Do you know what your child is doing after school? A new study on the social media habits of young people in South Africa reveals important figures about social networking and youth identity formation.


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A new "Global Survey on Social Media Risks" infographic reveals a dangerous gap in corporate social media security. 63 percent of more than 4,000 respondents in 12 countries said that social media in the workplace represents a serious security risk — yet only 29 percent report having the necessary security controls in place to mitigate it. More than 50 percent of respondents report an increase in malware due to social media use.


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Research plays a fundamental part in enabling businesses to make better decisions. Amidst a recession and

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Wanting to escape the fall weather for an impromptu vacation to a tropical destination? Great, but whatever you do, don’t tweet about it. A new UK survey reveals that criminals are using social media to plan burglaries.


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Yes, you read that correctly. In a recent study by London Science Museum, the 3,000 adults surveyed revealed that Facebook ranked 5th out of 50 things they couldn't live without. In fact, Facebook ranks right up there with sunshine and clean drinking water.The results were meant to point towards the science museum's latest exhibition, Water Wars: Fight The Food Crisis, which showcases a need for fresh water to grow crops, along with the emerging technologies meant to help solve the problem. One [...]

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As part of We Are Social London's third birthday celebrations, those of us on the social committee thought it would be nice to conduct a light-hearted survey of the London team. As we're looking for new people to join our team, we thought we'd share the results here to let those thinking about applying get [...]

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In a study conducted by Nielsen for the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing http://socialtimes.com/where-do-people-mostly-watch-video-on-mobile-devices-at-home_b72516I noted one significant finding that the place people view video on mobile devices was right at home. Nielsen provided information on another interesting aspect of the study on its own website that:Consumers Say Free/Low Cost Is Most Important When Choosing Mobile Video AppsAs noted in Nielsen's own subject lin [...]

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