Now Grandparents are More Tech Savvy

A study has revealed that instead of picking up the phone, many grandparents are now using facebook to update their relatives.

Half of people in Britain now keep in touch with their grandparents and elderly relatives by text message, email and even Facebook.

Facebook can Actually Make You Fat.
Using social networking sites like Facebook can make you gain weight, a recent insight suggests

Nearly one in twenty youngsters claimed to have their grandparents on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

According to the poll conducted by film company Twentieth Century Fox to mark the launch of film Parental Guidance, nearly a quarter of UK grandparents now own a laptop and one in 20 regularly communicate with their grandkids on Skype or instant messenger.

One in ten even owned a top-of-the-range tablet computer.

Facebook Shares Expectant Mothers� Due Date With Advertisers
Expectant mothers on Facebook could be facing an advertising onslaught as their due date nears.

Half can competently text, 46 percent are avid email users and 15 percent send messages flawlessly on Facebook, the Daily Mail reported.

Of the 500 grandparents polled 78 percent described themselves as fairly competent when it came to online communication.

Teenage Girls Using Facebook for Love and Sex
Facebook is quickly becoming a favored destination for a number of lonely teenage girls who are searching for “cyber love”.

And a further 35 percent felt that it was important to have a presence online to keep in touch with family.

The study found two thirds of young people said that the average grandparent was more tech savvy than they were five years ago.

More and More People Using Facebook to Reveal Bad News to Their Friends
A number of users are increasingly using the social networking site to break bad news as it helps them avoid the agony of speaking with their friends.

Source-ANI