A grieving family is blaming the social networking website Bebo for a 13-year-old boy’s suicide. Sam Leeson, a 13 year old student from Gloucestershire hanged himself. After his death, his family found evidence of bullying on his Bebo page, and believe that the abuse had been ongoing for a number of months. The Full Story … Read more
The short answer is no! The longer answer is that social media can be used for marketing purposes, but that is not what its purpose is for most people. Members of sites such as Facebook and Myspace usually tend to join for social reasons such as hanging out with friends, although business networking is becoming … Read more
Following a number of party incidents spawned on Myspace by groups of teenagers, a Facebook group has caused outrage in the British city of Leeds by trashing an award winning garden with a giant water fight. The group, Leeds Biggest Waterfight 2008 has over 9,000 members. It’s estimated that over 350 people actually attended the … Read more
I’ve just renewed my acquaintance with Clipmarks, and have been having fun exploring the site! Clipmarks allows you to share any piece of media you find on the web. It’s just like using scissors for web pages, because you’re able to capture specific content that you might like to share with others! In fact, using … Read more
