My July round up for Digital Qatar of recent developments in the Internet and Tech space relevant to the Middle East.
See: http://www.digitalqatar.net/2012/07/18/digital-digest-volume-2/ for context.
Also available at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-qatar-internet-society-digest-july-2012-final
25 digital or tech stories you may have missed, from - or potentially impacting on the Middle East - curated by Damian Radcliffe (@damianradcliffe).
Middle East Stories this quarter include: New data on MENA Internet usage, highlights from the 5th Arab Social Media Report, Arab Media Use: Social networks (and the web) are key sources of news, stats on massive mobile growth in the last 10 years, how mobile is increasingly important to get online, Facebook in 2017, highlights from the 5th Arab Youth Survey.
Wider research includes: Our constant need to be connected, “showrooming”, in Q4 2012, more tablets shipped than PCs, “Project Loon”, McKinsey's 12 Disruptive Technologies, How “Connected” Cars could save lives and whether Facial Recognition for device security will be the next big thing?
25 digital or tech stories you may have missed, from - or potentially impacting on the Middle East - curated by Damian Radcliffe (@damianradcliffe).
Middle East Stories this quarter include: New data on MENA Internet usage, highlights from the 5th Arab Social Media Report, Arab Media Use: Social networks (and the web) are key sources of news, stats on massive mobile growth in the last 10 years, how mobile is increasingly important to get online, Facebook in 2017, highlights from the 5th Arab Youth Survey.
Wider research includes: Our constant need to be connected, “showrooming”, in Q4 2012, more tablets shipped than PCs, “Project Loon”, McKinsey's 12 Disruptive Technologies, How “Connected” Cars could save lives and whether Facial Recognition for device security will be the next big thing?
30 recent Internet and Technology developments you may have missed - also found at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-qatar-internet-society-digest-septoct-final-171012-2
How Qatar uses WhatsApp, Snapchat and other social mediaMOTC Qatar
Insights from a new study into how people in Qatar use social media. Produced by ictQATAR's Rassed team the research looks not just what social media people in Qatar use, but also how and why they use it.
Produced in partnership with Ipsos Qatar, the study features conclusions from interviews conducted with 1,000 residents (500 Qataris and 500 non-Qataris) during September-October 2014.
Covering eight different social media services - ranging from older more established networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to newer entrants like Snapchat, WhatsApp and Path – the study provides unique insights into how Qatar uses social media at the end of 2014.
There are more people on Facebook than there are Catholics. This is what the world's biggest social platform is going to do next. This deck was presented by Furthr's Andy Pemberton at a talk at Denstu Aegis Network, London on April 25 2016.
25 digital or tech stories you may have missed, from - or potentially impacting on the Middle East - curated by Damian Radcliffe (@damianradcliffe).
Middle East Stories this quarter include: New data on MENA Internet usage, highlights from the 5th Arab Social Media Report, Arab Media Use: Social networks (and the web) are key sources of news, stats on massive mobile growth in the last 10 years, how mobile is increasingly important to get online, Facebook in 2017, highlights from the 5th Arab Youth Survey.
Wider research includes: Our constant need to be connected, “showrooming”, in Q4 2012, more tablets shipped than PCs, “Project Loon”, McKinsey's 12 Disruptive Technologies, How “Connected” Cars could save lives and whether Facial Recognition for device security will be the next big thing?
25 digital or tech stories you may have missed, from - or potentially impacting on the Middle East - curated by Damian Radcliffe (@damianradcliffe).
Middle East Stories this quarter include: New data on MENA Internet usage, highlights from the 5th Arab Social Media Report, Arab Media Use: Social networks (and the web) are key sources of news, stats on massive mobile growth in the last 10 years, how mobile is increasingly important to get online, Facebook in 2017, highlights from the 5th Arab Youth Survey.
Wider research includes: Our constant need to be connected, “showrooming”, in Q4 2012, more tablets shipped than PCs, “Project Loon”, McKinsey's 12 Disruptive Technologies, How “Connected” Cars could save lives and whether Facial Recognition for device security will be the next big thing?
30 recent Internet and Technology developments you may have missed - also found at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-qatar-internet-society-digest-septoct-final-171012-2
How Qatar uses WhatsApp, Snapchat and other social mediaMOTC Qatar
Insights from a new study into how people in Qatar use social media. Produced by ictQATAR's Rassed team the research looks not just what social media people in Qatar use, but also how and why they use it.
Produced in partnership with Ipsos Qatar, the study features conclusions from interviews conducted with 1,000 residents (500 Qataris and 500 non-Qataris) during September-October 2014.
Covering eight different social media services - ranging from older more established networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to newer entrants like Snapchat, WhatsApp and Path – the study provides unique insights into how Qatar uses social media at the end of 2014.
