News tagged with social circle

Earth Hour dilemma: When the 'like' button harms the planet

Green groups around the world are turning to social networking to drive their campaign for Earth Hour on Saturday, when lights are turned off for an hour to signal concern about global warming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Swedish town eyes digital age with Arctic data centre

Perched near the Arctic Circle, the Swedish town of Luleaa hopes that a massive data centre for US social networking giant Facebook will launch the vibrant industrial region into the digital age as a European ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Arctic chill brings Facebook data center to Sweden

(AP) -- Facebook will build a new server farm on the edge of the Arctic Circle - its first outside the U.S. - that will improve performance for European users of the social networking site, officials said ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Facebook-Google rivalry intensifies with PR fiasco (Update)

The intense rivalry between Facebook and Google just got juicier as characters behind the latest Silicon Valley drama evoked chatter of smear campaigns, secrecy and even Richard Nixon. It took the once-secret ...

Technology / Internet

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

After 150, Facebook friends are meaningless

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to Oxford University's professor of evolutionary anthropology, Robin Dunbar, after you have amassed 150 friends on Facebook, any more are meaningless because the human brain can ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report