Students in an Australian school who are under the age of 13 have been warned that they could be expelled if they do not delete their Facebook accounts. In a school newsletter issued to parents, Leonie Hultgren, principal of Harlaxton State School in Queensland, said that the threat of cyber bullying warranted the school becoming involved: “There has been some considerable Facebook traffic that either bullies a child of this school or in some cases denigrates some staff and the school.” Hultgren instructed parents of students under the age of [...]
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Where Instagram becomes Instakidney and Farmville is Organville. Facebook’s new sharing option – organs
Forgive the rather lame title but I felt I had to go out on a limb on this one. Facebook, the social media behemoth, is grabbing the corporate responsibility bull by the horns. They have announced plans to allow members (who are approaching a formidable one billion in strength) in the United States and the UK to “share” their organ donation preference. Ireland nor many other countries will not immediately have access, but it is likely this unexpected feature will spread like Timeline. Mark Zuckerberg and Co. believe this move will encourage members to [...]
Are you ready? 24-hour live DCUTV
DCU shall take over Aer TV.ie tomorrow as they attempt to host a 24 Hour Live Broadcast, at 8pm tomorrow evening. All shows to be aired throughout the marathon have been made by DCU students and will include DCU’s own Apprentice, Babestation and The Late Late Show. Last year the 24-Hour Broadcast raised over €2000, but this year’s team are planning to at least double that figure, all in aid of Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Throughout the broadcast there will be various ways to donate via text and the internet. Spar on [...]
Social media conflict as Yahoo! & Facebook battle in court
Leading social media site Facebook has entered into a gritty licensing war with its competitor (and occasional collaborator) Yahoo! after they were faced with legal action by the site over patent infringement. Yesterday (April 3rd), Facebook launched a counter-attack on the site by entering a counter-claim in a San Fransisco court, implicating Yahoo! for ten alternate patent infringements. Facebook recently purchased 750 patents from IBM in order to pad out its defenses in the patent war, making its total patent count 806 to date. While having collaborated in the past [...]
Top 5 Worst Things About Facebook
“GODDAM YOU FACEBOOK!” It’s 5 o’ clock in the morning. I’ve just stumbled into my house, staggered upstairs, cold, half-empty curry chips in hand, only to log onto Facebook and discover that I’ve been tagged in yet another photo where my eyes are closed and I look like I’m about to knock one out. “That’s it Facebook, I’ve had enough of your crap, I’m leaving!” I roar, my booming voice echoing across the night sky, sending a shiver down the spine of all who hear it. “Paul, wait,” Facebook pleads. [...]
Top 5 ways to procrastinate
After a long Paddy’s weekend, we both know you’re putting off that small mountain of work that has built up just so you can polish off those left over naggins. I know what you really want. It is an article telling you how to stop procrastinating. However, I’m not going to write about that because there’s a very simple solution to stopping procrastination. DO YOUR DAMN WORK! Having said that, sometimes you don’t even realise you’re doing it. This list is to help you identify when you are and will, hopefully, stop [...]
4 Facebook felonies & how to deal with them
Okay…. deep breath. My name is Nick and I am a like-whore. I love the feel of a good status. To quote the Foo Fighters, it is “My sweet Virginia”. The delicious feeling as it pops into your head, the nervous “will I, won’t I”, before posting…the tweaking and adjusting of each sentence, and finally the stomach-churning excitement when the likes begin to roll in. It’s disgusting, I know. It is the lowest form of approval-seeking, the exhibition of some random or funny thought you had, completely useless in the [...]
Time Out on Facebook Timeline?
How would you feel if your current partner was easily able to see images of you arm in arm with ex’s or a future employer was able to trawl back through your Facebook Timeline to see your university and pre-uni exploits? This is what millions of Facebook users now face and some are so unhappy that they’ve joined online campaigns to complain. Facebook’s decision to force its Timeline feature on all users has split its users, with recent polling showing more than half of account holders are worried about the feature and less [...]
In your Facebook
I did it. I finally did it. I deleted my Facebook account – or rather, I deactivated it. Facebook, in a brazen attempt at retaining its impressive 800 million user base disallows full-blown deletions. But deactivation is the next best thing – and this, together with a little tinkering at the backend of my machine means I can no longer even access the Facebook welcome page from my laptop. Like most addicts I couldn’t say for sure when my Facebook addiction started, but I know exactly when it began to [...]
10 reasons why life would be better without the internet
It’s hard to remember what life was like before the internet. Childhood memories of water fights in the street and playing games like kick-the-can are foggy in the minds of the technological generation. Although spending your weekends refreshing social network pages may be the highlight of your week, life would take a massive up turn without the internet. 1.Less creeps to creep on you whenever they want Let us consider for a moment the thousands of people who can creep on your face at any given moment. For all you [...]
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