There are more people on Facebook than there are Catholics. This is what the world's biggest social platform is going to do next. This deck was presented by Furthr's Andy Pemberton at a talk at Denstu Aegis Network, London on April 25 2016.
40 recent Internet and Technology developments you may have missed
from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East, curated by ictQATAR's Damian Radcliffe.
Media, Internet and Social Media Landscape in Sub-Saharan AfricaRussell Southwood
A presentation based on a large market research study on media, Internet and social media in Sub-Saharan Africa. The four reports from this study can be downloaded for free by going to www.balancingact-africa.com Look in the right hand column and click on the cover of the report/s you want to download.
GlobalWebIndex Social presenta su último reporte del año (2014) en materia de Social Media. Datos de crecimiento de redes, uso, recurrencia y audiencias por país.
Whatsapp ( history , fb allience and intresting facts about whatsapp)Harish Godiyal
this slide contains brief and to the point information about the most successful messaging app WHATSAPP
key points::
* history information
* how Whatsapp became so popular
* interesting facts related to the facebook and whatsapp .
* some interesting and unknown key points regarding Whatsapp.
A personal take on recent Internet and Technology developments from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East by ictQATAR's Damian Radcliffe.
A quarterly round up of 25 Internet and Technology developments from across the Middle East, as well as wider global developments which may impact (or be of interest) to people in the region. Curated by ictQATAR's Social Impact Manger, Damian Radclife.
Middle East Stories this quarter include: the most popular online activities in the Middle East, how UAE is the Global Smartphone Leader, Social Media Usage during Ramadan, eCommerce Insights and regional insights from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report.
Wider research includes: how mobile devices driving a return to the living room, uncovering the digital habits of Kenyan youth, evolving Cell Phone Behaviors, Vietnam’s new online censorship law and efforts to connect the next 5 billion online.
40 recent Internet and Technology developments from - or potentially impacting on - the Middle East, which I curated. Also available at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-digest-novdec-2012
30 recent Internet and Technology developments you may have missed
from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East, curated by ictQATAR's Damian Radcliffe.
My round up for Digital Qatar of recent developments in the Internet and Tech space relevant to the Middle East.
See: http://www.digitalqatar.net/2012/06/20/introducing-our-all-new-digital-digest/ for context.
Also available at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-digest-june-2012
40 recent Internet and Technology developments you may have missed
from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East, curated by ictQATAR's Damian Radcliffe.
Media, Internet and Social Media Landscape in Sub-Saharan AfricaRussell Southwood
A presentation based on a large market research study on media, Internet and social media in Sub-Saharan Africa. The four reports from this study can be downloaded for free by going to www.balancingact-africa.com Look in the right hand column and click on the cover of the report/s you want to download.
GlobalWebIndex Social presenta su último reporte del año (2014) en materia de Social Media. Datos de crecimiento de redes, uso, recurrencia y audiencias por país.
Whatsapp ( history , fb allience and intresting facts about whatsapp)Harish Godiyal
this slide contains brief and to the point information about the most successful messaging app WHATSAPP
key points::
* history information
* how Whatsapp became so popular
* interesting facts related to the facebook and whatsapp .
* some interesting and unknown key points regarding Whatsapp.
A personal take on recent Internet and Technology developments from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East by ictQATAR's Damian Radcliffe.
A quarterly round up of 25 Internet and Technology developments from across the Middle East, as well as wider global developments which may impact (or be of interest) to people in the region. Curated by ictQATAR's Social Impact Manger, Damian Radclife.
Middle East Stories this quarter include: the most popular online activities in the Middle East, how UAE is the Global Smartphone Leader, Social Media Usage during Ramadan, eCommerce Insights and regional insights from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report.
Wider research includes: how mobile devices driving a return to the living room, uncovering the digital habits of Kenyan youth, evolving Cell Phone Behaviors, Vietnam’s new online censorship law and efforts to connect the next 5 billion online.
40 recent Internet and Technology developments from - or potentially impacting on - the Middle East, which I curated. Also available at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-digest-novdec-2012
30 recent Internet and Technology developments you may have missed
from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East, curated by ictQATAR's Damian Radcliffe.
My round up for Digital Qatar of recent developments in the Internet and Tech space relevant to the Middle East.
See: http://www.digitalqatar.net/2012/06/20/introducing-our-all-new-digital-digest/ for context.
Also available at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-digest-june-2012
Personal round up by Internet & Society Manager, Damian Radcliffe (@mrdamian76) of developments in the Internet space relevant to the MENA region in the past month. Curation of stories covering social networking, Arabic language developments, research into ICT use and forthcoming developments. Comments and feedback welcome.
A personal take on 22 recent Internet and Technology developments from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East by ictQATAR's Internet & Society Manager, Damian Radcliffe.
