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Are You All Real?

11 Months, 6 Days and 13 hours…

That’s the exact time since I last posted on this blog. And while I haven’t been completely inactive, this blog for all intense in purposes has been.

What brings me back? Well, someone or something that has been confusing me greatly. Since my last post almost a year ago, I have noticed a dramatic increase in new followers from all around the world. Something like…

iPhone’s Watching You. Always Watching

In this weeks installment of “What I Found In The Hidden Depths Of My iPhone”, I stumbled upon the database of my Location Services. Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Frequent Locations This database held a wealth of information about all the places I had been to since the start of 2017. It had recorded all the addresses (down to the house number) of places I’ve visited,…

Am I Talking To A Robot?

Back in 2013, a YouTube video showing a call between a teen named Sheldon, and a telemarketer called Samantha West went viral. In the video, Sheldon tries to prove that the person he’s talking to is not a real person, but instead a robot. The 2 minute conversation consists mostly of Samantha denying being a robot, and trying to convince him that she is a real human person. Lo and behold, Samantha…

Any Publicity Can Be Bad Publicity

As a marketing student, one of things I’ve learned is that the quote “any publicity is good publicity” is definitely not true. Publicity is not always a good thing. Especially when its publicity that the brand doesn’t want. Here’s an example: In December 2006, tech-super company Sony was gearing up for another successful Christmas period for selling their first ever portable console, the…

Opting Out of the Ad Game?

Recently I stumbled upon a feature on my iPhone that I found to be quite interesting: This feature that’s hidden deep in the iPhone’s “Settings” tab allows you to view exactly what information Apple is collecting from you in order to personalise your ads, in addition to giving you the option of turning off ad tracking on your phone all together! So, by following the ‘View Ad Information’ button I…

[Paid DLC] An Industry Destroyer?

I don’t know how many of you consider yourself gamers, but if you do, then the term DLC might trigger annoy you just as much as it annoys me. For those non-gamers, DLC or ‘Downloadable Content’ is summarized pretty well in the following picture: How DLC Was Born – Dorkly However, DLC is not a new concept. It stretches back as far as the early 2000’s, where dedicated gaming consoles were fairly…