Digital media

"How could you believe a lie said by an anonymous person?" PR Expert and Novinite publisher Maxim Behar has said during a TV discussion about Internet trolls.

Greece?s Cyber Crime Unit on Thursday issued a warning to members of the public with regard to an online illegal betting scam.

According to the police, administrators of bogus profiles on social media were allegedly pledging huge earnings as well as refunds to users placing bets on various sports events, particularly soccer games.

If you ask me, one of the reasons why we live is to play games. I don't mean just digital games but sports, interactions between peers verbal games, etc. To play games makes you happy, fills you up with good vibes. It makes you feel alive and connects you to each other and the world. 

Weeks before the general elections, Turkey?s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has changed its much-criticized digital strategy, replacing its infamous ?trolls? with a ?regular army? - at least on paper.

Google’s autocomplete function has found various obsessions for the cost of things in different countries. Foor instance, while most people in North America are interested in the cost of a passport or patent, their European counterparts are mainly concerned with the price of living studying or beer, whereas in Africa its more about food, livestock and fuel.

The 5th edition of the DreamHack Bucharest event that took place over the weekend at the Multipurpose Hall in Bucharest has marked several new firsts in the electronic sports world, according to a release to AGERPRES.

Photo credit: (c) Ilie BUMBAC / AGERPRES PHOTO

YouTube announced on Monday the start of its partner programme in Bulgaria, which will provide new opportunities for Bulgarian content creators.

YouTube offers unlimited opportunities to all authors, allowing them to earn from quality content, to analyse their effectiveness, and to reach new places and international audience in innovative ways.

According to news reports, Turkey?s Family and Social Policies Ministry is considering a ban on the game Minecraft, concerned it promotes violence and social isolation. This ban is opposed by Turkish scholars who are concerned research does not support it and the ban amounts to censorship. I?m an American scholar who studies video game violence, so I follow these issues closely.

Facebook said April 22 that profit in the first quarter plunged 20 percent from a year ago but revenues got a lift from robust growth in mobile advertising.

Turkey's leading academics on game studies have launched a petition against the Family and Social Policies Ministry's controversial initiative to ban Minecraft, a popular videogame.

"Computer games cannot be reviewed as if they are bonzai," said the petition launched on change.org on April 18, referring to a synthetic illegal drug.