Social media prenups and Facebook weight loss
It was only a matter of time before social media made its way into the legality of marriage. This week news broke of the rise in contracts banning couples from sharing embarrassing posts – the penalty is usually monetary, with couples in New York paying close to $50,000 dollars each time they break the clause. It might sound like a joke, but once a photo has been posted it can be very difficult to remove and can be very embarrassing for the person involved. Another example of social media permeating every area of our daily lives.
If you’ve got a Facebook profile you should be used to the occasional milestone updates from your friends and families. Reports stated that Facebook have added a new life event to your news feeds announcing your ‘weight loss‘. As odd as this sounds according to Facebook, its actually been around since 2011, as well as a mix of other unusual ‘life events’- such as getting a tattoo, publishing a book, or ‘new eating habits’. All part of Facebook’s plan to be a complete online scrap book.
This week thousands of taxi drivers brought central London to a standstill in protest over the mobile phone app, Uber. Traditional London cabbies gathered at Trafalgar Square for an hour long protest about the lack of regulation of apps such as Uber. Growing in popularity, Uber launched in 2009 and operates in more than 70 cities across 37 countries. It works out the cost of a journey on the app which cab drivers say is the same as using a meter, which only licenced cab drivers can legally do. The police had imposed conditions on the protestors, limiting the demonstrations to an hour. TFL are seeking a High Court ruling on whether the use of apps like Uber is legal. The London cabbies aren’t alone, following similar protests in Paris, Madrid, Rome, Milan and Berlin.
A recent study by Localytics has shown that one of five mobile apps only get used once, proving how fickle smart-phone users can be. The most popular apps used are weather and social media, relying on constantly-updated content which ‘prove addictive’. According to the report Android, users engage more frequently with their apps compared to iOS users.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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