Ian Paul

Apr 24, 2010 2:56 am

Facebook is about to get a lot more personal and dig deeper into you and your friends' likes, dislikes, and what you do online. This week at a Facebook developers conference called F8, the company pulled the curtain back on some very cool and soon to be available features.

What follows is an overview of what those new features are and how these features will impact your privacy. First, I'll start with five new Facebook features debuted this week.

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: May 8, 2010

DEATH NOTICE: The Tooth Fairy died last night of complications related to obesity. Born Jan. 1, 1946, the Tooth Fairy is survived by 400 million children living largely in North America and Western Europe, known collectively as “The Baby Boomers.” “We’ll certainly miss the Tooth Fairy,” one of them said following her death, which coincided with the 2010 British elections and rioting in Greece. The Tooth Fairy had only one surviving sibling who will now look after her offspring alone: Mr. Bond Market of Wall Street and the City of London.

The National Consumer Complaints Centre (NCCC) is pleased to announce the holding of a half-day Seminar on Complaints Handling 2010 on 11th May 2010 at the Cititel Hotel Mid Valley Kuala Lumpur in conjunction with the publication of our NCCC Annual Report 2009 entitled Malaysia Complains, Never Underrate Consumers! This report represents our fourth comprehensive analysis of consumer complaints resulting from their purchase of goods and services.

A total of 32,369 complaints were received in 2009 as against 28,080 complaints in 2008. This represents a 15.3 per cent increase in the number of complaints registered with NCCC. The top category of consumer complaints for 2009 is the “Direct sales” category, with 2,713 complaints. This category also topped the complaints in 2008, with 2,339 complaints.

Other than Direct Sales, the other top categories of complaints for 2009, with more than 2,000 complaints each, were Housing (2,686), Communication & Multimedia (2,512) and Future Services (2,347). Together, these four accounted for 10,258 of all the complaints lodged by consumers with NCCC for the year 2009.

HIGHLIGHT of the 2009 REPORT

Sub standard quality of services and products lead the categories of complaints received.
80% of bussinesses DO NOT respond to consumer complaint
65% bussinesses DO NOT respond to first reminder from NCCC
50% of bussinesses LACK knowledge of legal liabilities related to transactions
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(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-05-04 08:57

Toddlers who watch too much TV may struggle in school later, with measurably lower scores in math, and they may get bullied more than other children, Canadian and U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Less surprisingly, children who watched more TV at age 2 weighed more by the time they were 10 and ate more snacks and soft drinks, the researchers reported in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.