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Likes determining self esteem, comments defining worth and followers controlling an individuals status, is what has become of us as social media spreads like a contagious disease.

Social media has not only changed the way we communicate, but the way we interact, build and destroy relationships. Is social media a gift or a curse? Does social media control our lives to a certain extent? Are we taking social media too seriously and forgetting its specified use?

The educational system has slowly, but surely made the presence of social media known.

According to the University of Twente, the knowledge gap theory hypothesis states that knowledge and things can be learned through social media outlets.The knowledge gap proposes an increased gap between people of lower and higher socioeconomic status is the result.

The knowledge gap theory is said to somehow increase the gap between people with high education versus low.

So, is social media benefiting students or is it causing students to lose their ability to think on their own?

I think social media both helps and hinders a students education, but mostly hinders. Social media might just be one of the biggest distractions to fall in our laps.

In a USA today, students have confirmed that social media interferes with homework. The constant urge to comment, like and check updates is taking us away from important aspects of our lives.

Social media has even impacted our interpersonal interactions and communication skills. Were so used to that divide, barrier and wall, that social media has intentionally and unintentionally shaped many of us, so that we dont know how to properly communicate anymore.

It has even shortened our attention spans. Many forget what its like to tangibly hold a newspaper or a book. In an article in CBS, Washington DC a psychologist addresses how social media is causing a distancing cycle and what many call a phenomena to take place.

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ControlAir lets you skip songs, adjust volume and pause music with a simple movement of your hand.

ControlAir controls for iTunes. Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET

There are a lot of different ways to control media playback on your Mac. You can use the built-in keys on the keyboard, the Today widget, the mini-player, an app on your iOS device, and the list goes on.

Today, you can add yet another way to control music Mac using your Mac's iSight camera and your hand. The magical control experience comes in the form of a free app called ControlAir.

After installing ControlAir from the Mac App Store, you're guided through a brief tutorial that doubles as a setup process.

ControlAir setup screen. Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET

In short, you raise your hand with your index finger pointing up. The camera on your Mac identifies the gesture, and brings up ControlAir's controls. Moving your finger down selects the highlighted control, be it skipping a song or cranking up the volume.

ControlAir suggests being within 1 to 5 feet of the camera for best results, although I was able to use it from across the room (roughly 10 feet, 3 meters) on more than one occasion when testing.

There's an elephant in the room we need to address: the fact your Mac's camera is left on the entire time you're using the application, watching your every move. The app's controls live in the menu bar of your Mac, making it easy to pause or quit the application at anytime should you feel the need.

If you're OK with that, you'll be glad to know ControlAir also handles playback commands for the following apps:

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Satechi Bluetooth Button Set Review - Media, Home, and Shutter Buttons
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RM75NL0 When I was first asked if I would be interested in reviewing these Bluetooth buttons from Satechi, I wasn #39;t sure how or why I would use them. But...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom has teamed up with RR Media to offer mobile satellite services for maritime and land customers.

The operator will work with RR Media's mobile satellite services division to provide services bundled with a range of VAS and built-in management and control toolsets.

The Inmarsat-based satellite services will be offered on both a post-paid and pre-paid basis that can be combined based on a ship or organization's needs.

With RR Media, we're able to provide tailored VNO-like services, enabling local and international shipping companies and others to monitor, manage and control their entire fleet as well as empower their own users in the service chain, Chunghwa managing director of satellite business Ching-Tsung Chang said.

Moreover, we can offer a range of powerful value added services, such as remote log-in and a smart control box, integrated into the core system. We're committed to offering a local and friendly satellite mobile service to any user who needs communication at sea or on land.

RR Media is primarily a digital media services company. Subsidiary RRsat Global has six teleports in Israel, the USA and Europe as well as 20 partner teleports.

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She said: I find it completely paradoxical and ironic that this is the sector where were promoting and advertising the notion of free broadband access.

Its creating an impression in our consumers minds, in businesses and government that broadband should be free.

Broadband is an essential foundation to growing the economy in the UK. It requires investment and sustained commitment. Upgrades are not easy and they are not cheap.

Virgin Medias owner, the European cable group Liberty Global, is aiming to invest in the network with more speed upgrades and limited expansion to cover new areas. But its strategy of making broadband the selling point of the network rather than pay-TV has come under pressure as BT and Sky have competed fiercely to attract subscribers.

Virgin Media is expanding its network in East London

Gavin Patterson, BTs chief executive, has accused Sky of literally buying customers with its free broadband offer. BT charges 8 per month for its cheapest broadband package. Sky went to war over broadband pricing in retaliation for BTs decision to give BT Sport away to broadband subscribers, however.

Virgin Medias call for broadband prices to increase risks provoking the regulator, Ofcom, which touts the intense rivalry in the broadband market and reduction in prices in recent years as one its major successes. According to Ofcom figures, the average price of a broadband package was cut by nearly half between 2004 and 2012, partly as a result of regulatory intervention such as forcing BT to allow rivals to control its lines into homes and businesses.

While broadband is free or cheap, all providers have effectively raised the price of an internet connection by raising line rental rates. BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media increased line rental by more than inflation at the end of last year and by as much as 6.5pc.

TalkTalk has examined the possibility of ditching line rental to introduce a simpler single prices for broadband and phone services that would make such "stealth" price rises more visible. It concluded that because of the way price comparison websites and other marketing channels work the move would hurt sales.

Virgin Media now uses faster broadband as its main selling point

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