On Friday, May 24, 1844, the very first message sent by Morse code’s dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore.

Eddie King · The Conversation 24 May 2019

Digital Economy and Society

The digital divide continues in the US as lower-income Americans fall behind

Over 40% of people who earn less than $30,000 a year have access to broadband, according to new research.

Monica Anderson and Madhumitha Kumar · Pew Research Center 10 May 2019

Digital Communications

What does a good digital ID look like?

A rapid rollout of digital identification has the potential to unlock economic value of up to 13% of GDP by 2030, according to a new report by the McKinsey Global Institute.

Sean Fleming 07 May 2019

Internet of Things

This wireless sensor would give epilepsy patients more freedom

A cheap and easy way of measuring the brain activity of individuals with epilepsy could be a revolutionary step towards more convenient management of the condition.

Mike Williams · Futurity 03 May 2019

Digital Communications

5G will drive Industry 4.0 in the Middle East and Africa

5G will enable new revenue streams from IoT and industrial applications, and accelerate digitalization in the Middle East and Africa.

Mikael Bäck 07 Apr 2019

Information Technology

Citizen science can help solve our data crisis

Smartphones are the most pervasive, versatile and capable connected devices we use on a daily basis. So how do we harness their capabilities for scientific data collection?

Tarun Katapally · The Conversation 26 Mar 2019

Digital Economy and Society

How incomplete privacy laws build echo chambers

Consumers need to be made more aware of just how much of what they do on the internet is traceable, as recent scandals highlight.

Danny Goh, Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, and Josh Entsminger · Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce 22 Mar 2019

Social Media

7 key findings about mobile phone and social media use in emerging economies

Smartphone use in emerging economies has seen a significant rise over the past decade as they have become more affordable and accessible.

Monica Anderson and Laura Silver · Pew Research Center 22 Mar 2019

Internet of Things

This map shows the extent of the entire internet in 1973

From an initial set of connections based in the US, a satellite link to the UK started the the beginnings of a global network of connected computers.

Frank Cardona · Visual Capitalist 06 Mar 2019

Digital Communications

Smartphone use is about to rocket in these countries

In many parts of the world, the smartphone market has become saturated. But for less economically developed nations, it's set to expand and help development.

Felix Richter · Statista 06 Mar 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

India wants exclusive rights to the tonnes of data lying with e-commerce firms in the country

Indian online shoppers’ data is a “national asset” and a “mine of natural resource,” which the Indian government wants exclusive rights to.

Durba Ghosh · Quartz 04 Mar 2019

Digital Communications

Studying an emerging sign language won’t kill it – so what are linguists scared of?

Emerging sign languages could reveal how all language evolved – but keeping these fragile languages isolated for research may mean the people who rely on them lose out.

Michael Erard · Mosaic Science 01 Mar 2019