Google has released the list of most searched words in 2010. The ranking, known as 'Zeitgeist', is led in Spain by Facebook and Tuenti, the two most popular social networks on the Internet. It is completed by the terms YouTube (Google's video channel is in third position), Hotmail, Brand, games, Google, videos, Yahoo and AS.
Stopping phenomena such as cyberbullying or analyzing the spread of rumors through the Internet are some of the objectives of Ciberguardian, an application capable of connecting to a social network and automatically extracting information from web pages.
A study carried out analyzing the Facebook statuses of 10,000 people has established that two weeks before Christmas and the day after the celebration of Valentine's Day are the times when most couples separate.
Only 28% of Spaniards participate in social network websites such as Facebook, Tuenti, MySpace and Twitter, below the average for the European Union (35%). Spain is, together with Germany, the Member State with the highest percentage of citizens who never connect to a social network, according to the latest Eurobarometer data.
The University of Harrisburg, in Pennsylvania (USA), has carried out a curious experiment banning 800 students from the use of social networks for a week to observe how technology affected their lives. Research concludes that being excessively connected on social media can increase stress.
Social contacts increase the quality of life of people and their loss is as harmful to health as obesity, tobacco or lack of exercise, according to a study published in the journal PLoS Medicine.
The anthropomorphic robot Robonaut 2 or R2 from NASA and General Motors has no voice but has begun to communicate via Twitter using messages of 140 characters or less in which it talks about its upcoming 'STS-133' mission in space.
Coinciding with the celebration of World Internet Day, CISCO has presented a report in which it assures that, in the last decade, the Internet has changed our lives in 10 fundamental aspects: access to information, leisure, interpersonal relationships, work ... ..
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
