Pope Francis has previously been an outspoken advocate about the benefits of Twitter and the way the web can bring people together – but has now warned of the dangers such activities can bring. Speaking to German altar servers, the pontiff said young people ‘waste too many hours on futile things’ and this is distracting
BYOB, OMG, and FYI are just soooo yesterday. New abbreviations pop up on social media every second, so it’s normal to feel lost and confused about the origin and correct usage of letters like “JIC” (just in case). So we’re here to help you learn 33 acronyms floating around. Behold, the DoMA (Dictionary Of Modern
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It has been hailed as the death of spelling and punctuation. But in fact texting does not affect students’ grammar and spelling, a new study has found. Researchers claim there is no evidence to suggest youngsters using textspeak – where young people miss punctuation and shorten words in messages – affected their understanding of English.
Experts have warned that the obsession with recording and sharing every moment could be having an adverse effect on our memories. One psychologist has claimed people are becoming increasingly unable to live in the moment. They say the phenomenon is ‘kind of a loss’. Maryanne Garry, a psychology professor at the Victoria University of Wellington
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Classroom walls are traditionally covered in maps, drawings and paintings. However, researchers have found that the colourful covering could actually be distracting pupils. The key to learning effectively, they found, was clear walls. ‘Young children spend a lot of time — usually the whole day — in the same classroom, and we have shown that
They are experts in the arts of patience, multi-tasking and time management. But when it comes to technology, it seems some parents have a lot to learn. These photos show hilarious text messages that American parents have sent to their baffled children. Amusing: One tech-troubled mother struggles with the concept of Google – or, as
For many people, chatting to friends is a major reason to use Facebook’s app on their smartphone. But soon they will have to download the social network’s partner app, called Messenger, to carry on their instant conversations. Facebook is reportedly notifying users of its popular app that they will no longer be able to send
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A Dutch teen had an epic meltdown after a bomb threat to American Airlines that she claims was a joke was referred to authorities. Twitter user @QueenDemetriax_ begged for forgiveness and to be left alone after sending the threatening tweet Sunday morning and within minutes receiving a reply from the airline saying her IP address
A schoolgirl hanged herself because she could not cope with the ‘21st-century pressures’ caused by social media and mobile phones, her father said yesterday. The family of 15-year-old Olivia Glennie had no idea anything was wrong before her death. The father Alex said the pressures of 24-hour communication by text, Facebook and the internet mean
Facebook will now require all users of its mobile application to install another app for chatting with their friends. It is officially confirmed that Facebook will disable messaging in its main apps for iPhone and Android and demand users to download another app – Facebook Messenger. This was announced by Facebook representatives to Huffingtonpost yesterday.
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