New York : While social media has been associated with a negative impact on children, 61 per cent parents feel that the online medium has enabled them to keep a track of “tweens”, according to a survey. “Tweens” is a term given to children between the early elementary grades and those entering teenage. 55 per […]
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Decoded – What makes you a social networking addict
New York : Ever wondered what makes you use social media so much? Blame the interaction of your personality traits, as researchers have found that it can impact the likelihood of developing an addiction to social networking. The study findings suggested that personality traits in particular — neuroticism, conscientiousness and agreeableness — were related to […]
Social media use may affect teenagers’ real life relationships
Toronto : Even as effects of social media use on mental well-being is hotly debated, a new study says that spending too much time online can create problems in real life relationships of teenagers and vice versa. Results of a survey conducted by Professor Candice Odgers of University of California, Irvine and her colleagues showed […]
Teenagers use social media posts to appear attractive to friends
New York: Teenagers use social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to appear attractive and popular among friends, and for that they make a careful selection of photos, activities and links that they share, a new study says. They work very hard to create a favourable online image, showed the findings published in the […]
Kids shun Facebook, more grandparents join the platform
San Francisco : Facebook is fast losing young users and two million people under the age of 25 in the US will stop using the social networking platform this year, global research firm eMarketer said on Monday. Facebook is still adding monthly users but older age groups are mainly responsible for this. The number of […]
WhatsApp Group chats can easily be infiltrated: Researchers
San Francisco, Jan 11 : A team of German cryptographers has discovered flaws in WhatsApp’s Group chats despite its end-to-end encryption, that makes it possible to infiltrate private group chats without admin permission. According to a report in Wired.com, the cryptographers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany announced this at the “Real World Crypto Security […]
‘Hike ID’ lets users chat without sharing number
New Delhi, Jan 9 : Homegrown messaging app Hike Messenger on Tuesday launched “Hike ID” which is a unique identity that lets the users chat on the platform without sharing their mobile number, thus maintaining privacy. “Privacy is at the centre of everything we do at Hike. ‘Hike ID’ is the next step for us […]