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Scientists agreed some time ago that nice guys – individuals who tend to be friendly and cooperative – have a lot to lose in the real world, primarily because of others' selfishness. However, a new research shows that that is not always the case.
In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of t... |
17 November 2011
09:32 GMT |
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All sorts of social media websites are targeted by cybercriminals who try to fool people into investing in ghost businesses.Facecrook informs us on the alert issued by the North American Securities Administrators Association which warns potential investors not to trust anyone they've just met on the internet.The... |
19 September 2011
04:18 GMT |
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Researchers have recently discovered that the way women view their bodies is only slightly affected by standard anthropometric measurements, such as for example the body-mass index. Most often, their opinions are heavily influenced by the way important persons in their lives feel about their bodies. This has the prev... |
30 March 2011
09:49 GMT |
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According to the results of a new study, it would appear that in-laws (parents of one's spouse) played a critically important role in our development as a species, eventually allowing us to move from the savannas to big cities. Though generally picked on by social norms, in-laws may have helped trigger a social ... |
11 March 2011
10:42 GMT |
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Investigators have found out that it's possible to distinguish people who value themselves based mainly on appearances from their peers who don't, by simply checking their Facebook profiles. Most of those people put many photographs online, and have the tendency to maintain very large friend networks on a m... |
8 March 2011
10:44 GMT |
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In a new scientific study, researchers argue that the influence computer-mediated social networking has on our daily lives should be analyzed in more detail. They say that this could help us gain a better understanding of how the virtual world is changing the way we live our lives.There is no question among scientist... |
31 January 2011
08:56 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific research, it would appear that social networks developing among friends, families, work colleagues and so on do not play a significant influence on voting patterns individuals display.Whether or not a person votes, or which candidate he or she selects, is not something... |
27 January 2011
04:20 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that eating well and exercising regularly are habits that can be picked up by people if they see those around them doing it too. The social network each of us developed plays an important part in out lives, say researchers behind the study. They add that he... |
8 December 2010
08:44 GMT |
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Most celebrities are now on Twitter and on other social networks too, but there are also some of them who are serial tweeters – like Britney Spears, Stephen Fry or Sarah Brown, so an entire study from the University of Leicester will be dedicated to them and all the social media intense users.This new study wil... |
13 October 2010
02:55 GMT |
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It's not a surprise that the biggest amount of time Internet users in North America spend online is linked to social networking but it's a surprise to see that people are also using a lot of time to play video games when they are surfing, with online play now taking up a bigger amount of time than other tra... |
6 August 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta, the mobile client available for handsets from Nokia, has just received a minor update, which makes it available for more devices, including the Nokia E63, Nokia E71, and Nokia E72. The mobile application is available for download for all those interested in enjoying a client... |
19 April 2010
08:43 GMT |
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Recent investigations into the role that social networks play in our everyday lives show that a lot more things than researchers initially thought are spreading through the connections that keep us together. Investigators have found, for example, that happiness, smiling, loneliness, obesity, and workplace-related pro... |
9 March 2010
14:11 GMT |
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Scientists warn that the phenomenon of cyberbullying is at this point on the rise, affecting an estimated 10 percent of all children between the seventh and ninth grades. Unlike conventional bullying, which only takes place at school, this form of aggression never leaves its targets alone, not even when at home durin... |
23 February 2010
04:28 GMT |
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Researchers presenting their finds at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in San Diego, announce that they found sleep deprivation to be contagious. The scientists explained that people losing sleep could influence others in their social network directly. The study fo... |
22 February 2010
04:50 GMT |
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The Nokia Beta Labs announced today the availability of a new, updated version of Nokia Messaging for social networks beta. According to the developing team, the new release of the software solution comes with support for a new social networking site, Twitter, so that Nokia mobile phone users can enjoy twitting dire... |
9 February 2010
07:00 GMT |