30 digital and tech stories from - or potentially impacting on - the Middle East. Curated by me for @ictQATAR. Please feel free to share and credit accordingly!
The Digital Digest is Rassed's quarterly round up of Internet and technology developments in the Middle East.
Hot stories in this issue:
Instagram is more popular than Facebook in one Arab country, but which one?
Saudi Arabia still has the largest Twitter population.
UAE is named fiber capital of the world.
One Middle East country has a smartphone penetration level of only 6%, read to find out which one.
Can Jawabkom be the new Arab Quora?
More #Selfies taken in Doha than any other Middle East city.
The region is among the heaviest VoIP users globally.
... and many more.
Slides for a conference on "Ubiquity, Mobility, Globality: Charting Directions in Mobile Phone Studies" hosted by the Center for Global Communication Studies, at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
See: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/ubiquity-mobility-globality-charting-directions-mobile-phone-studies
I participated in a Panel on: "Mobile and its Effects on Global Markets" - http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/app/uploads/2014/10/ubiquity-mobility-globality-agenda2.pdf
Social Media in the Middle East 2022: A Year in ReviewDamian Radcliffe
Welcome to the latest annual study on Middle East Social Media Trends. This report, the eleventh in a series dating back to 2012, provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of social media in the Middle East. As the most comprehensive and up-to-date study of its kind, it is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the region's digital landscape.
In this report, we examine the most popular social media platforms and the ways in which people are using them. We explore the impact of social media on politics, business and culture in the region. Our findings will be of interest to anyone interested in how social media shapes the way we connect with one another, as well as the ways in which we consume and find information. These trends are relevant to marketers, journalists, brands and businesses, as well as government agencies and public bodies.
Over the past decade, the Middle East has seen a significant increase in social media adoption. Today, it boasts some of the highest penetration rates of social media in the world, making it a key market for platforms and businesses looking to engage with Arab audiences.
From staying in touch with friends and family to consuming news and entertainment, social media - as it is around the world - is an integral part of daily life in the region. Social media is also playing an increasingly important role in politics, with many politicians and activists using the platforms to connect with the public and mobilize support for their policies.
Middle East Digital Digest Special: Social Media in the MENA - 2012 ReviewDamian Radcliffe
A personal take on the story of social media in the Middle East in the past year. In 20 slides... Also available at: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/digital-digest-special-social-media-in-the-mena-2012-review
Wave 1 - Web 2.0 The Global Impact | UM | Social Media TrackerUM Wave
Wave 1 - Web 2.0 The Global Impact, demonstrated that social media was living up to the hype, there was a large and active community communicating online.
Find the latest Wave, "Wave 7 - Cracking the Social Code" here http://www.slideshare.net/Wave7
Similar to Middle East Digital Digest: July 2012 (20)
Moving Beyond Twitter/X and Facebook - Social Media for local news providersDamian Radcliffe
Slides from a workshop exploring "Moving Beyond Twitter/X and Facebook - Social Media for local news providers"
This presentation outlines social media habits in the US (and globally) and offers suggestions for how local newsrooms can tap into them.
The presentation features key data, user case studies and recommendations for new things to try out.
The presentation was part of the New York Press Association's 2024 spring conference.
https://nynewspapers.com/2024-nypa-spring-conference/
Slides from a workshop exploring "How is AI changing journalism?"
This presentation outlines how newsrooms have been using artificial intelligence (AI) for some time, and how the emergence of Generative AI is accelerating this usage. The presentation outlines use cases, key steps for implementation and some emerging areas and issues to keep an eye on.
The presentation was part of the New York Press Association's 2024 spring conference.
https://nynewspapers.com/2024-nypa-spring-conference/
Lessons from Community-Centered Journalism for Local Journalism ResearchDamian Radcliffe
Slides presented by Regina Lawrence - based on our research - at the 2024 Local Journalism Researchers’ Workshop, March 25-26, 2024 at Duke University. The presentation outlines key points from our research, including: why Community-Centered Journalism matters, the backdrop that it plays out against, and five key challenges for growing this journalistic practice.
After the sobering read seen in our 2022-23 report, this year’s World Press Trends study strikes a more cautiously optimistic note, with more than half of the respondents conveying a positive outlook about their companies’ business prospects for the foreseeable future.
This is despite publishers grappling with challenges on various fronts, including elevated inflation and interest rates, surging paper and printing expenses, continual shifts within advertising markets and audience behaviours, as well as wider geopolitical uncertainty reflected in conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, wider strategic challenges such as the surge of Generative AI, changing relationships with platforms and continued challenges to press freedom and freedom of expression, also continue to vex many journalists and publishers.
