From streaks to loot boxes, apps for kids are full of ‘persuasive design’ intended to keep users watching, playing and paying – whether it’s good for them or not.
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Treena Orchard and Carolina Bandinelli talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how dating apps have changed expectations about the search for love.
Knowing you should set your apps’ privacy permissions might not be enough to protect you. A cybersecurity expert explains how complicated privacy settings can trip you up.
A newly released app allows users to search for discriminatory roadway names, helping communities grasp the ubiquity of inequalities embedded in everyday spaces and the harm they cause.
Until now, culturally relevant wellbeing measures have been lacking for First Nations children in Australia.
The free ecoSwitch app takes the guesswork out of sustainable food choices, empowering consumers to take matters into their own hands.
Here’s what to look for when you’re browsing for apps.
How do we distinguish between valuable information from legitimate health experts, and pseudoscientific nonsense from unscrupulous wellness influencers?
About 26 per cent of Canadians use TikTok. Regulating the app in Canada might be a better approach to avoiding external political influence.
Proposed U.S. legislation banning TikTok and the recently revealed Canadian national security review of the app reveals the insincerity and hypocrisy of politicians.
Future AI large language models like Google’s AMIE might prove to fill gaps in health-care delivery, however, they must be adopted with caution.
The world’s largest online dating company – which runs Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, The League and more – is being sued for making its apps too addictive. Are we swiping right into a trap?
Fixating on sleep can make your sleep worse. But some people crave the connection online sleep communities provide.
The design philosophy of the everything app WeChat may seem paradoxical, being simultaneously pervasive and inconspicuous. But this idea of “everythingness” goes back to ancient Taoist philosophy.
Two recent studies shed light on how seemingly simple social media features can have complex effects on user attitudes and beliefs.
Everything apps offer a wide range of features, combining social media with personal finances. But creating the perfect everything app is no easy task.
The recent declines of Threads and ChatGPT attest to the reality that rapid and widespread acceptance doesn’t necessarily lead to long-term success.
In the marketplace of ideas, for an app or product to be considered successful, it must be widely adopted for it to represent an innovation.
Transportation apps can make public transit more accessible for riders with disabilities. But many apps remain inaccessible due to the cost of adding features and the lack of regulations.
The app will be discontinued on April 27, 2023.
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Professor & Director, Hub for Apple Platform Innovation (HAPI), School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University
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Senior Research Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, University of Salford
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Lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor, Film, Screen and Creative Media, and Associate Dean Engagement, Bond University
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Quality of life researcher and occupational therapist, The University of Queensland
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Harvard University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Principal Research Scientist, Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Education & Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal