Expanded study will track adolescent behavior on Facebook
A large-scale, long-term UT Dallas study focusing on adolescent friendships and electronic communication is expanding to include Facebook posts.
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012
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News tagged with instant messaging
Judge orders suspension of WhatsApp in Brazil
(AP)—A judge says he has ordered the suspension of the globally popular instant messaging system WhatsApp across Brazil because it has allegedly failed to help in an investigation.
Business
Feb 26, 2015
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Facebook aims to help prevent suicide
Help is just a few clicks away on Facebook for people expressing suicidal thoughts.
Internet
Dec 13, 2011
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You can't write a CV on a smartphone – digital literacy is no help to unemployed youth
Concerns have been raised for some time about the UK government's "digital by default" approach to welfare reforms. More and more public services are being shifted online and many fear that this will marginalise people who ...
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2014
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Texting is bound to decline but it won't die out just yet
Reports this week reveal the number of text messages sent between mobile phones has fallen into decline for the first time since the service was introduced. According to figures from Deloitte, the number of messages sent ...
Telecom
Jan 16, 2014
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Emails and texts in lieu of conversation could negatively affect performance on higher-level job tasks
Is your day a nonstop cycle of email, instant messaging and other text-based communication? New research from FIU Business shows that if you're looking to stay sharp throughout the day, you might want to take your fingers ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2022
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Alibaba buying media company ChinaVision for $804M
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding into media by acquiring control of a Hong Kong film and television company, ChinaVision, for $804 million.
Business
Mar 12, 2014
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Google hoping Web surfers will ride its 'Wave'
(AP) -- Google Inc. is hatching a new species of e-mail and instant messaging, but the Internet search leader first wants the hybrid service to evolve even more with the help of independent computer programmers.
Internet
May 28, 2009
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Google sets Wave free
Google on Wednesday opened to the world an innovative Wave communications platform that liberates people from the constraints of traditional email.
Internet
May 19, 2010
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Thai police seek to monitor chat app for crimes (Update)
Thai police asked the operator of the popular "Line" instant messaging app for access to records of online chats, raising concerns about intrusive surveillance despite promising only suspected criminals would be targeted.
Internet
Aug 13, 2013
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