In response, news publishers are inevitably looking closely at their revenue strategy, investment priorities, areas of focus, cost management, and their stance on areas such as AI and other technologies. We delve into these themes extensively within this report.
This report is primarily based on the findings of an online survey distributed to WAN-IFRA members and other senior media executives between July and September 2023, and was available in four languages (English, French, Spanish and German).
Survey participants were typically members of the senior team at a newspaper or a newspaper group. Based on the information provided by our respondents, a third (66%) are C-Suite (CEOs, Publishers, Managing Directors). A further third is either a Commercial Director/Heads of Strategy or Executive Editor.
We received 175 complete responses from 60 nations around the world. Using classifications developed by the World Bank, 58% of respondents come from developed economies and 42% from developing economies. Our sample also features a wide range of different countries with respondents coming from countries as diverse as Argentina, Canada, Russia, and Indonesia. They also came from some of the world’s largest media markets, including Germany, India, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Through the data and insights that they provided, we are able to comprehend the attitudes of today’s industry leaders in a variety of business and editorial roles. Their observations, regarding the sector’s present and future, can be seen throughout this report.
As ever, we want to express our appreciation to everyone who participated in this annual survey. This report would not be possible without their contributions.
A huge thank you to all of our contributors: Damian Radcliffe, Dr. Francois Nel, and Teemu Henriksson. Last but not least, this report would not be possible without the support of our partner, Stibo DX.
Full CV/Resume as of March 2023, listing my previous experience, research and journalistic output, media mentions, speaking engagements and events/conferences that I have organized. (Produced for an academic audience, hence the length!)
Redefining News: A Manifesto for Community-Centered JournalismDamian Radcliffe
This forward-thinking report makes the case for embracing a more inclusive, community-focused model of journalism, one that prioritizes listening to and collaborating with communities to produce relevant, equitable and impactful news and storytelling. The report features an actionable framework to put the principles of Community-Centered Journalism into practice and explains how this approach differs from traditional models of journalism, with potential benefits including rebuilding trust, tackling inequities, and fostering civic engagement.
Building a Stronger Local Media Ecosystem: The Role of Media PolicyDamian Radcliffe
This paper plays out against a backdrop of continued closures and diminished local news reporting across much of the United States. It explores the role that media policy can and should play in supporting local journalism.
In examining this topic, we investigate three fundamental questions:
What is local media policy?
What are the key existential issues and/or problems local media policy must wrestle with?
What potential solutions to the local news crisis can media policy potentially help address?
The core of our response to these questions is derived from a series of five public webinars hosted by the Tow Center. Through these events, we invited a range of industry and academic experts to share their perspectives on areas related to these major themes.
Our conversations explored the scope of media policy, barriers to implementation, opportunities for policy to make a difference, and some of the unique characteristics that shape U.S. media policy and attitudes toward potential policy interventions.
To this, we have added further context and updates on some of the latest policy developments, based on a literature review and our continued interest in this subject.
The latest World Press Trends report shows that business sentiment in the industry has taken a downturn, in a context where multiple challenges face news publishers around the world. Yet there are causes for optimism, as revenue diversification progresses and publishers double down on new revenue sources and editorial products.
This year’s World Press Trends study makes for a sobering read after the optimism of our previous report. The mood in the industry has changed, and publishers find themselves in a more unpredictable business environment due to a number of challenges, including high levels of inflation, rising paper and print costs, as well as ongoing changes to advertising markets.
The change in business sentiment is one of the main findings of the new World Press Trends Outlook report. As in the previous years, the analysis is based on an online survey distributed to industry leaders. 167 news executives from 62 countries took part in the survey in Fall 2022 – a big thank you to them for sharing their insights, results and strategies.
WAN-IFRA also works with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Zenith for key performance indicators (global revenues and circulation). For audience insights, we work with analytics specialist Chartbeat. World Press Trends is supported by Protecmedia, the content management provider.
Damian Radcliffe, longtime industry analyst, journalist and academic, authored most of the report, offering his analysis and context to the survey and emerging trends. Dr. Francois Nel, also a longtime analyst, well-known academic within our industry and longtime contributor to WPT, provided his analysis, contribution and data analysis of all our collected data. WAN-IFRA’s Andrew Heslop shared his analysis on our Press Freedom data, and WAN-IFRA’s Teemu Henriksson helped to coordinate the project along with Dean Roper.
Here is what makes up the core of the report:
Executive Summary
Methodology and Profile of Respondents
Chapter 1: Global snapshot of performance indicators
Chapter 2: Business Outlook
- Tougher times ahead
- Priming the profit pump
- Relationships with Platforms
- Digital Transformation
Chapter 3: Revenues
- Back in black
- Print’s continued importance
- Revenue diversification in practice
- A bumpier revenue road in 2023
- Ad advice Publishers, it’s all about controlling what you can control
Chapter 4: Investment and Expenditure
- Investing in Revenues
-Tech spending
- AI and publishers
- Costs and Outgoings
Report partner: How AI and automation solutions can impact newsrooms
Chapter 5: Media Freedom
Damian Radcliffe is a journalist, researcher, and professor based at the University of Oregon.
