Twitter disappoints beta-testers with a Facebook inspired design

Twitter is always looking for ways to capture new users since the audience is in decline. To do so, they clearly intended to inspire from Facebook's design, which is, sadly, far from everyone's taste .

 The new design was made ​​for a tiny fraction of users and unfortunately for twitter, for Matt Petronzio, a Mashable journalist, who was more than happy to relay the news.  This new design looks very much like Facebook with profile picture, cover picture, central column and tabs. Obviously these items are important to Twitter items, but must admit it feels particularly "Facebooky".

Top 5 IT Threats to Watch Out for in 2014

As the IT industry continues to expand successfully, negative effects also come along with the various improvements in technology, creating avenues for cyber threats and crimes. In WebsenseInc’s 2014 Security Predictions Report, the company determined key threats that organizations should observe including the increased volume of malware, data destruction, and cloud data predators.

Meanwhile, a different set of data from Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) revealed that speed and sophistication are the themes of these attacks, and it seems that they will still be prevalent for this year. As the company noted, “understanding the sophistication of the attackers and their tactics will help you to adopt a smarter approach to protecting your business”.

 

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To get you on the right track this year, here are some of the threats that you need to be aware of.

1. “Bring your own cloud”

Cloud services resulted from the convergence of cloud computing and mobile devices, allows you to store and retrieve information efficiently. However,

Facebook... It's bad for you!

According to a study conducted by psychologists at the University of Michigan, the more you use Facebook, the more you're unhappy.
 
These conclusions were derived after the researchers have looked back on how 82 young adults use Facebook, for a period of two weeks. When participants in the experiment started, they were asked to record their moods and the satisfaction they felt about their lives. During the two weeks, the researchers asked participants to answer questions about their general mood and the time they spent on Facebook since the last check, at intervals of 2 hours.  
The conclusion was: the more people spend time on Facebook during the 2 hour period, the more they felt ill.

The result was the same when they raised the average time spent on Facebook, for one person, with "average mood." Those who spent more time on the social network had worst moods.

According to one of the authors of the study, Ethan Kross, this could put a multitude of factors involved Among the reasons cited by the researcher, there are social comparisons that can be made when you go on Facebook, reduction of the time spent conducting activities supposed beneficial as getting out of exercise or the reduction of direct interaction with people.

Another study, conducted by the Humboldt University in Berlin, also showed that Facebook could have harm on the psychological level. Among the grounds which were then discussed, there was also the fact that people begin to compare their lives to the other by going on Facebook, which can lead to dissatisfaction.

Source : Two faced Facebook: we like it but it doesn't make us happy