Thanks, But No
It’s hard to resist the siren call of a friend request on Facebook. Sure it’s a little childish, but who doesn’t want the world to know they have one more friend? It’s harmless enough until you realize you’d rather not have the guy who teased you mercilessly in grade 8 looking at your family’s beach vacation pics. How do... >Read More
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Can Anything Stop Facebook?
CTV News reports that Facebook "has now made half a billion friends, meaning one in every 14 people on Earth has joined the social networking website, the company confirmed this week." Those 500,000,000 registered users generate a total of 1,000,000,000 (one billion) hits per day to Facebook's website.
At this point, is there any chance that...... >Read More
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What are you Searching For?
Far more people in Canada used the Internet for "personal interactions" last year than those who didn't. According to Statistics Canada, "Eighty per cent of Canadians age 16 and over used the Internet for personal reasons in 2009, up from 73 per cent two years earlier." I was a bit surprised that only 80% used the Internet. Less surprising... >Read More
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Lawyer Catches Facebook Cheaters
Yesterday was "Quit Facebook Day." People pledged to quit Facebook due to concerns about their privacy. In recent weeks there have been many concerns raised regarding Facebook's privacy policies, but one group of people who benefit from the openness of peoples' online information is divorce lawyers, as reported by CNN:
"Facebook is a great source...... >Read More
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Facebook strikes again
Recent college graduates are often warned about the potential for racy Facebook photos to cost them a job, but did you know it happens to grown-ups too? This morning a candidate in Canada’s upcoming provincial election stepped down after inappropriate photos surfaced on his Facebook account.
Ray Lam was the NDP candidate in the tony False...... >Read More
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The Future of Social Networking
With today's instant updates of Twitter and Facebook, we are able to communicate with each other in minutes and seconds, a far cry from the olden days of waiting days and weeks for mail to arrive. How could our seemingly insatiable need to know what others are doing right this minute change the future of social networking?
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in other words,
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Facebook: Why all the love?
Gone are the days of smoke signals, telegrams, typewriters and rotary dial phones. These forms of communication are practically prehistoric in comparison to the tools of communication defining this generation, namely Mark Zuckerberg’s little invention: Facebook.
In the four short years since it’s inception Facebook has taken over like the...... >Read More
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5 Facebook Fights in Marriage
Kids. Sex. Money. According to therapists, these are the most common topics... >more
7 Facebook Essentials for Kids
#1 Parents must have the password
The password is the key to unlock... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)