Archive for January, 2012

Facebook and Weight Gain
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Facebook and Weight Gain

It may sound funny, for some of us obesity could be directly related to the amount of time one spends on Facebook. As per a recent report on obesity in the US, around two thirds of the adult population and as many as one third of all kids are obese. You may ask what has [...]

Published by on January 29, 2012 4:25 PM
Facebook Addiction
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Facebook Addiction

Are you one of those users who have Facebook as your home page and have configured your mobile phones and IPads to access Facebook at the click of a button? Do you spend more than 60% of your online time checking out Facebook notifications, videos and photos? If so, be careful. You may be unconsciously [...]

Published by on January 23, 2012 9:41 PM
Suicide and Facebook
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Suicide and Facebook

The increase in the rate of suicide attempts among kids and teens has really set an alarm of caution among parents. One of the basic reasons behind this trend is that the young have lesser years behind them that may not have helped them get a broader perspective in life. It may come as a [...]

Published by on January 19, 2012 3:55 AM
SOPA and PIPA is Not What We Want
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SOPA and PIPA is Not What We Want

Like many website around the world we are observing to keep the internet free from proposed US anti piracy acts. I encourage everyone to leave a comment so the the US congress hears it loud and clear.

Published by on January 18, 2012 1:04 PM
Lecture: What has Facebook done to us?
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Lecture: What has Facebook done to us?

University College London’s Lunch Hour Lecture series starts again next week and one of our first lectures is on the effects of Facebook What has Facebook done to us? comprehensive research on the impact of Facebook on common population reveals very different consequences from those generally available in newspapers. It also express the future of [...]

Published by on January 14, 2012 6:41 PM
Facebook Friends List
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Facebook Friends List

Most of us have Facebook profiles and every day we see tones of articles on why Facebook is a big blessing to mankind. One of the most obvious measures of popularity has become the number of friends that you have on Facebook. And if you are a business who believes in social media marketing, then [...]

Published by on January 9, 2012 3:31 AM
Get Fit…Be Cool…
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Get Fit…Be Cool…

I know I have been writing the negatives of Facebook since I started the blog. But I wanted to do more and reach out to those who really didn’t care about the negatives even though there were millions of Facebook users knowingly or not knowingly were affected. This was the fundamental reason why I created [...]

Published by on January 1, 2012 6:18 AM