Claim or Create your Free Community Profile : Sign in / Sign up
No "Facebook fatigue" for longtime users: survey
Feb 3rd, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - So much for "Facebook fatigue." A survey released on Friday shows that people who have used the social networking site over a long period - since its founding in 2004, say - show no sign that they are tired of posting pictures, updating weekend plans or just relaying random thoughts. The Pew Research Center report, based on a U.S. phone survey, logs and data from November 2010, sheds light on Facebook's possible long-term popularity as the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg heads for a $5 billion initial public offering. ... (Source: Reuters) -
Alan Abelson, who spent 57 years as a writer, editor and chief columnist for financial news publication Barron's, has died at the age of 87. The author of the long-running Up and Down Wall Street column ... (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Twitter was amused earlier today by reports of a Saudi Arabian sheikh dooming Twitter users to a loss of "this world and his afterlife." What to an American observer seems like inexplicable hyperbole may actually be an escalation of attempts to crackdown on a key tool for dissent. (Source: The Atlantic Wire)... [Full Article]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]