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Facebook considered social burden by teens Study
Facebook is considered more a social burden than a loved networking site by its young users, a recent study has found. The study conducted by Pew Research Center of children between the age group of 12 to 17 found Facebook was losing its crucial demographic, which long fueled its success. According to the Huffington Post, teens are increasingly abandoning Facebook for other sites like ...
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CA considering social media policy after Warner Twitter rant
Cricket Australia (CA) chief James Sutherland has said the governing body might need to consider implementing a social media policy after Australian Test batsman David Warner's recent Twitter controversy. He said there had been no discussions about developing a social media policy for players, but admitted it is something that CA is considering. Sutherland insisted he will continue to ...
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Seth MacFarlane wont host 2014 Oscar
Seth MacFarlane has revealed on Twitter that he is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014. The 39-year-old comedian wrote on the micro blogging site that he "tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep," ABC News reported. MacFarlane tweeted on Monday that the Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who produced this year's Oscar show, are among the best in the business. ...
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Sarah Palin disproves climate change as it snowed in Alaska in May
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took to Facebook over the weekend to express her skepticism of global warming. Palin argued that global warming was not happening, pointing that it was snowing in Alaska in May. According to the Huffington Post, she wrote in a post on her Facebook page 'global warming my gluteus maximus'. In her Facebook argument, Palin confuses weather with climate, a ...
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Social network addiction taking over lives Australian study
The 2013 Yellow Social Media Report has analyzed that a growing number of Australians are using social network at an addictive rate wherever they can, even in toilet cubicles! According to the study, three out of every five internet users are accessing these sites more than five times a day, making it a total of seven hours a day. In a report by News.com, the study found that the time spent by ...
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Especially after the lukewarm reception of Tim Burtons glossy, action-packed 2001 reimagining, which ended with a Huh? cliffhanger that has yet to be resolved, it would be safe to say that there hasnt been much yearning for another entry in the Planet of the Apes ... ...
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WA SMEs top social media poll
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in WA have topped the nation for their use of social media, according to a study.Telstra's 2013 Yellow Social Media Report found 34 per cent of SMEs in WA had a presence on social media compared with a national average of 30 per cent.The survey, based on a sample of 1809 businesses found social media usage among WA SME's had risen from 30 per ...
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Facebook teens FLASH THEIR PRIVATES more than ever before
Teenaged kids are handing out more private information on social media than ever before, with little thought for the consequences, a not-so-surprising survey has found. Teens are carelessly giving away phone numbers, pictures and other sensitive data using their Facebook accounts, the report by the Pew Foundation pointed ...
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Study Teens taking to Twitter to avoid adults on Facebook
WASHINGTON - Twitter is booming as a social-media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. The study indicated teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.Teens told researchers there were too many adults on ...
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Teens jilt FB for Twitter
WASHINGTON - Teens are sharing more about themselves on social media and moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" they see on Facebook, a new poll finds.In the Pew Research Center poll, 94 percent of teen social-media users have a profile on Facebook - flat from the previous year. Twenty-six percent of that group were on Twitter, more than double the ...
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