The Facebook IPO: Explained in four paragraphs
Last week, Facebook took the plunge from being a private corporation to being a publicly traded business. The move from private to public allows for investors to buy into the tech giant company.
Game of the Day: 99 Bricks (Another version of Tetris)
I love Tetris. Who doesn’t?! There’s even a huge Facebook game where you can battle other people and smoke them in the classic puzzle game!
So as soon as I started to play 99 Bricks, a game using Tetris blocks, I fell in love.
Facebook: Did you know?
It’s unbelievable how technologically advanced – and dependent – we’ve become compared to a mere decade or so ago. The following is a video on the statistical side of things, but only limited to the Facebook world. Imagine how big the numbers would become if we included the whole World Wide Web, or even just…
The ultimate guide to procrastinating
Stress and exams are a part of high school life, but when there’s boring work to be done, there’s procrastination. More times than not procrastination is viewed as a time-waster, but there is, however, productive procrastination. I have been told that when preparing for a diploma exam, you should study 20 hours of the subject…
Young entrepreneurs eradicating world of dirty screens
If you have been checking Youth Are Awesome out lately, I’m sure you’ve noticed the plethora of posts relating to Junior Achievement companies. In any case, I’m thinking that you have probably figured out that this post is going to be a shameless plug for yet another JA company – Clean Geek! I’ll spare you…
WeTopia: Give While You Play
I think I speak for all of us when I say we’ve been victimised by those Facebook games that require repetitive planting, building.. the list goes on. They were pointless and time-wasters. Yet we keep coming back. Why? Because they’re simple and fun. Well, there’s a (somewhat) new game called WeTopia and in all honesty…
WeTopia
Love to play games? Addicted to Facebook? Recently, on Facebook, a new game has been attracting several people across the globe. This game is called “WeTopia“, where you create your own village and help out your neighbors. However, the part that fascinates majority of gamers is the part where the “joy points” you collect throughout the…
The effects of Facebook on your grades!
There seems to be an assumption in society that believes that the more time you spend on Facebook, the worse you do in school. However, as researchers have found that the time you spend on Facebook does not significantly diminish your grade! This may come as a shock to you, much as it was a shock…
Facebook by the Numbers: Infographic
An interesting look at Facebook statistics.
Updates on Youth Week Calgary 2012
Six months from now, Calgary might just experience the best Youth Week its ever had. Why? Because planning has already began with the five Youth Week ambassadors. Our very own Youth Are Awesome Steering Committee as well as the Mayor’s Youth Council are collaborating on this event to make it truly spectacular. That means over…
How to have the best Tumblr ever
If you haven’t read my Facebook guide to having the best profile ever, why are you even reading this?! People who have a Facebook profile have to have a Tumblr blog; otherwise, you must live under a rock. Now without further ado, I give you the best advice you can find on the web. And…
Google+ now open to the public
Google+. Some of you may of heard about it, some may of not. Potential Facebook killer? Possibly. But Google+ has just been released to the public, and is out of private testing and now in beta for everyone! Now some of you may just be like eh forget it, I’ll stick with Facebook since everyone…
Mac vs PC
It’s the time of the year where students are looking for new computers or laptops for school and university, or just because their current computer is getting old. The big question that’s always asked is, should I get a Mac or PC? While I personally have more Macs at home than PCs, I’ll try to…
A constitution written on Facebook
It’s true! Well, almost true. At the beginning of August, Iceland’s new constitution was written by 25 ordinary citizens with help from social media. After their economic collapse in 2008, Iceland decided that their new constitution would not be written based upon their mother country of Denmark, but rather on the ideas stemming directly from…