Study Shows Americans are Increasingly Unhappy

Even with the economy humming, Americans are feeling more anxious, depressed, and dissatisfied with their lives than they did in 2009. Polarization is ...

Lamppost Airbags Protect 'Smartphone Zombies'

The city of Salzburg in Austria is implementing some creative measures to protect public safety from oblivious pedestrians staring at their smartphones. ...

Costly Damages Traced to Reckless Gamers Doing Good Thing Badly

A study released by researchers at Purdue University recently traced millions of damages to users behaving recklessly in their attempts to play the massively ...

In the Time Spent on Social Media You Could Read 200 Books

In an article on Quartz, author Charles Chu claims, "In the time you spend on social media each year, you could read 200 books." Here's how the math behind ...

Teens Cling to Destructive Social Media

In her book American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers, researcher Mary Jo Sales reports a conversation with a teenage girl at a mall ...

167 Drivers 'Pay it Forward' at McDonald's on Father's Day

Holidays often have a special power to bring out the best in people. It's not uncommon to see a few headlines about random acts of kindness around Christmas, ...

'The Internet Is Broken' Because of Negativity says Twitter Cofounder

Evan Williams, a Twitter founder and co-creator of Blogger—wanted to set everyone free to express their emotions and opinions on line. So how's ...

We Touch Our Phones at Least 2,617 Times a Day

We're obsessed with our phones, a new study has found. A research firm recruited 94 Android device users and installed special software on their smartphones. ...

Teenager's Online Request for Free Chicken Nuggets

What's the most retweeted tweet of all time? Perhaps an inspirational quote from a politician or author, or perhaps a photo of a monumental event? Nope, ...

We Are Spending More Time on Facebook than Ever but Are Less Happy

From the New York Times:

The average time that users spend on Facebook is nearing an hour. That's more than any other leisure activity surveyed by the ...