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Do you want to use Facebook Messages right now?

Piers Dillon Scott12 years ago

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Well, you can't. Not just yet anyway but you can request an early invite to the service from Facebook.

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Facebook announces new “modern messaging system”

Darren McCarra12 years ago

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Today Facebook unveiled their new “modern messaging system” that promises simpler real-time communication across any medium or device. Speaking at the press event in San Francisco Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, is quick to confirm that this is “not an email killer”, but “a messaging experience that includes email as one part of it”.

Mark Zuckerberg speaking at Facebook HQ in Palo Alto yesterday

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Facebook gives you more control

Darren McCarra12 years ago

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It was a busy day at Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, California yesterday, where Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made three very important announcements, largely giving Facebook users more control over what they share and precisely who with.

Entertainment

Zuckerberg to appear in The Simpsons

Piers Dillon Scott12 years ago

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In a PR stunt as flat as his caricature Mark Zuckerberg is set to appear in an episode of the...

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Mark Zuckerberg visits Newark school [PHOTOS]

Darren McCarra12 years ago

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Mark Zuckerberg, along with Newark mayor Cory Booker, visited a school in Newark that will benefit from Zuckerberg's recent pledge of $100 million to help improve the Newark education system.

Entertainment

Facebook movie receives universal acclaim

Darren McCarra12 years ago

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The Social Network, due to be released on October 01, 2010 has currently achieved a Metascore of 100 out of 100 on review aggregator site Metacritic.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discusses philanthropy on Oprah [VIDEO]

Darren McCarra12 years ago

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Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, appears on the Oprah Show to discuss his new Startup: Eduction foundation, which the billionaire officially announced on a blog post yesterday.

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Brains Byte Back

We explore how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. If you want to be better prepared for the new information age, have a healthier relationship with technology, and get more out of life using top technology and psychology hacks, this is the podcast for you! Every other Friday we bring you interviews with leading experts in the fields of technology and psychology combined, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of top tech companies.

You may have heard of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers, commonly known as Rajneeshees or sannyasins, from the incredibly popular Netflix documentary “Wild, Wild Country.”

Well in today’s episode we speak with a former follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult to get a better understanding of how this society functioned, what it was like to live in normal society as a member of the cult, and what it was like on the famous Oregon ranch.

With our guest, Annie (who has asked to remain anonymous but showed her mala that she wore during her time as a Rajneshee to prove her affiliation with the cult), we find out how she first find out about Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Rajneeshees, and what inspired her to join their cult, where she goes into great detail about how she found them when she was 16 at an Alcoholics Anonymous event.

She also shares why life as a Rajneeshee was difficult off the ranch in normal society, as society often treated them with a mixture of suspicion, curiosity, and fear. In fact, she was fired from all of her jobs due to her membership in the cult, but she also explains how she saw this as a positive, “a trial by fire” as she claims.

Annie also goes into detail about what it was like visiting the ranch in 1983, when, she believes, much of the footage used in the documentary was filmed. She talks about the important role meditation played in being a Rajneeshee and what a normal day was like on the ranch.

She also shares her thoughts on how accurate the documentary was, how close she came to meeting Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and finally, how she left the cult in the end.

Overall, Annie explains why she doesn’t see the following as a religion or cult, but instead as a community and how this community had such an overall, lasting positive experience in her life.