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It is pretty obvious that Friendster is the preferred choice of Pinoys. This is maybe because of the fact that Friendster was older than Facebook. Facebook started only in 2002. According to statistics, Facebook is the preferred choice in the US and other countries. Friendster has over 100 million members while Facebook has over 200 [...]

I just finished reading this article way back 2007. It’s fun to read and you can agree or disagree with their statements. This list comes from a University of Texas study published August 2007 issue of the Archives of Sexual Behavior (Study PDF). It asked 400 students and volunteers why they had sex. Keep in [...]

Reuters | CHICAGO – Valentine Lotharios beware: There’s a lot riding on a kiss, new studies on the science of smooching suggest. Researchers said kissing sets off a complex set of chemical reactions, and in some cases, a bad kiss could be the kiss of death for a burgeoning romance. “A kiss is a mechanism [...]

CHICAGO – Marlboro, the cigarette favored by adults, is also the runaway favorite of teens who regularly smoke, according to a new federal report released Thursday. The results led anti-smoking advocates to complain that the same advertising that’s supposed to target adults is also influencing teens, even though smoking rates for that age group have [...]

CHICAGO – So you’re on a first date and you notice your potential love interest looking down and fiddling with a cell phone under the table. Or maybe he or she isn’t even attempting to hide it. Call it a sign of the times. Or maybe just a sign that he or she is just [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adolescents whose parents smoke are more likely to pick up the habit themselves, new research confirms. The effect was particularly strong if young people were exposed to a parent’s tobacco use before their teen years, Dr. Stephen E. Gilman of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and his [...]

Tayong Dalawa and I Love Betty La Fea continue to top nationwide ratings! Here are the comparative NATIONWIDE tv ratings of ABS-CBN and GMA-7 among TNS households for January 29, 2009: January 29 Thursday -National Ratings Boy & Kris 7.4 vs. Sis 7.7 Pilipinas Game Ka Na Ba 15.7 vs. Rosalinda 11.3 Wowowee 20 vs. [...]

Here’s the list of the Highest-Rated Primetime TV Shows in the Philippines for 2008. Note that this is based on NUTAM (Nationwide Urban TV Audience Measurement), which has a panel size of approxinately 1,670 households across the country. TV Patrol World and The Singing Bee managed to enter the Top 10 most-watched shows of 2008. [...]

Reuters | LOS ANGELES -”American Idol” launched its latest run with 10 percent fewer viewers than watched last year’s season opener, ratings showed on Wednesday, despite hoopla surrounding a new judge for the hit talent contest. Still, the 30.1 million viewers tuning in to Tuesday night’s debut of the show’s eighth installment on the Fox [...]