He holds an endowed chair as the Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, and he is also a Professor of Practice, an affiliate faculty member of the Department for Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA) and the Agora Journalism Center, and a Research Associate of the Center for Science Communication Research (SCR).
Damian is also a three time Knight News Innovation Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture Studies (JOMEC), and a life fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
In spring 2023 he will be a Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, his alma matter.
With over 25 years of experience in the media industry, Damian has worked in editorial, strategic, research, policy and teaching roles in the USA, Middle East and UK. He continues to be an active journalist, writing regular features for leading trade publications such as Digital Content Next, International Journalists' Network (IJNet), What's New in Publishing, journalism.co.uk and other outlets.
He is a globally recognized expert on digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, the evolution of present-day journalistic practice and the role played by media and technology in the Middle East.
As an analyst, researcher and trainer, he has worked with a wide range of industry and academic organizations including the BBC World Service, Facebook, FIPP, INMA, Thomson Reuters Foundation, World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the United Nations.
He has been quoted on issues relating to digital media and journalism by major outlets such as AFP, BBC, Business Insider, Editor & Publisher, NPR, The New York Times, Snapchat, Wired and Voice of America.
As a freelance journalist his work has also been published by leading publications and trade outlets such as the BBC, Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Harvard’s Nieman Lab, HuffPost, PBS MediaShift, Poynter, TheMediaBriefing and ZDNet.
Originally from the UK, Damian lives on the west coast of the US with his wife and three young children.
The Most Popular Social Media Accounts in the Middle East (H1 2022)Damian Radcliffe
For the first time, this report brings together the most popular accounts originating in MENA on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
Each of these platforms is explored in more detail in this report, but below we outline the account with the largest number of followers, likes and subscribers, across MENA as well as the region's four biggest markets: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
The report was made by possible by support from the New Media Academy and data from Emplifi. My thanks to them both.
From the Ground Up: How Community-Centered Journalism can Help Create a More ...Damian Radcliffe
A look at some of the key themes and ideas from an upcoming report on Community-Centered Journalism, commissioned by the Agora Journalism Center. Presented at a local journalism researchers workshop hosted at the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, on Feb 19th 2023.
Mental Health and Digital Safety Tips for Journalists.pptxDamian Radcliffe
Tips and recommendations for my Social Media for Journalists class (Fall 2022) at the University of Oregon. The deck includes tips for digital safety, self-care and mental well-being, as well as managing digital overload. It features links to resources and materials from DART, CPJ, Poynter and others.
This edition of WAN-IFRA’s annual flagship research and report reveals an industry challenged but optimistic about its business. It examines the results of publishers’ business in 2021, their forecasts for 2022 and beyond, and the trends and issues shaping the industry.
Our research shows news publishers feel confident about tackling the ongoing coronavirus crisis, and that some of their early pandemic-era pivots are beginning to pay dividends. However, publishers still need to navigate considerable transformation and turmoil, even if there are signs of a resurgence in global advertising markets and a maturing of many reader revenue strategies. The invasion of Ukraine has further undermined companies’ plans, as how that conflict will unfold can have long-lasting effects on industries across the board, in addition to the humanitarian crisis it is causing.
As in the previous years, the World Press Trends Outlook analysis is based on an online survey distributed to industry leaders. 162 news executives from 58 countries took part in the survey in Fall 2021 – a big thank you to them for sharing their insights, results and strategies.
In addition, WAN-IFRA works with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ZenithOptimedia for key performance indicators (revenue, circulation and ad spend). For additional audience insights, we work with analytics specialist Chartbeat.
World Press Trends is supported by Protecmedia, the content management provider.
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Per the report intro (page 4): "Damian Radcliffe, longtime industry analyst, journalist and academic, authored most of the report for the first time, offering his analysis and context to the survey and emerging trends. Dr. Francois Nel, also a longtime analyst, well-known academic within our industry and contributor to WPT, provided his analysis, contribution and data analysis of all our collected data. WAN-IFRA's Teemu Henriksson helped to coordinate the project along with Dean Roper."
Resources: Media Literacy and Managing MisinformationDamian Radcliffe
Tl;DR of my wider deck (https://www.slideshare.net/mrdamian/understanding-media-literacy-and-misinformation) on managing information disorder, defining media literacy and knowing how to spot - and manage - misinformation online.
