A digital jukebox which uses social networking to select music has been developed by researchers at Lancaster University.

Technology - Software

May 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —What do all Twitter users want? Followers – and lots of them. But unless you're a celebrity, it can be difficult to build your Twitter audience (and even some celebs have trouble). Looking ...

Technology - Internet

May 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

More than 800 million people worldwide use the social networking site Facebook, and 93% of college students have an active Facebook account, according to a recent estimate. As both students and faculty on ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

May 01, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 2

With more than a billion active accounts worldwide, it can be easy to forget that some people don't use Facebook. In fact, "non-use" of the social networking site is fairly common – one-third of Facebook ...

Technology - Internet

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

Researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Minnesota have released a new study that uses statistical data to help understand the motivations behind Pinterest activity, the roles gender plays among users and the factors ...

Technology - Internet

Apr 23, 2013 2 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —In most demonstrations of quantum teleportation between remote atomic qubits, the atoms exist in free space. In a new study, scientists have discovered that trapping the atoms in optical cavities ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Apr 16, 2013 4.4 / 5 (36) 15 |

The chatter going into and coming out of the South by Southwest Interactive festival this year was that there were no real breakthrough apps or products to win over attendees.

Technology - Internet

Mar 29, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Mathematical models can be used to study the spread of technological innovations among individuals connected to each other by a network of peer-to-peer influences, such as in a physical community or neighborhood. One such ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

The number of connections people have within a social network may keep them from acting unethically, but their level of expertise within the network may also influence their ethical predisposition or EP, according to a Colorado ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Feb 27, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—Men and women socialize differently, and it turns out these gender differences hold true in online games that involve social interaction.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Feb 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

Computer scientists at Virginia Tech developed a new approach to address the shortcomings in the computational analysis of the multiple ways interactions can occur within cells. Their award winning work may lead to further ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 24, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(AP)—Pope Benedict XVI put church leaders on notice Thursday, saying social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter aren't a virtual world they can ignore, but rather a very real world they must engage if they want to ...

Technology - Internet

Jan 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Social networks can be used to describe the sexual interactions in animal populations and reveal which individuals are directly competing in the 'mating game', according to new Oxford University ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 22, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Social Networks Security Research Group in its Department of Information Systems Engineering has developed a novel method to predict how well or badly a student will perform in an ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 27, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 1

(Phys.org)—The closer you live to another person, the more likely you are to be friends with them despite the growing use and impact of social media, according to a study that drew on data from the location-based ...

Technology - Internet

Dec 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |