The CMA (UK Competition and Markets Authority) recently published a rigorous report about markets of digital platforms and online advertising [1], which, among other aspects, concludes that in this area of the economy “competition is not working well, causing substantial damage to consumers and society.” Although many studies around the world have evidenced this phenomenon, […]
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It is not possible to reduce to a single cause the difficulties that fifth-generation mobile technology is facing to materialize itself, we can be tempted to blame largely the unfortunate wave of misinformation. However, if one observes from a distance, it is possible to identify deeper and more structural causes, which probably merit an in-depth
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At the end of the last century, a current of Latin American theorists proposed a disruptive dimension of communications that was called Theory of Mediations, which rebuild the way of interpreting the relations between media and viewers. It also dimensioned a new intercultural space absent in many of the previous theories of communications.After three decades
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Small picturesque stores offered “National and International Internet Service” in northern Ecuador, while there was a case in Guatemala of a “Chapín” who denounced his Internet provider at the police station, as they promised him that he could communicate worldwide using the service, but he never got a dial tone when he connected the cable
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Narrowing the digital gap is possibly the greatest challenge we must face as a region in the coming years, mainly to ensure effective access to the Internet for all citizens, especially those living in a rural area with low population density, low digital literacy and difficult geographical areas, creating opportunities to access information and communication
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Can Connectivity Transform a Region?Connectivity has been presented as the great solution to transform many aspects of daily lives of people in recent decades, which perhaps generates more expectations than realities. But, although the idea of connectivity is oversold, it is necessary to recognize that it has a very high and transversal impact on multiple
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A study published by GSMA Intelligence and presented during the Mobile 360 Series Latin America in Buenos Aires – Argentina, found that 4G mobile connections – LTE technology – went from 8% in 2015 to 38% in 2018 in Latin America, which reached 37% in 3G and 25% in 2G for the same period, showing
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A New York Times article called ” Hypocrisy thrives at the Waldorf School of the Peninsula in the heart of Silicon Valley” reveals a controversial discovery by journalist Gal Beckerman: one-third of the Waldorf schools in the United States are in California, and three-quarters of their students are the children of employees of Google, Yahoo,
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The GlobalWebIndex study[1] published this year[2], showed that: “Latin America is the region in the world that has the highest consumption of social network applications[3]”, highlighting that the countries with the highest use are Brazil and Colombia and the population segment that uses them the most are young people and adolescents. The high dependence on
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By: Gabriel E. Levy B. – @galevy www.galevy.com We may be witnessing one of the most dizzying moments in human history, where innovation has become the engine of constant change, in practically all social spheres. The new ICTs [1] are emerging abruptly, overtaking previous technologies that we are not even able to measure. While all
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