This presentation includes links to valuable resources on managing disinformation, digital trends and research on media literacy in Europe.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
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Middle East Digital Digest: July 2012
1. Digital Digest
A personal take on recent Internet and Technology developments
from – and/or potentially impacting on - Qatar and the Middle East
Issue 2: July 2012
Damian Radcliffe
Internet & Society Manager
Email: dradcliffe@ict.gov.qa
Twitter: @mrdamian76
2. Context
This digest aims to share some of the key digital developments from across
the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in recent months.
It also highlights some global communications developments which may
impact on Qatar and the wider MENA region at a later date.
Visit: http://www.slideshare.net/ictQATAR/ for Volume 1 and future issues of this digest.
Stories of particular interest in this second issue include a number of reports looking at the growth
of data, smartphones and raft of new technology developments. It has also been a busy month for
Internet Governance issues, from new domain names to “take down” reports.
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Disclaimer
All content in these slides is in the public domain and referenced so that you can read the original sources.
Any omissions, errors or mistakes are mine, and mine alone.
Feedback, suggestions and comments are very welcome.
3. Contents
Slides
1. Developments from across the MENA region 4-11
• MENA fastest growing region for Internet traffic 5
• Newspaper growth slows due to online shift 6
• World mobile ad spend in 2011 was lowest in MENA 7
• In Brief: Social Media News 8
• In Brief: Content related news 9
• In Brief: Technology News 10
• “Peak Games” in the Spotlight 11
2. Wider Internet & Society Research 12-18
• Research: Smartphones seldom used for phone calls (UK) 13
• Youth: Impact of using mobile technology whilst driving 14- 5
• Emerging Technologies: Tablet Wars – Google and Microsoft 16
• Internet Governance: New top-level domains, Transparency 17
reports
3. Coming Up – three emerging issues 18-22
• Research: The future of advertising is mobile 19
• Technology: Wearable Computing – soon to become the norm? 20
• Governance: Initiatives to discuss Internet Rights and Freedoms 21-22
4. 1. Recent developments in the MENA region
Including: Web traffic growth, News habits, Mobile Ad spend and News in
Brief
Images: http://bit.ly/LCN5yC and http://bit.ly/LTzNud
5. 1.1 MENA fastest growing region for Internet traffic
• Cisco report that Global IP traffic is anticipated to increase threefold by 2016.
• The Middle East, Africa and Latin America, will lead the way in this growth.
• Traffic in the Middle East and Africa will grow at a CAGR of 57% between 2011-16.
- MENA will generate 836 million DVDs’ worth of traffic, or 3.3 exabytes per month.
• Business IP traffic will grow fastest in the Middle East and Africa.
- Anticipated CAGR of 33 %, a faster pace than the global average of 20%.
Table: Global IP Traffic, 2011-2016 Image: http://bit.ly/M9q1J7
Source: Cisco’s annual Visual Networking Index
6. 1.2 Newspaper growth slows due to online shift
Print is still most popular
medium for reading news in the Migration from print to online has been slower in
MENA according to new research the Middle East in comparison to the rest of the
published by the Arab Media Forum.
world, but this may change over time.
With newspapers in the Middle East recording the
lowest circulation growth rate in the past 3 years,
(as shown in the table below) this trend may have
already started.
Read the full report via:
http://www.arabmediaforum.ae
Above image: http://tnw.co/JZtlT3
7. 1.3 Mobile ad spend in 2011 was lowest in MENA
• $5.3 billion was spent on mobile ads (from display to search to messaging) in 2011.
• The Interactive Advertising Bureau reported that spend in Asia beat the other markets.
• The Middle East and Africa had the smallest spend, at just $172m.
The market breakdown by % is:
Asia-Pacific 35.9%
North America 31.4%
Europe 25.9%
Latin America 3.5%
Middle East & 3.2%
Africa
Read more: http://read.bi/MmvVDk
8. 1.4 In Brief: Social Media News
• Saudi Arabia is Twitter’s fastest-growing market percentage-wise month on
month: http://bit.ly/NmjXLy
• Young Emirati women started a twitter campaign called #UAEDressCode ,
urging foreigners to cover up in public places: http://bbc.in/NaETEH
• Club Penguin, Disney's virtual world for
children is launching an internet safety
campaign targeting 100m children and
parents. Disney will support the campaigns on its
TV channels, websites and magazines across the
EMEA region, as well as the site itself.
Ask.fm CEO Ilja Terebin told Techcrunch that their Q&A
service is “most prevalent in Turkey, Argentina, http://bit.ly/Pe9B3K
Image and Story: Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Germany, and Spain”. It’s also seeing fast growth in
most of South America and the Middle East.
MENA users sign-up to Ask.fm via Facebook or Twitter, posting and
sharing questions and answers across their social networks.
