Facebook has experienced phenomenal growth in South Africa over the last few months. As recently as early May there was only 25,000 registered users in the
South African network on Facebook and that has exploded to over 120,000 as of 2 July. That's over45,000 new users per month for the last two months. Now I have been a
MySpace users for about 18 months or longer. I can't remember when I signed up. And on
MySpace I have almost 500 friends while on Facebook I have almost 50 friends. So a funny thing happened a few
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BERKELEY — Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behaviour such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has found an upside to texting, especially for people who feel stressed out, isolated and alone.
Text messages in cognitive behaviour therapy can make people feel less isolated
Adrian Aguilera, a clinical psychologist who treats many low-income Latinos for depression and other mental disorders, said his patients report feeling more connected and cared for when they receive text Read More → 
