The scope of the internet is mind-boggling. These days, there is more information available to you on your Smartphone than there is the world’s largest libraries.
But is this information you can so easily access from the web reliable?
In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them.
“Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.
A study by technology research firm Gartner, which recently surveyed 6,295 people between the ages of 13 and 74, reveals almost a quarter of 18- to 29-year-olds use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter less than when they first signed up for the services, with many saying the services simply aren’t that much fun anymore.
“The trend shows some social media fatigue among early adopters,
An new Missouri law, aimed at protecting children from sexual predators, has made it illegal for teachers and their past and present school-aged students to friend each other on Facebook.
Snail Mail My Email, a site that offers to handwrite your emails on paper (and then send them via snail mail to their intended recipients) is on hiatus after being inundated with requests for the free service.
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Seems Internet resources such as search engines could make you less likely to recall information.
So says a new study, anyway, which sought to discover how likely people are to remember something if they knew they could also find it on a computer.
We’re not sure if the squirrel in this week’s top viral video was put over the edge by the last ‘Fast and the Furious’ movie or if he’s just playing chicken with his squirrel squad. Either way, he’s is now a viral celeb squirrel and has earned the top spot in our top 10 this week.
This video deserves it, people are going nuts over it. Sorry, we couldn’t resist the pun.