Pressing Rewind: Stripped-Down Mobile Phones Enjoy Amazing Renaissance! #privacy

Counterpoint: global sales of featurephones were estimated at a stunning 1bn in 2021, up from just 0.4bn in 2019 #tech #Smartphones #featurephones #retro

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Conversely, worldwide sales of smartphones contracted by 12.5% in 2020; 2021 saw 1.4bn units shipped #Apple #Android #privacy #tech

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Analysis: the remarkable resurgence in the popularity of the featurephone defies predictions, but the novelty of having one's every move tracked, packaged and sold by Big Tech is starting to wear thin #privacy #BigTech

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To watch: any electronics manufacturer who can produce a privacy-centred, tactile #smartphone stands to win significant and sticky market share; the thirst for a genuinely different offering is palpable https://t.co/L4S0X44upP

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Regime Change Latest: World’s Most Powerful Man Deleted from Facebook!

Washington Post: #Facebook and #Instagram have banned @realDonaldTrump 'indefinitely' in a move that has serious implications for democracy and freedom of speech #Trump #BigTechCensorship

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 8, 2021

The move by Facebook and Instagram – both services are owned by Facebook, Inc. – is clearly political given Mark Zuckerberg's promise that the ban will continue 'for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete' #Trump #democracy

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Analysis: no matter what one may think of @realDonaldTrump, the idea that #BigTech can effectively shut down the elected leader of the world's largest economy says much about where the true centers of power lie in 2021 #BigTechCensorship

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To watch: Joe Biden is penciled in to be inaugurated as President of the United States of America on 20/01/2021, but whether this will happen as planned – let alone prove to be a panacea – is anyone's guess https://t.co/rkc18fdAJD

— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) January 8, 2021