span>, a software firm that provides tools to bypass internet blockages. "[They decide]</span><span> </span><span>it's worth the slight damage it causes reputation-wise internationally in order to stop people from communicating on these platforms."</span></p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21941282016-09-26T05:59:19-04:002016-09-26T05:59:19-04:00Beyond Free Basics: Facebook, data bundles and Zambia’s social media internet<p>What seems to be more crucial to social media penetration in the Zambian context is the sponsored access of social media by mobile phone operators through attractively priced prepaid ‘data bundles’. For example, Zambia’s largest mobile operator, Airtel, offers a ‘social bundle’ which allows users to access social media for an unlimited time over a certain period (e.g. a day, week or month).</p>
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<p>The company charges ZMW2 (£0.15) for a daily Facebook bundle and ZMW4 (£0.30) for a daily WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter bundle. Daily packages are popular and enable users to adjust their data spending according to their income that particular week. With a large proportion of Zambians in informal employment, earnings and incomes are often irregular and daily bundles offer a level of flexibility.</p>
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<p>As a result of this, the nature of Zambia’s internet is largely determined by social media. SMS and email are increasingly replaced with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Many small to medium-size businesses do not have websites but market their services on easily managed Facebook pages. Given the subsidised nature of Facebook through data bundles, mobile phone users receive a warning that they will incur data charges as soon as they leave Facebook, eg in order to access a hyperlink outside the social media platform. For this reason, most Zambian online news sites post the full content of articles on their Facebook pages rather than hyperlinks to website content which will be more expensive for users to visit.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21923422016-09-16T11:45:11-04:002016-09-16T11:46:00-04:00Kashmir: Where ‘Digital India’ Ends · Global Voices<p>Internet-enabled mobile devices are now available for less than $20 in India, and sales are booming. Data is becoming cheaper and connectivity is getting better. There are millions of new internet users every month, almost all on mobile. Everyone communicates using WhatsApp, which is much more than a messaging service; it’s a proper social network that functions well even with low-quality devices. Facebook doesn’t always work. WhatsApp is far more effective than the old text messaging for exchanging information and organizing group activities, “anti-national” or otherwise. The internet is not completely absent in Kashmir right now, but it might as well be. The state-run telecommunications company BSNL maintains its internet availability and phone connections, but few use the service. Broadband internet has now been restored, but most people still don’t have this kind of connection in their homes—luxury hotels and other commercial locations usually have Wi-Fi, and some people have found ways to tap into these sources, often gathering to use their smartphones and stolen Wi-Fi passwords in alleyways near these buildings. For most people, there is no internet.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919542016-09-08T10:48:02-04:002016-09-08T10:48:02-04:00BBC Nepali earthquake lifeline public chat channel on Viber | Digital News Asia<p>The BBC Nepali account viber.com/bbcnepali on the ‘Public Chats’ feature within Viber will help maximise the reach of vital information in the aftermath of the quake that has left thousands dead and many more injured or displaced, the company said. The channel offers daily updates in text and images, with lifeline public service information on the latest situation in the country, including details of relief efforts, rescue services and safety information, it added. </p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919522016-09-08T10:45:04-04:002016-09-08T10:45:04-04:00ChatBots-how bots work on Facebook Messengertag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919492016-09-08T09:25:32-04:002016-09-08T09:25:32-04:00Why WhatsApp bombed in the US, while Snapchat and Kik blew up — Quartz<p>pps like WhatsApp, Viber, and Line can enter Asian or European countries and go from zero to millions of users with a simple value proposition: free text messages. But in The US, that value proposition meant nothing. So it stands to reason that the two most popular chat apps in the US (excluding Facebook messenger) got big for reasons other than free SMS. Snapchat and Kik both offer privacy, or at least appeal to a teenager’s concept of privacy.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919462016-09-08T09:01:47-04:002016-09-08T09:01:47-04:00Facebook Messenger survey<p>63% say they message more with businesses than they did two years ago67% expect to messagemore with businesses over the next two years</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919442016-09-08T09:00:28-04:002016-09-08T09:00:28-04:00WhatsApp vs Telegram: Should You Make the Switch?<p>On WhatsApp, you get sent, delivered and read receipts. On Telegram, all you get is sent and read receipts, which is much less comprehensive. You also cannot opt out of read receipts like WhatsApp, so if your girlfriend texts you and you ignore her, you’re screwed. #glhf</p>
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<li><span>The great thing about Telegram is that you can create self-destruct chat messages. To do this, just click on the triple liner button on the left and create a secret chat with your friend.</span></li>
<li><span>Subsequently, just set a self-destruct timer by clicking the button on the top right and then selecting your timer.</span></li>
<li><span>If you choose a 5-second self-destruct timer, then your messages will be auto-deleted after 5 seconds once your recipient has opened it.</span></li>
<li><span>This is a great way to erase all digital footprints, especially if you are having a sensitive conversation.</span></li>
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tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919452016-09-08T09:00:55-04:002016-09-08T09:00:55-04:00Consumers prefer businesses that use chat apps - Business Insider<p>Consumers like to use chat apps for the initial contact because of the quick response time. For instance, 35% of consumers ask companies questions related to a product or service, and 33% ask about store hours, location, or inventory, notes Facebook. Consumers already show a clear pattern of chat app buying behavior. Around a third of consumers use messaging apps to make or confirm appointments. And 33% have made or placed an order through chat apps. Consumers are also likely to provide feedback, and share their experience. After interacting with a business over Messenger, 30% of users provide feedback, and 39% share photos of products.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919432016-09-08T08:59:29-04:002016-09-08T08:59:29-04:00Bots, the next frontier | The Economist<p>As with apps, bots will need much experimentation to find their place. That will, in turn, depend on how well providers manage their platforms. Telegram lets developers do pretty much what they want (although it has shut down chat channels related to Islamic State). Microsoft has promised to be as open as possible. Developers and investors have their doubts about Facebook, given its chequered history: it made life difficult for developers of applications for its website.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919412016-09-08T08:57:11-04:002016-09-08T08:57:11-04:00Botan – free analytics for your Telegram bottag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919422016-09-08T08:57:58-04:002016-09-08T08:57:58-04:00Facebook Wants You to Chat with Business Bots<p>Businesses cannot send messages to you on Messenger unless you have opted into a conversation. Chats with businesses will feature a prominent “Block” button so people can easily shut down bots or businesses they don’t like, and Facebook will screen what companies build before allowing them to let it loose on Messenger.</p>
tag:tagteam.harvard.edu,2005:FeedItem/21919402016-09-08T06:38:15-04:002016-09-08T06:38:15-04:00WhatsApp named most popular messenger on Android - AppMess