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Researchers have been able to accurately link the excessive Internet use with symptoms of depression for the first time, although they have been unable to determine exactly if the medical condition is triggered by spending large amounts of time online. The experts behind the new study were based at the University of ... |
3 February 2010
09:24 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it may be that the most influential and well-connected people in social networks are not necessarily the main promoters of a new idea, fashion or behavior. The new conclusion belongs to a research that, like many conducted recently, provided researchers with more insight into how ... |
2 February 2010
05:55 GMT |
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Nokia phone users have now yet another appealing solution available for them, straight from the Nokia beta Labs, in the form of a beta flavor of Nokia Messaging for social networks with support for Twitter. The solution was launched for the first time in September, with support for Facebook, and now the developing t... |
15 December 2009
06:32 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced that it has bought Playfish, a company specialized in delivering social casual videogames, for the price of 300 million. The importance of the acquisition is underlined by the fact that on the same day it was announced, Electronic Arts has also posted mounting losses, which came close to... |
11 November 2009
03:13 GMT |
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It seems that among European countries, Britain’s inhabitants are those that play online and use videogame consoles the most, according to the United Kingdom National Gamers Survey of 2009. Among those questioned, no less than 73% reported that they are playing videogames regularly and it seems that the trend i... |
30 September 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Despite spending the vast majority of their time within their own pod, killer whales have recently been discovered to have social inclinations outside their group as well, and to have taken a liking in a spot located in the Avacha Gulf, off the coast of Russia, for casual meeting. Scientists were amazed to discover u... |
13 August 2009
05:21 GMT |
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Back in 2006, sociologists Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew E. Brashears reported that the number of Americans who lived in social isolation – defined as those people who did not discuss important matters with anyone – had increased by more than 300 percent between 1985 and 2004. The paper h... |
5 August 2009
04:43 GMT |
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The Archbishop of Westminster said recently in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph newspaper that the amount of texting and e-mailing that children, teens and adults alike engaged in was “dehumanizing” and dangerous for the society. He argued that constructing friendship relationships exclusively aroun... |
3 August 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Understanding how trends spread through society has been one of the main goals of social researchers for a long time, because the mechanisms involved in this are apparently extremely complex. Unfortunately, it's not like they can put a GPS tag on a trend and see what happens. So, they turned to the next best thi... |
3 July 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced today the launch of three new music-oriented handsets, the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 5330 XpressMusic and Nokia 5030. The new devices have been designed so as to offer music enthusiasts all the features they would like to have inside their music-enabled phones. The new... |
11 March 2009
07:32 GMT |
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The long-term effects of prolonged Internet exposure are subject to debate these days between Taiwanese and American researchers. The former say that teens who are addicted to surfing the Web are more likely to engage in aggressive behavior, and so they need monitoring from parents and teachers. On the other hand, th... |
24 February 2009
06:29 GMT |
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According to a new scientific research reported on Monday, the number and type of friends each person has is an entirely gene-determined fact. Scientists say that it's gene expression that causes a person to be a social “butterfly,” or someone to live at the outskirts of groups. The same holds true ... |
27 January 2009
03:38 GMT |
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Although online applications that imply some virtual reality features are often criticized by those who consider them barriers to real life interaction, studies prove there really is no need to worry. Eryn Grant, a PhD student at the School of Humanities, Queensland University of Technology, conducted a study that sh... |
21 July 2008
08:08 GMT |
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Lawyers too follow the trends and use, in a high percentage, the online social networks. 67% of the lawyers aged between 25 and 35 have an account on one of the networks LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook or MySpace, as a survey shows. The percentage decreases as the age grows; 49% of the attorneys from the 36-45 category use... |
14 July 2008
09:42 GMT |
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Sony is continuing to focus on the PlayStation Portable, laying out plans regarding the development of the gaming handheld that is currently enjoying a great run in Japan and decent numbers in the United States, according to the latest numbers from the NPD.John Koller, senior marketing manager at Sony, has issued a f... |
27 May 2008
10:24 GMT |
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