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Apple And Facebook Will Now Assist Employees With Payments To Freeze Eggs

(PCM) It has recently been revealed that major technology companies, Apple and Facebook, have added a new benefit to their female employee’s medical coverage which will now assist them with paying to freeze their eggs.

Because of the high cost that is normally associated with the freezing of a woman’s eggs, many women did not consider it to be an option if they wanted to wait to have children until later in life. With both Facebook and now Apple agreeing to assist their female employees in paying for this option it opens up new choices for women that were not available before.… Full Story

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School Expels A 4 Year Old After Mother’s Facebook Post

(PCM) Just one more way that expression on social media can get people into to trouble! A Florida woman has gotten her son expelled from his pre-school over a post that she made on her Facebook wall criticizing the school’s handling of an issue.

Ashley Habat got into a disagreement with the school over their scheduling of “picture day” claiming that parents are not given enough notification, however the school claims that a notice was sent home with her 4 year old son Will about a week prior.

Habat took to Facebook to vent about the incident in a post that read ““Why is it that every single day there is something new I dislike about Will’s School?… Full Story

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Facebook Uses A Social Experiment To Manipulate Users’ Emotions

(PCM) I somehow feel so used! It seems that Facebook has been taking part in a little social experiment that began back in 2012.

The company allegedly subjected nearly 700,000 users to unknowingly have their feeds altered to study and gauge the effects on emotions.

Facebook created the social experiment to see if the content that appears in a person’s news feed would have the ability to influence their overall mood.

It has long been established that if an individual surrounds themselves with happy people than they will in turn also be happier and vice versa, when surrounding yourself with negativity an individual is more likely to have a negative demeanor as well.… Full Story

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Facebook Leads To A Minnesota Man’s Arrest

(PCM) We always love a stupid criminal story and this one certainly takes the cake! If you are going to commit a crime, then your best bet would probably be to stay off of social media during the act, especially …

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Facebook Receives Criticism For New “Ask” Button

(PCM) Well, it appears that the days of stalking someone’s Facebook page to find out their information such as relationship status, hometown, schooling, etc is long gone. In an unannounced update, Facebook has introduced a new “Ask” button to the …

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A Woman’s Stupid Facebook Post Could Land Her In Jail

(PCM) The power of social media strikes again! A Michigan woman may be one her way to jail after she made a post on Facebook bragging about passing a random breathalyzer test.

A part of the conditions of her probation, 22-year old Colleen Cudney is forbidden to drink alcohol after she was convicted of a drunk driving charge back in 2012. She was randomly called for a breathalyzer test just after St. Patrick’s Day and then proceeded to make the following post on her Facebook page: “Buzz killer for me, I had to breathalyze this morning and I drank yesterday but I passed thank god lol”.… Full Story

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Facebook Looks At Featuring A New Button

(PCM) While I was hoping for a “dislike” button, the latest news from Facebook is that the company is currently testing a read-it-later “Save” button. The button would allow you to essentially bookmark pages that come up on the web News Feed and store them on your profile page for … Continue reading →

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Sheryl Sandberg’s “Ban Bossy” Campaign Being Met With Some Criticism

(PCM) By now I am sure that most of you have heard about the new campaign spearheaded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to ban the word bossy and empower young women to become leaders, however some are criticizing the campaign claiming that it creates a harmful double standard. While the … Continue reading →

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Facebook Selfie Leads To Bank Robbery Arrest

(PCM) 21-year old bank robbery suspect Jules Bahler may have sealed his own fate after posting a selfie on Facebook that featured him holding a submachine gun that he allegedly used to hold-up a Michigan bank last week.

Authorities allege that Bahler is responsible for robbing three banks in the Michigan area in the areas of Pontiac and Bay City. During the first two robberies in Pontiac a note was passed to the teller demanding money, however during the robbery in Bay City, Bahler displayed the submachine gun while demanding the cash.

The teller handed Bahler $7000 in cash during the Bay City robbery and prior to that, Bahler allegedly made off with over $8300 during the robberies in Pontiac.

A local area police sergeant tipped off the FBI to Bahler’s Facebook page which featured a series of selfie photographs of him posing with the submachine gun and also wearing clothing that matched a description to those worn by the suspect in the bank robberies.

The photo with the submachine gun was posted on Bahler’s Facebook page on March 5th, the same day as the Bay City bank robbery. Bahler, who goes by the user name of “King Romeo” had … Read the rest…

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Facebook Denied Whatsapp Co-Founder Brian Acton For A Job In 2009

(PCM) Talk about one heck of a comeback! There has been a ton of internet buzz lately circulating around Facebook’s purchase of the messaging app WhatsApp founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum for the price of $19 billion dollars in cash and stocks. However, recently tweets have surfaced from … Continue reading →

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Facebook List of New Gender Options

(PCM) Facebook has allowed it’s users several dozen new options when it comes to gender. Now in addition to your birthday, job, hobbies, schooling, interests and current location, you have the option of telling the world your very most specific, personal orientation. Your very own fine-tuned gender. The gender-identifying terms … Continue reading →

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