Social Mobile Apps Issues

Are Informations Received Real?

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There are a lot of information you can get through social media mobile applications. But are those information 100% real? I believe not because people are free to use apps such like twitter to post anything they like. Therefore, what information you received may not be real.

In the case of the Malaysia Airline missing flight. One Twitter user posted a fake news about MH370 has emergency landed somewhere in China. However, official announce from government that MH370 still missing.

By Chan Song Ji
Image source from : 1) Cambodia4kids.org Beth Kanter via Flickr
2) khengsiong via Flickr

Follower Become Stalker May Result In Cybercrime

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User of Facebook, Instagram, or twitter will have the chance of getting followers. Pretty lady are more likely to be followed by large amount of people. However, one or more of the followers may be a stalker and result in cybercrime which risking one’s LIFE!

Malaysian female Blogger threatened by cyber stalker. The cyber stalking went on for so long for her, so much so that it drove her to a boiling point. She finally decided to write about the recurring incident after receiving a death threat from the stalker.

By Chan Song Ji

Image source from : Tasso Art via Flickr

Careful On Business While Using Apps

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There are many applications for social networking. For example, LinkedIn is a social media application designed specifically for the business community. The goal of this application is to allow registered members to establish and document networks of people they know and trust professionally. However, scammer might disguise as a professional to target big company.

Scammers impersonate bank executive on LinkedIn to target corporate bank accounts. The scammer disguise as a professional manager from highly popular bank in Malaysia trying to initiate money transfers. Businessman have to be careful!

By Kok Wei Yang

Image source from : Mark Bult via Flickr

Last Seen Too Much?

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Whatsapp is one of the most popular messaging app that is used today. This is because that this messaging app is very easy to use and comes free of charge. Among the many features of Whatsapp, there is also a feature that everyone either loves or hate which is the "last seen" feature.

This feature has caused many relationships to crumble because of sometimes couples tend to seen their significant other's message but not reply because they are busy. But once they check the "last seen" at their Whatsapp they will know they their significant other has seen their message and did not reply causing an argument between them.

Image Source: Siti_fitimah via Flickr, Vista Cheng via Flickr

By Kok Wei Yang

The Issues Of Social Media - Video

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This is a video done by us "Appspocalypse" and the video its about the Issues of Social Media. This video conveying "THEN" those days when social media is not introduced yet and "NOW" this days we are frequently updating ourself and excessively use of social media till it became a daily norm. Besides, this video containing five different issues of social media which is decrease productivity, increase accident rate, restless, increase cybercrime and lack of communication.

Decrease productivity

Then - Student are focus during class and after class.

Now - Student are playing their phone during class and after class.

2. Increase Accident rate

Then - We are paying full concentration on the road while driving.

Now - We are putting concentration on our phone instead of on the road.

3. Restless

Then - After a long day, we went to bed till the next morning.

Now - We went to bed but few moment later we started to play our phone agian.

4. Increase cybercrime

Then - a person need to be physically involve in a crime such as rob.

Now - with a click of button all privacy and data can be transfer easily.

5. Lack of communication

Then - We used to play with each other at the playground. / We used to meet our love one through incident.

Now - With technology we communicate using internet via mobile. / We find our

love one using mobile app.

Below are the complete video of "The Issues of Social Media"

Picture from : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IK0Hw1yZ3U

By Wong Chee Siong

Spamming Spree

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Whatsapp is a good communication application but it also comes with a fair share of flaws. For example, people are tend to use it to share information repeatedly and result in spamming.

Unknown number sending messages to promo about jobs fair, real estate investment, and advertisement in Malaysia. We are facing the problem receiving unwanted spam messages and wonder how they get our contact number.

By Chan Song Ji

Image source from : downloadsource.fr via Flickr

Quick But A Bad Way?

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There is plenty of social media applications used by businesses. For example like Twitter as a medium used by company to do advertisement. Twitter is fast where as you post anything to the internet, your follower will immediate receive the information. However, as Twitter is fast and if you carelessly post anything, your follower will notice it soon.

Malaysia Airlines apologizes for a promotion tweet and removed it after one of the follower give a feedback. They said it was intended to inspire travellers during this holiday period to explore destinations and deals. However, due to the incident of MH370 and MH17, people cannot accept what Malaysia Airlines had tweet.

By Chan Song Ji

Image source from : 1) Christopher via Flickr

2) Aero Icarus via Flickr

Misuse of Twitter cause bad consequences

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Everyone has the freedom of speech and most of us uses Twitter app to share their tough, felling, experience and etc. When, Twitter is used in a wrong way it could be a disaster and cause bad consequences . In the recent case, a twitter user by the name of Wong Hoi Cheng has tweet "Bastardization of @PDRMsia. Thanks to the ruthless @KBAB51. Henrich Himmler of Malaysia". This has became a wake up call to all twitter user to not touch any sensitive issue, being disrespectful and provoking others on social media. Then, Malaysia's top-ranking policeman Inspector-General of Polic (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar sounded his warning on Twitter not misuse the media to insult and incite.

Picture : mkhmarketing - Flickr

By Wong Chee Siong