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Death and digital

What are digital deaths and digital legacies?

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Given that so much of our lives are now online, it’s no wonder that we now have a phrase for when we die there – digital …

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What happens to your cloud when you die?

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As technology has evolved, we’re now able to do things we would never have thought possible a decade ago. Take cloud storage for example – being …

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How your Fitbit could help you to die better

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For most of us, we know that leading a more active life is going to allow us to live longer and with less health problems and …

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What happens if someone dies on holiday?

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It’s getting to that time of the year, the summer holidays are approaching and we’re all getting excited about leaving the daily grind behind for a …

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How to die at home in the UK

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In our previous article ‘How the internet of things can help the end of life process’ we talked about how almost two thirds of us want …

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How stories define us after death

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When we think of what we’ll leave behind after we die, most of us will think about the physical possessions we’ll give to our loved ones. …

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How to host an online funeral

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As losing someone you’ve bonded with through online communities is becoming more common,  so too are online funerals. Our previous article focused on how to cope …

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How Twitter has changed tragedy

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I remember aimlessly scrolling through Twitter when the first tweets came through from the Boston Globe reporting of explosions at the 2013 Boston Marathon. After the …

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How the Internet of Things can help the end of life process.

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The Internet of Things. It sounds a little silly doesn’t it? I mean the internet is pretty much a constant in our daily lives, so what …

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When should you consider yourself old?

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If you think you’re looking old, you’re wrong. According to health experts, as a society we need to completely rethink old age. Here at DEATH, we’ve …