relationships

New Facebook app allows people to follow friends' relationship status
By Shannon McGrattan
February 21, 2011 - 2:16pm
Users can pick and choose which friends' status they monitor.

Posting your relationship status on Facebook might lead to more questions from your friends. According to CNN, Facebook has created a new application that allows friends to monitor your relationship status.

"Facebook Breakup Notifier" is Facebook's newest app for users. "You like someone. They're in a relationship. Be the first to know when they're out of it," is the promise the app gives to users.

Study says having a sister makes you happier
By Marissa Perlman
October 27, 2010 - 1:56pm
A recent study found that adolescents who have a sister are less likely to report unhappy feelings.

A recent study said that "having a sister makes you happier." According to a New York Times Essay  by Deborah Tannen, these findings are true. Other studies have come to similar conclusions. But, what is the science behind this statement? 

About Face
By Hallie M. Stiller
May 4, 2009 - 12:15pm
Facebook has reached new heights of popularity, but some say using the site has consequences.

As of January, Facebook has become the world’s most used social networking Web site, according to the web analytics company Compete.com. The previous site with that title, MySpace, had approximately 810 million visits.


Facebook is no longer purely the domain of college students. According to the site’s usage statistics, college students make up less than half of all users, and the fastest growing demographic is over 30 years old.