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CEO apologizes after Path uploads contact lists

(AP) -- Social-sharing app Path has come under fire for accessing and uploading users' phone address books without their permission. The information has now been deleted, and Path has apologized.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Professor documents cancer battle in online videos

(AP) -- At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Getting pious with a little help from our friends

Friendships forged at church seem to play a major role in people's religious activities and beliefs — even when it comes to their views about how exclusive heaven is, according to a national study by a Baylor University ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Facebook is not such a good thing for those with low self-esteem

(Medical Xpress) -- In theory, the social networking website Facebook could be great for people with low self-esteem. Sharing is important for improving friendships. But in practice, people with low self-esteem seem to behave ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Study: paid family leave leads to positive economic outcomes

With a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study of Facebook patterns suggests interests in music, movies unlikely to spread among friends

Using data collected from Facebook, Harvard sociologists have addressed one of the great unsolved puzzles of social science — do we form friendships with people because we share similar interests, or ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Good wingmen fib for a friend

It could be called the wingman theory or the Barney Stinson principle (after the character played by Neil Patrick Harris on hit TV show How I Met Your Mother). A University of Alberta researcher says that – like Barney ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Evolutionary psychologists find macaques more likely influenced by friends than family

(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to better understand human relationships, researchers who study such things often turn to other primates for the simple reason that they are more accessible, being locked up in zoos ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Carmakers lure youth with gadgets, sleek design

Dashboards glittering with gadgets, turbo-charged engines and sleek designs are on offer as automakers try to attract young consumers who care more about computers than cars.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For some in need, Facebook is route to new kidney

(AP) -- Here's another reason for holdouts to join the social media site Facebook: It's a great place to find a kidney.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Review: Scrutinizing your presence on Facebook

(AP) -- Here's one way to sum up 2011: I added 71 people as Facebook friends, shared 26 links and commented on 98 of my friends' status updates. I was tagged in 33 photos and added 18 of my own to the site.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Teens who express own views with mom resist peer pressures best

Teens who more openly express their own viewpoints in discussions with their moms, even if their viewpoints disagree, are more likely than others to resist peer pressure to use drugs or drink.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Review: Take the time to curate Facebook Timeline

I've often joked that if something's not on Facebook, it didn't happen. Facebook's new Timeline feature makes that adage even more apparent.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study shows Facebook friend relationships due mostly to similarities between people

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes in science, the obvious must be studied to prove that the things that everyone thinks they know to be true, really are. Such is the case with Facebook. Most people intuitively understand ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Social network Path announces more ways to share

If Facebook is like hanging out at a banquet with a large buffet to feast on, then social network Path is an intimate dinner with close friends. Path is now getting new silverware and table decorations, so to speak, with ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0