Tag: social media
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Leave Facebook? – Umpteen Reasons Why
Leave Facebook? How many negative news events does it take for a facebook user to quit? Why would you want to though? So many people you need to stay in touch with right? The list below was thrown together quickly for effect. An in depth look at it all is not where we are at…
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Clickbait And How To Identify It!
Clickbait is a bane. A bane to creativity and a bane to your personal time. The irony of writing about clickbait is not lost on us though. Rest assured we will give you the lowdown on this unscrupulous practise!
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Lego Life – Social Media For Kids
Kids want to get in on the social media fun but who knows what they will find, say concerned parents. Worry no more. Lego Group have just launched a social media network with kids in mind and it is available on both Android and iOS. (links at the bottom) The network/app is called Lego Life…
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What Happens to Your Facebook After You Die?
What Happens to Your Facebook After You Die? Life is unpredictable, and because of this unfortunately (or maybe fortunately, depending on how you view it) nobody knows exactly when they’re going to die. But wouldn’t it at least be good to know your precious Facebook account will be in safe hands should the worst happen?…
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How to Unplug – Put the Gadgets Down and Do Life!
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Social media and digital communication are amongst our most valuable tools in the modern age, providing a wealth of knowledge and a connection to a wider world. But they can also prove unhealthy if misused or overused. Productivity can suffer in both the workplace and life itself and social networks offer an open forum for…
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Ghostbusters Actress Leslie Jones Exits Twitter After Racist Abuse
Leslie Jones, black female stand-up comedian and one of the actresses in the recently released Ghostbusters revival film has exited Twitter after receiving a terrible torrent of racial abuse – bringing mainstream attention to an issue that is rife on social networking. Yesterday Jones sent out a final tweet from her account @Lesdoggg which read…
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‘Iron’ Mike Tyson Gets KO’d by Hoverboard and Posts it on Instagram
Boxing legend and social media celebrity Mike Tyson has won the Internet by posting a video of his spectacular wipe-out while riding a hoverboard. The infamous former Heavyweight Champion, who once battled gloved greats such as Frank Bruno and Evander Holyfield, was KO’d while performing spins on the Segway, falling on his back with an…
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Back to the Future Day Part II – The Best Bits from October 21st 2015
Yesterday the future caught up with us, October 21st 2015 finally came around and it was a day of celebration for fans of the Back to the Future film series as this was the date in the sequel on which Marty McFly was set to arrive from the year 1985! Unfortunately not all the gadget…
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Star Wars The Force Awakens Global Product Unboxing to Take Place on YouTube
Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be unleashed in cinemas this December and as with all previous entries in the saga the most-anticipated episode yet will be heralded by a massive merchandise push which will begin with a global YouTube unboxing event on September the 3rd. Starting in Sydney, Australia at 7:45am local time the…
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How to Unplug – Put the Gadgets Down and Do Life!
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Social media and digital communication are amongst our most valuable tools in the modern age, providing a wealth of knowledge and a connection to a wider world. But they can also prove unhealthy if misused or overused. Productivity can suffer in both the workplace and life itself and social networks offer an open forum for…
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Blomkamp’s Alien Sequel is Official Thanks to Instagram Posts
As a New Year dawned District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp didn’t just break the internet, he blew it out of the damn airlock, when he posted a series of images to his Instagram account depicting scenes from an Alien film he wanted to make but that was never to be. Now it’s practically…
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Cameron Proposes Ban On Encrypted Apps
As messaging and social media apps become more receptive to recent claims of government snooping, app makers are using new encryption methods in order to protect user data and conversations. however, a recent claim by UK Prime Minister David Cameron that such encrypted services may be banned in the UK is causing uproar in the…