If you enjoy using social media sites then is it something that you think is a good thing for your life or not? There have been a number of interesting studies on the effects of social media recently. However, the latest one suggests that using these sites might make us trust others less. The research was carried out by Francesco Sarracino from STATEC – which is...
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Haven’t there been times in your life when a social media lie detector could have come in handy? Of course there have been. Well, there is a project underway – called Pheme – which could be just what you need. The work is being carried out at the University of Sheffield and was partially inspired by the London riots in 2011. The idea is that the system will work...
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has formed a new unit to sniff out troublemakers by analyzing entries on social media networks that include Twitter and Facebook. Kevin O’Connor, the newly named assistant commissioner and one of the department’s gang and online gurus, is in charge of the new social media unit, reports the New York Daily News. O’Connor...
Studies have shown that 64 percent of children in the UK go outside and play once a week, and 31 percent are now considered obese or overweight because of lack of activities that keep their bodies fit. Technology plays a big factor in this because children spend more time using computers to go online and play games and interact with other people. When we were kids, all...
Twitter is often heralded as the quickest way of breaking news; sometimes these stories are so big that it often changes the user’s life forever. One such Tweet occurred last night when an IT worker from Pakistan tweeted the live events that led up to Osama Bin Laden’s death. At the time he had no idea the significance of his reports let alone the fifteen minutes...