Image and Story: http://tcrn.ch/KMjjaG
9. 1.5 In Brief: Content related news
• Agence France-Presse (AFP),
a French news agency
founded in 1835, has launched
its iPad app in Arabic. (Same
as left.)
• The app now offers 5 different
editions: English edition, Latin
America (in Spanish), Spain (in
Spanish), Brazil (in Portuguese),
and the new Arabic version.
• AFP has 16 offices in the Near and
Middle East, and describes itself
as the leading news agency in the
Arab-speaking world.
Get the app here: http://bit.ly/Nqu5yZ
•Owners of the new Nexus 7 Tablet can benefit from
•At launch English content was translated to Arabic.
Source:
http://tnw.co/LQPUdb
10. 1.6 In Brief: Technology News
• A designer from the U.K. has
created a prayer mat that
lights up when it faces Mecca,
known as EL Sajjadah.
(“EL” stands for Electro Luminescent
and “Sajjadah” meaning prayer mat)
See: http://kck.st/MExERM
• Google announced new features to its Chrome Web Store, a store for free and
paid web-based apps and browser extensions for the Chrome browser. This
includes a section with apps that work offline to its store.
• Google also announced it is bringing the Chrome Web Store to 6
new countries: Turkey, Ukraine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and
the UAE.
http://tcrn.ch/NqGlDi
• Boomerang, the scheduling software for Gmail , is now available for all
57 Gmail-supported languages, including Arabic, Persian and Urdu.
Try it here: http://www.boomeranggmail.com/
11. 1.7 Peak Games in the Spotlight
• Peak Games, a gaming company focused on Turkey and the MENA is now the
world’s No. 3 social-gaming company in terms of daily active users (DAU), with
9.4m daily players.
• Peak creates culturally-relevant social games, in contrast most big social-gaming
companies simply translate Western games into other languages.
• With c.200 employees in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, all but one of their games
are available only in Turkish and Arabic.
• Popular games include Okey (18m
users) and Happy Farm, the world’s
No. 2 farm game, after Farmville.
“In the Turkish version, the farmer is not
covered, while in our Arabic version there
is a Saudi man with a cultural outfit.”
“We don’t have cowboys or American horses.”
Rina Onur, Chief Strategy Officer
“Peak has no plans to make its locally targeted games available in Image: http://bit.ly/Ma2JRP
English, as they don’t hold the same relevance for Western cultures.”
Business Week
12. 2. Internet & Society: External Research Update
Smartphones, texting whilst driving, tablet wars and new top level domain
names
Images: http://bit.ly/KXUeK6 and http://bit.ly/KL2OMQ
13. 2.1 Internet & Society: Societal Impact
UK: Smartphones seldom used for phone calls
The UK’s largest mobile
operator O2 published
research which shows
that making calls is
only the fifth most
popular reason for
using a smartphone.
The average
smartphone owner
spends more than two
hours each day using
the device, with more
time spent surfing the
web, checking social
networks or playing
games than making
phone calls.
Source: http://
bit.ly/MFXPZO
14. 2.2 Internet & Society: Youth
• Research from the US shows the
impact of people using mobile
technology whilst driving – a
problem familiar to us in Qatar and
the MENA.
• 13% of drivers aged 18-20 in
crashes admitted to using their
phone at the time of the crash.
• Many cite the behavior of adults
doing this as a reason for this being
Source: http://www.onlineschools.com/in-focus/driving-while-intexticated
15. The law aside, potential solutions introduced in the US include:
16. 2.3 Internet & Society: Emerging Technologies
Tablet Wars – Google enters the fray, as do Microsoft
• Google announced its first tablet, the Nexus 7, a 7-inch tablet priced at $199 for 8GB of
storage and $249 for 16GB. It was developed in partnership with Taiwanese firm Asus.
• PC World noted that Amazon, Lenovo, Research In Motion and Barnes &
Noble also offer $199 tablets.
“At only $200, the Nexus 7 is a steal.” http://reviews.cnet.com/google-nexus-7/
“It's elegant, it's easy to use, and it's hands down the best tablet in its sub-$200 class.
But that alone won't be enough to launch Google past Apple, or even Amazon, in the tablet space”
http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/28/technology/nexus-7-tablet/index.htm
Bloomberg report that Apple plans to debut a cheaper, smaller (7-inch) iPad
by the end of the year. See: http://bloom.bg/LkKV8h
• Whilst Microsoft have unveiled “Surface” a new
Windows 8 based tablet with a built-in stand and
keyboard built into the screen cover.
Launch date and price are still to be confirmed.
Images: http://bit.ly/LmMOBo and http://bit.ly/MCCJxs
17. 2.4 Internet & Society: Internet Governance
• ICANN, the non-profit that oversees the Internet domain address system announced the
full list of submissions for new internet address endings , which included .doha
• Currently, there are 22 global top-level domains (gTLDs) such as .com, .net, .co, or .org
• This figure will quickly change, with ICANN receiving over 1,900 applications for 1,409
new domain suffixes such as .google, .news, and .blog.
