Youtube, Netflix, Spotify – these are names we are all familiar with, but we often don’t stop to think how much the existence of this type of on-demand media has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives. We can now watch and listen to essentially unlimited content tailored to our specific interests. In this…
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Regulation is when a government body or local authority acts in the interest of the people, to prevent private interests from causing harm to the public, the environment, to the economy, or to other corporations. In this article, we first explore older examples of regulation, and then examples of newer challenges that regulation is not…
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On a recent panel, Shutterstock’s creative director, Flo Lau, summed up her field’s reaction to the virus, saying everyone must “scramble and find alternative ways to get things done in this new normal.” It is in the new normal that cracks are opening for outsiders to show their talents and gain fair remuneration for their…
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If you ask someone where to buy something online these days, their first response might be “Amazon.” But is it really the best market? With the way that e-commerce is growing, it may be time to fall away from shopping on mega-platforms. Distributed e-commerce platforms have become popular during the last five years and it’s…
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The smartphone has become so omnipresent that you can barely even see a human without one. But, have smartphones completely obviated the need for the true scholar? After all, this new breed of tech-savvy mobile devotees can’t all be bona fide intellects. People have been arguing about whether these new smartphones will create a generation…
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