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Google Student Blog: Introducing Google Buzz - 6 views

  • Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It's built right into Gmail, so you don't have to peck out an entirely new set of friends from scratch — it just works. If you think about it, there's always been a big social network underlying Gmail. Buzz brings this network to the surface by automatically setting you up to follow the people you email and chat with the most.
Michelle Krill

Infographic: YouTube Statistics, Facts & Figures | Digital Buzz Blog - 2 views

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    "A lengthy 6,000 pixels long infographic takes you though the key events of the last five years and then breaks out the biggest channels, advertisers (they are monetizing over a billion video views per week), top videos of all time and some great demographic data. "
anonymous

Study: Children Who Blog Or Use Facebook Have Higher Literacy Levels - 8 views

  • 57 per cent of those who used text-based web applications such as blogs, said they generally enjoyed writing compared to 40 per cent who did not.
  • Pupils who write online are more likely to write short stories, letters, song lyrics or a diary, the research revealed.
  • Even social websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users too, claimed neuroscientist Susan Greenfield. “My fear is that these technologies are infantilising the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment.
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      Interesting, too, is the fact that the author is just 15 yrs old.
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    "A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."
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    "A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."
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