Social network create self-obsessed people

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Social network create self-obsessed people

Social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter have created a generation obsessed with themselves, having short attention spans and a child-like desire for constant feedback on their lives, says an Oxford scientist.

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Google buys IBM patents

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Amazon unveils latest video streaming deal

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Scientists create glowing dog

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Software to protect water resources

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Facebook tweaks face-recognition

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Google buys ‘PittPatt’

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Google buys ‘PittPatt’

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Monday said it has bought a computer vision startup spun out of the robotics institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

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