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According to new study published in Academic Pediatrics Most parents recognize that the influence of peers on their children's behavior is an undeniable fact. But, just how far do these influences reach? A study published in the September/October issue of Academic Pediatrics reports that adolescents are more likely to start drinking alcoholic beverages when they have large social networks of friends. The findings suggest that, in addition to well-established demographic risk factors...

Shwinkers is a social network for drinkers. It’s a social club for everyone … who likes to drink. Sanfrancisco, CA (PRWEB) September 09, 2011 Shwinkers, Inc. cheered to the debut of its social network for drinkers at Pitch San Francisco ‘11 at AT&T Park yesterday, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Like the drunken love child of Groupon Now! and Facebook, Shwinkers will serve up exclusive drink deals with geolocating technology and a social twist. The brainchild of startup...

The newly launched Jvenu.com was developed with the intent to help a large number of information professionals share knowledge, discover new resources, learn about products, services, and so much more. With a focus on online search tools, social media/networking, and new technology, J~venue publishes analyses about services and technology having an impact on the information market. Garner, North Carolina (PRWEB) September 09, 2011 Scotty Mcerry is not the only good thing coming out of...

  Facebook's net income fell just short of $500 million at the popular social network's revenue doubled to $1.6 billion during the first half of 2011, according to Reuters reports. Alexei Oreskovic of the wire service, citing "a source with knowledge" of the company's financial data, broke the news Wednesday afternoon. Oreskovic stated that the source "wished to remain anonymous because privately-held Facebook does not disclose its results." "The leaked figures are the first...

MIT researchers have created a new Urban Network Analysis (UNA) toolbox that enables urban designers and planners to describe the spatial patterns of cities using mathematical network analysis methods. Such tools can support better informed and more resilient urban design and planning in a context of rapid urbanization. "Network centrality measures are useful predictors for a number of interesting urban phenomena," explains Andres Sevtsuk, the principal investigator of the City Form Research...

CLEVELAND, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- After 11 years of development, the social media site FreezeCrowd is finally set to launch. FreezeCrowd is an interactive network that is free for millions of students and alumni in the USA, Canada, UK and Australia. The site uses a database of over two million keywords to "FreezeTag" individuals in pictures in hopes to show similar interests between friends, strangers and also to display the uniqueness of each individual. "Not only will you know who...

Responding to the increasing demand for skilled engineers in the 21st century job market, WGBH-produced PBS program "Design Squad Nation" is partnering with Rocket21 (the new social network where kids explore amazing possibilities for their lives and futures) to engage its community of tweens in the show's content and activities. San Francisco, CA and Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 18, 2011 Responding to the increasing demand for skilled engineers in the 21st century job market, WGBH-produced...

An online social network marketing community for financial advice leading to financial freedom; their philosophy is "Sharing knowledge today will lead to sharing wealth tomorrow". (PRWEB) August 17, 2011 A Social Network is described as a website where one connects with those sharing personal or professional interests, place of origin, education at a particular school, etc. Alexa list that there are over 100+ social networks worldwide. Social Premier suggests they offer a new...

Google+, the social network launched by the online search giant, jumped into casual gaming on Thursday, adding a dozen games on its site, putting it in a head-to-head battle with social networking leader Facebook. Initially, G+ is undercutting its rival by requiring less revenue from game developers, raising the stakes in the ongoing battle for social status. Facebook takes 30 percent of revenue from in-game transactions, while G+ only asks for 5 percent for the time being, the search giant...

ConcertCrowd (http://www.concertcrowd.com) is a new Facebook App that connects with a user's social network, creating a whole new way to track artists, discover bands and plan events. The App also shows which friends like each artist and connects the user to that artist's page, letting them listen to their music, watch their videos and find new favorites. Housing the largest upcoming concert schedule in the world, ConcertCrowd lets users search for events no matter where they...