The importance of app analytics

How developers get your data — and how they (should) use it.

When you’re a developer and your wish is to create a meaningful, desirable piece of software for its users, it is important to know what they think…

A short story about Internet control

Who controls the Internet?

This question is somewhat hard to answer, as there are different forms of control. More importantly, what does control mean? Being able to shut Internet off once and for all, or to charge…

Open-sourceness and developers

The win-win situation created by the close relationship between open-source projects and web developers

Music industry and piracy

Has the solution finally been Spotted?

It is undeniable that the music industry has been going through a handful of changes in the last years, from the vinyl discs to the boom caused by the CDs, followed by its downfall caused by…

The value of privacy

Do we give privacy the value it DESERVES?

When reading the question that’s in this story’s subtitle, one may actually understand it as if we give privacy less value than we should. Actually, I think it’s quite the opposite. Privacy IS…

One small step for a bill, one giant leap for Brazilian Internet

Concerning the recent advancements towards Internet regulation in Brazil

Crowdgaming

About how Twitch showed us a new way of playing video games

Some weeks ago, the internet witnessed the results of the [kind of] coordinated efforts of thousands of Twitch.tv users around the world. Called TwitchPlaysPokemon (or TPP), the…

Neutral is the new fair

A brief story on net neutrality under a CS undergraduate point of view, and why is it important.

Lately, there’s been a lot of debate over net neutrality, and there’s a good reason for it…

Open source projects and their impacts for end-users

Nowadays, open source projects are everywhere in our lives. From the engine in our browsers to the smartphone we own to [sometimes] our computers’ operational systems, open source projects are a big part of the life of anyone who makes…