View the full list: http://bit.ly/L4MYed
• Google published its latest Transparency Report which includes numbers of
removal requests received from copyright owners or governments as well as
user data requests from government agencies and courts. Dorothy Chou, Senior Policy
Analyst at Google commenting on the increased number of requests for content to be
removed wrote:
“It’s alarming not only because free expression is at risk, but because some of these requests come from
countries you might not suspect—Western democracies not typically associated with censorship.”
See: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/
• Twitter has also published its first transparency report, receiving 3,378 "
takedown" notices so far this year. The network removed 38% of the requested tweets.
Report: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170002#
18. 3. Coming Up – three emerging themes
Mobile advertising Wearable Internet Rights &
Computing Freedoms
Images: http://bit.ly/Nllsre, http://wapo.st/LxfiDT and
http://bit.ly/KZQ58h
19. 3.1 Internet & Society: Societal Impact
The future of advertising is mobile
•Writing in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson noted that US audiences:
“…Spend more time engaging with mobile devices than reading print.
But print publications still get 25-times more ad money than mobile…
There is still a huge gap between the rapid adoption of mobile and the budgets assigned to it.”
But he thinks this will change.
“Imagine a world in the next 2-3 years,
where smart phones
are in the hands of every consumer and
tablet sales will exceed PCs.
It will be a world where global internet
users will double, led by mobile usage.
At that time, mobile will no longer be a
support medium, it will be THE medium.”
Source: http://bit.ly/La41Kl
20. 3.2 Internet & Society: Emerging Technologies
Wearable Computing – soon to become the norm?
• At their I/O Conference Google announced Project Glass, Internet-
connected glasses which will be available to the public from 2014.
• If you can’t wait until then, Google has said that I/O attendees can
buy a $1,500 “explorer’s version,” which will ship next year.
• The glasses contain a camera to collect photographs or video, as
well as a number of tools needed to determine location and
direction. It has also microphones for collecting sound, a speaker to
relay audio and uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Image:
http://bit.ly/NyxSwe • Product manager Steve Lee told Wired that they weighed about the
same as a pair of sunglasses and gave examples of how he had
See a 2’30” demo: used the product whilst cycling to capture content to share with
See a 2’30” demo: friends and to receive SMS messages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4&feature=youtu.be
Wired: Do you think this kind of technology will eventually be as
common as smart phones are now?
And the live “skydiving
And the live “skydiving Lee: Yes. It’s my expectation that in three to five years it will
actually look unusual and awkward when we view someone
demo” launch here:
demo” launch here: holding an object in their hand and looking down at it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TB8b2t3QE computing will become the norm.
Wearable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TB8b2t3QE
See: http://bit.ly/KSQkBY
21. 3.3 Internet Governance: new initiatives to discuss
Internet Rights and Freedoms
American Congressman Darrell Issa has published a Digital Citizen's Bill of Rights asking
for people to “comment, criticize and collaborate” in refining the draft (published below).
• Freedom - digital citizens have a right to a free, uncensored internet
• Openness - digital citizens have a right to an open, unobstructed internet
• Equality - all digital citizens are created equal on the internet
• Participation - digital citizens have a right to peaceably participate where and how they
choose on the internet
• Creativity - digital citizens have a right to create, grow and collaborate on the internet,
and be held accountable for what they create
• Sharing - digital citizens have a right to freely share their ideas, lawful discoveries and
opinions on the internet
• Accessibility - digital citizens have a right to access the internet equally, regardless of
who they are or where they are
• Association - digital citizens have a right to freely associate on the internet
• Privacy - digital citizens have a right to privacy on the internet
• Property - digital citizens have a right to benefit from what they create, and be secure in
their intellectual property on the internet
Source: http://keepthewebopen.com/digital-bill-of-rights
22. Elsewhere, organizations and individuals are
being asked to sign up to – and discuss – a
Declaration of Internet Freedom.
“We believe that a free and open Internet can
bring about a better world. To keep the Internet
free and open, we call on communities,
industries and countries to recognize these
principles. We believe that they will help to
bring about more creativity, more innovation
and more open societies…
Let’s discuss these principles — agree or
disagree with them, debate them, translate
them, make them your own and broaden the
discussion with your community — as only the
Internet can make possible.”
http://www.internetdeclaration.org/freedom
23. Thank you for reading.
Comments, suggestions and feedback for future digests are welcome.
Damian Radcliffe, Internet & Society Manager
Email: dradcliffe@ict.gov.qa
Twitter: @mrdamian76
Tel: +974 44993612