First there was Orkut in which people use to write walls and wait for others to reply. You could add pictures and your friends can see them. Start a topic and invite people to share their views for a discussion. This was the only past time back in those days. I remember creating an account and sharing my views with the world.

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook. Facebook swapped Orkut right away. As of July 2011, Facebook has more than 750 million active users. From just walls Facebook shifted to uploading and tagging pictures, sharing links with your friends. Update how you are feeling and your friends can add comments to your status.

Business use to run on Facebook. Facebook advertising was considered to be the most convenient way to earn and grow your business. Instead of asking visiting card people now ask what’s your Facebook id? Facebook became the most convenient way to stay in touch with your customers, friends and family.

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Midlife Crisis – Are you Having One?

More than just a cliché, midlife crises is experienced between the ages of 40-60. Psychologist Carl Jung was the first to identify it and calls it a normal part of the maturing process. Most people will experience some form of emotional transition during that time of life. Traditionally seen as a male domain, (I can just hear the women say: thank God, men are humans also. They “feel” also!) it can happen to women also.

“We call it a midlife crisis, but actually it can happen at any age, to any gender,” says Anne Devlin, a Sydney-based clinical psychologist. It could be triggered by divorce, a serious illness, redundancy, an empty nest, the loss of a parent. Or it can just occur out of the blue. The important question is: why does it occur? What are the deep-rooted factors that cause many of us, between the ages of 35 and 55, to go through what can be a long, frightening and isolating transformation? Read more…

Tropical Cyclone Phet – It Is Not Too Late

EMERGENCY DECLARED

MUSCAT/KARACHI: Cyclone Phet is heading towards Pakistan at wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres an hour on Friday after passing over Oman, Omani authorities said. “There were two causalities reported recorded so far,” an Omani civil defence spokesman was quoted as telling the official ONA news agency. “The cyclone has weakened in intensity since making landfall last night and its rating has been lowered from factor 3 to factor 1,” on a scale of one-to-five, he said. In Oman, winds were still blowing at 120 kilometres (75 miles) an hour, down from 180 kilometres per hour on Thursday, when alert levels were raised to orange (Regional Times)

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