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By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A surge in the use of smartphones as the leading device for accessing online news and the growing influence of social media could lead to an uncertain financial future for news organizations worldwide, a think tank said on Tuesday. Many news outlets are struggling to profit from smartphone content as more people
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Is Facebook posting all shameless attention-seeking? Well, it depends on your personality type. A new study confirms that people who tend to feel insecure in their relationships are more active on the social networking site, posting status updates and writing on walls, commenting on posts and photos, and “liking” updates in the hopes of getting a little attention. Researchers at
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Paying too much attention to your Facebook friends’ updates could be bad for your mental health, according to a new study. Researchers found that heavy Facebook use may make certain people experience feelings of envy, which in turn could lead to depression. “We found that if Facebook users experience envy of the activities and lifestyles of their friends on Facebook,
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JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Some Australian social media users sent a message of solidarity to Muslims as the Sydney cafe siege went on for almost a day, offering to accompany anyone who felt intimidated on public transit. The Twitter hashtag #IllRideWithYou had been used more than 90,000 times by early Tuesday, as tweeters tried to allay fears of anti-Islamic attacks
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