News tagged with awkwardness

The liberating effects of losing control

Self-control is one of our most cherished values. We applaud those with the discipline to regulate their appetites and actions, and we try hard to instill this virtue in our children. We celebrate the power of the mind to ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2




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Social media's impact on kids merits big debate: US expert

Facebook's big stock offering on Wall Street must be followed by an intensive debate on Main Street about social media's powerful impact on children, an expert on the topic says.

Technology / Internet

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift

(AP) -- Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO.

Technology / Business

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Transformer Pad TF300 a weak replacement for laptop

Asus' new Transformer Pad TF300 is among the first of a new class of convertible devices that are heading toward store shelves.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Female bugs overcome cost of traumatic sex

(Phys.org) -- The study of “sexual conflict” between males and females helps us to understand why sexual reproduction persists given that it can be costly, especially to females. One aspect of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chinese court seeking to mediate iPad dispute

(AP) -- A Chinese court is mediating between Apple Inc. and the Chinese company challenging its right to use the iPad trademark, seeking to get the companies to settle an awkward standoff over the issue.

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google hopes to revolutionize video chat with 'Hangout' apps

Christine Egy Rose realized she was on to something powerful. Instead of the awkward monosyllabic two-minute exchange her two-year-old son Jackson typically had over a video chat link with relatives, he spent a full 50 minutes ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: Sony's new PlayStation Vita disappoints

With the PlayStation Vita, Sony has attempted to infuse a traditional handheld game machine with some of the smartphone and tablet features that have made gaming on those devices so popular lately.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (28) | comments 6

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note a too-big phone, too-small tablet

When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note in September, the South Korean tech giant pitched the Note as a gadget that offers the best of a smartphone and a tablet in one groundbreaking new category of device.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 03, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (15) | comments 13

Blue light culprit in red tide blooms

Each year, phytoplankton blooms known as "red tides" kill millions of fish and other marine organisms and blanket vast areas of coastal water around the world. Though the precise causes of red tides remain a mystery, a team ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PlayStation Vita's rear pad a touchy subject

(AP) -- There's a suspicious knock on the wall. A dimwitted henchman working for an evil mastermind named Bakuki goes over to investigate the strange noise and then - WOOSH! - his blotchy body splatters across ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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