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  • Majority of teenagers now flocking to Twitter as Facebook enthusiasm wanes Study

    Teenagers are now turning to Twitter as their enthusiasm for Facebook is waning, a new study has found. The new report from the Pew Research Centre in America showed that teenagers "have waning enthusiasm" for Facebook, and increasingly seen as a burden. The report cited a number of reasons for the decreased enthusiasm in Facebook, including an 'increasing number of adults on the site', the ...

  • Twitter beefs up security following recent hacking spate

    Twitter is bringing in an optional two-step login for users to beef up security following recent high-profile breaches. The micro-blogging site said it would introduce the new system 'to make sure it's really you' when a user signs in. Recently news organisations' accounts, such as the Financial Times and the newswire service the Associated Press (AP) were hacked. According to the BBC, some ...

  • Penitent Warner fined 5750 dollars by CA for Twitter rant

    Australian Test cricketer David Warner has copped a 5750-dollar fine from Cricket Australia for his Twitter rant controversy. Warner had pleaded guilty to unbecoming behaviour after his expletive-laden criticism of senior News Ltd cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn for an article by Craddock exposing the sleazy nightlife and alleged corruption within the Indian Premier League ...

  • Facebook to revise violent content at all levels

    Facebook is facing criticism regarding its content policy after videos showing people being beheaded were reported. Facebook reportedly admitted that it does not always make the right decisions on banning violent content. According to the BBC, the videos show a woman and two men having their heads cut off. Donald Turvill, 16, termed the clips to be too shocking. Young users across the site ...

  • David Warner fined $5750 for twitter rant

    Australia's opening batsman David Warner was Wednesday found guilty of breaching the Cricket Australia (CA) Code of Behaviour and was fined $5,750 for his twitter rant. Warner, who pleaded guilty, received the maximum financial penalty for a first offence under rule 6 of CA's Code of Behaviour, CA said in a statement. "In hindsight, clearly I let my frustrations get the better of me and posted ...

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High Art

"High Art" is an oddly unaffecting, dark character drama about a naive young woman who becomes infatuated with a once-celebrated photographer who left the art scene 10 years earlier. The film marks the writing/directing debut of Lisa Cholodenko, an assistant editor on numerous Hollywood films, and there is no doubt that Cholodenko has talent as a director. "High Art" is filmed with a kind of absor ... ...

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  • Nikki Sixx lashes out at Kim K for promoting make-up line during Okla. tornado

    Nikki Sixx has slammed Kim Kardashian on Twitter for promoting her new make-up collection on Monday in the aftermath of the disastrous tornado that destroyed a suburb near Oklahoma City. After the 'Motley Crue' bassist tweeted about the Red Cross relief for the ruined town, the reality TV star soon followed with her plug on her own makeup line on the website, the New York Post reported. "Love ...

  • LinkedIns star rising past Facebook

    Just more than a year has passed since Facebook's hyped listing, the biggest since Google, and a good time to see how the stock has fared and whether investors who jumped on the bandwagon at listing have benefited. Although not directly comparable, it is worth having a look at how business networking site LinkedIn has done on the market when compared against its social peer as a yard ...

  • Google+ uses conference to roll out changes

    Google has revealed a host of updates to its social media offering, Google+. The changes were announced at the company's recent Google I/O conference. The developments include an overhaul of the site's layout, with users now offered a fresh multi-column design for the site's news feed, Google+ Stream. With this, users will be able to ...

  • Twitter steps up security after hack attacks

    Twitter has introduced technology to boost security for its users. The move follows a spate of attacks on accounts of major media outlets including the Associated Press and the Financial Times. The site said that it had begun rolling out an optional "login verification" service to thwart hackers. Security experts welcomed the move as a positive step toward securing the service. ...

  • Twitter beefs up security

    The micro-blogging site has begun rolling out an optional "login verification" service. Twitter unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, Financial Times and The Onion. The micro-blogging site, which transmits some 400 million messages a day, said yesterday it had begun ...

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