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About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More

About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More
 

App: Crowdmeter

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, busy, buzz, crowd, crowd control, management, measurement
National coronation day Netherlands The 30APPril app wasn’t able to?count?the crowds ?(buzz meter)during the crownation of the new King, because telecom providers were afraid the app would overload their wireless systems. But the police did launch the 30APPril?app for all festival venues during the crownation?in Amsterdam. The app provides a way to avoid crowded places by means of a heatmap on the streets based on real-time information, using telecom [...]
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App: Stop hit and run drivers

By Arnout de Vries on July 19, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: alert, app, hit, hit and run, medina, run
A new mobile app can get anyone with a smartphone involved in the search for a hit-and-run driver. The app was created as a part of the Medina Alert system, which was named after Jose Medina, a man who died in a hit-and-run accident on Lincoln Street in Denver. The system has already proven to be an effective tool in solving crime. Its new mobile version will make it reach [...]
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Audioboo

By Arnout de Vries on July 13, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: Audioboo, audioboom
Audioboo (now renamed to Audioboom) is a website and downloadable mobile application which allows users to record and share sound. Users of this application are restricted to recording three minutes of sound, unlike other applications which allow more recording time. This app may be used to record a very short message online which can then be shared via other social media feeds. This app has potential and [...]
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Badoo

By Arnout de Vries on July 9, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Badoo, chat, dating, Photo, platform, social media
Badoo is a place to meet new people in your area and around the world. It?s packed with users who want to chat, maybe even meet up, and share experiences, interests and friendship, share photos, maybe even date. You can also tell people about your interests and who you are, and play games that let you meet new people. You never know who you?ll find on Badoo. But [...]
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App: McGruff The Crime Dog

By Arnout de Vries on July 1, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, crime, dog, kids, McGruff, safety
On this day, 1st of july in 1980, a famous trench coat-wearing character burst onto the scene promising to teach us all how to Take a Bite Out of Crime. Today McGruff the Crime Dog is helping to bite crime through a new social media app. The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), home to the famous character, and AlertID have launched the McGruff Mobile app on iTunes in [...]
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Smart sensors making the streets safer

By Arnout de Vries on July 1, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: ClaimYourStreet, HSD, public safety, sensors, smart streets, TNO
On 24 April 2014, five smart sensor concepts aimed at reducing domestic burglaries were presented to police chief Frans Heeres, High Impact Crime portfolio holder. The concepts are based on existing technology, but what makes them new is the fact that they combine technological and social innovations. They are the initial result of a Challenge in which SMEs, the police and TNO have worked together, facilitated by The [...]
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App: Panic Button

By Arnout de Vries on June 30, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: activist, alert, amnesty, app, danger, friends, international, panic button, social media
Activists can now alert for help Political activists living under oppressive regimes, and journalists reporting from the front line, are among those who fear being kidnapped and tortured.?And while little can be done to abolish this threat entirely, a new app has been launched that turns an ordinary smartphone into a discreet panic button.?The Panic Button app is designed to give people defending human rights in dire situations urgent help [...]
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Design to disrupt #VINT

By Arnout de Vries on June 27, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: arnout de vries, co-creation, cocreation, communities, crime, daan roosegaarde, democratisiation, disrupt, gerd leonhard, innovation, investigations, jaap bloem, law enforcement, policing, Sander duivestein, Sogeti, TNO, VINT
Last week Sogetit held their 20th anniversary for the VINT symposium where innovative topics have been discussed on stage for two centuries by now. Do follow their blog to get free updates on the latest innovative ICT developments. Below is a report from Jaap Bloem about this symposium which was about how different innovations and developments have disrupted business and society: Visionaries had an easier job in bygone [...]
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App: Gossup, Whisper, Secret, Wut, YikYak

By Arnout de Vries on June 8, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: cyberbullying, embarassement, gossup, harassment, online, Police, school, secret, whisper, wut, yikyak, youth
In the Dutch City of Haarlem schools want to get rid of what they call a cyberbullying app:?Gossup. Students are bullied anonymously and even teachers are targeted. And GossUp is not the only app. Apps such as?Secret, Whisper, Wut?and YikYak?are known for cyberbullying.?But anonymous bullying isn’t anything new. On the still hugely popular site 4Chan?more than 1 billion jokes are posted everyday [...]
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App: Tracker Assist

By Arnout de Vries on May 19, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, assist, tracker
Former police officer designs new mobile phone app that could save lives in emergencies: Criminal profiler Steve van Aperen, 50, has invented a new program to alert parents and friends with the touch of a button if a user is in danger or having a medical emergency. More than 600 people have downloaded TrackerAssist this month, including safety-conscious mums and dads, women and even elderly people with medical illnesses. The [...]
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