82% children on Facebook receive vulgar messages

“The most disturbing finding is that many children are accepting Facebook friend requests from strangers. This is very dangerous because children, especially pre-teens, are vulnerable to being bullied or abused,” said Debasis Nayak, director of the Asian School of Cyber Laws, which conducted the survey. The survey of students from Class 7 to Class 10 […]

 

Minding your p’s and q’s when texting: Depends on age

Millennials are more tolerant of cellphone use in social settings, a survey finds. More and more people pull out their smartphones or cellphones at meals, in meetings or in the classroom. But which habits with those mobile devices get a thumbs down? A new survey finds that many Americans feel using the mobile devices in those settings […]

 

Half of Facebook parents joined to spy on kids?

You think half those adults on Facebook are there because they love Facebook? No, no. These are merely parents engaged in covert operations. I had always imagined that adults entered the world of Facebook because they wanted to re-enact their teenage years, find a new lover, or “connect” with long-lost relatives whom they never really […]

 

Women more prone to jealousy on Facebook

  Women are more prone to romantic jealousy spurred by Facebook posts on their boyfriend’s wall than men, a new study has found. Their jealousy increases particularly if they think other people can see that their relationship may be in trouble, researchers from the University of Alabama said. As many as 226 heterosexual college-age men […]

 

Oscar Pistorius website undergoes PR makeover

Oscar Pistorius website

Oscar Pistorius’s official website, oscarpistorius.com, has had a massive revamp in recent days. This is thanks to a PR drive his team launched after he was accused of killing Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius’s family have decided to devote his official website to the latest news about developments as well as messages of support they are constantly […]