Plucky 20 year-old Belinda Baron had to abandon her attempt to be recognised as the youngest person to reach the South Pole on skis, after becoming cut off from all social networks for nearly 72 hours.
Posted: Nov 20th, 2011
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A Brighton man was held overnight by police yesterday after being arrested for not having a Facebook account. Sussex Police confirmed today that the man, 37, who was questioned for over 16 hours was one of the first in the country to be detained since new laws were introduced in September.
Posted: Nov 8th, 2011
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Stand aside ‘Planking’, move over ‘Batmanning’, there’s a new game in town. ‘Working’ is the new craze which has Facebook users flocking to upload photos of themselves engaged in the most menial, soul-destroying jobs, while wishing they’d paid more attention at school.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2011
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As people across the world put their personal spin on big global news events, shocking new statistics suggest they may be wasting their time.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2011
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People with too much wisdom and experience could find themselves redundant in Digital Britain’s new knowledge economy. ‘In the Internet age, when wisdom is just a mouse click away, there’s little demand for people who had to spend their whole lives learning by experience,’ said Gino Spencer, chief evangelist of Zeitgeist Social Media.
Posted: Aug 19th, 2011
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