Study: Google Searches Reveal Mental Health Patterns
Search terms implied that people are 24 percent less likely to consider suicide in the summer, among other seasonal fluctuations that may be useful in epidemiology for illnesses that are difficult to track. LINDSAY ABRAMS APR 9 2013, 8:21 AM ET PROBLEM: Google overhyped the flu this year, which seemed to be a blow to the company’s claim that […]
Facebook Users Fall for Stalker More than Sex Scams
by Leslie Meredith, TechNewsDaily Senior Writer April 18 2013 04:29 PM ET Are you dying to know who’s viewed your Facebook profile? Scammers bet you are and will tempt you with fake apps promising to reveal who’s been stalking you on Facebook. In a study released today (April 18) by security software firm Bitdefender, about […]
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Facebook’s message charge shows how to make money out of desperate fans
Facebook is on to a good thing with its £11 charge for fans to contact their idols. But here’s a way for celebrities to cash in too One of Facebook’s strangest revenue-building schemes of recent times is its new decision to charge civilians to send messages to celebrities. Messaging Tom Daley, for instance, will cost nearly […]
Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo
This is an excellent short lecture on the true value of privacy. Even if you had no profiles online, you’re still being recorded on every camera in offices buildings, malls and airports by CCTV. What if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we’re only anonymous for that long? […]