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technology TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2015 Tech Tips: Stuff you didn’t know you could do on Facebook NEW YORK: Did you know you can add a lot of people, and a lot of different UNSUBSCRIBE the likes and congrats roll in. Bask in the new feature, Facebook lets you spruce a pronunciation guide to your name on ways to say your name. To add a pronun- Anyone who’s commented on a popu- love and glory. Fast-forward a few years up the photos you post by adding text Facebook? Overlay colorful text on the ciation guide, go to the “about” section lar Facebook post, or belongs to a particu- for some couples, and the glory fades, not and quirky stickers, such as drawings of photos you post? How about mark the of your profile and click on “details about larly chatty group, knows that those noti- to mention the love and marriage. In this scuba gear, sunglasses or a corn dog. end of a relationship without your 500 you,” (called “more about you” on mobile) fications telling you that “Jane Doe and 4 case, you might not want to announce This tool is available on iPhones and is closest friends getting notified? then “name pronunciation.” Here, others also commented on a post” can the irreversible breakdown to 450 of your coming soon to Android devices. To use Many of these tips and tricks aren’t Facebook will offer suggestions for your get a bit annoying. You can turn off notifi- closest friends. Thankfully, you can still it, choose a photo to upload and click well known, even to veterans of the 1.5 first and last name that you can listen to cations for individual posts by clicking on mark the end of a relationship without the magic wand icon. Here, you’ll find billion-strong people-connector and before selecting. If none work, you can the globe icon on the top right corner of notifying everyone. Go to your profile and text overlay options as well as the same time-waster. Facebook is constantly also type in your own phonetic pro- your Web browser, then on the “X” next to click on the “about” section, then “family stickers you can use in other parts of updating its service, adding new features nouncer. the individual notification. You can also and relationships on the left.” Under rela- Facebook. or tweaking old ones. A lot can slip change your notification settings here to tionship, you’ll see a gray icon that proba- through the cracks even if you are scroll- ONE-TIME PASSWORD get fewer or more of them for each group bly says “friends,” or maybe “public.” SECURITY CHECK ing through your friends’ updates several Logging in from a public computer? If that you belong to. Change it to “only me.” Then change your Another recent addition to Facebook’s times a day. Here are a few ways to you don’t feel comfortable typing in your To do this on mobile, click to view the relationship status. After a while, you can trove of tools is a “security checkup” that enhance your Facebook experience: password on a shared machine that original post, then click the down arrow in change it back if you wish. Your hundreds guides users through a checklist aimed at might have malicious software, the top right corner of the post. You’ll see of acquaintances will be none the wiser, making their account more secure. This HOW DO YOU SAY THAT? Facebook lets you request a temporary an option to “turn off notifications.” unless they are stalking your profile to see includes logging out of Facebook on Web More than 83 percent of Facebook’s one by texting “otp” to 32665. You’ll get if you are single. browsers and apps they are not using, users are outside of the U.S. and Canada, an eight-character passcode that works KEEP IT ON THE DOWN-LOW and receiving alerts when someone tries and they use over 80 languages to com- for the next 20 minutes and cannot be Announcing engagements and mar- PICTURE PERFECT to log in to their account from an unfa- municate with friends and family. That’s reused. riages on Facebook is fun. Post and watch Thanks to a popular but little-known miliar device or browser. — AP Cambodian student held Will video games become over Facebook post calling the new prescription drug? for ‘Colour Revolution’ NEW YORK: Boys and girls want very American Psychological Association different things from their video cited by Medical News Today. Violent PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authori- “Does anyone dare to launch a games. In a national survey of both video games, like those from both the boy and girl gamers, researchers found Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty ties have charged a student with Colour Revolution with me? Any day, that girls care more than boys about series, specifically have been linked to incitement to commit a crime over in the near future I will launch a playing as female characters, accord- decreases in empathy, positive social an alleged Facebook post calling for Colour Revolution in order to ing to GDC Vault, a video game confer- behavior and sensitivity to aggression, a “colour revolution” in the country, a change the vulgar regime. Even if I ence series. The survey found that girls according to the study, which right groups said yesterday. am jailed or die, I have to do it,” he prefer to play as female characters, reviewed four mega-analyses previ- Kong Raiya, 25, an anti-govern- wrote. Raiya faces up to two years in whereas boys are fine playing as either ously done by the APA about video ment activist, was arrested on jail if convicted. Cambodian officials boy or girl characters. game use and behavior. In some cases, Thursday outside a university in could not be immediately reached Specifically, the study found that 28 these video games have increased Phnom Penh, Am Sam Ath of local for comment. In recent months percent of girls were more likely to criminal behavior among youngsters, rights group Licadho told AFP. strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen play a game because of the protago- Medical News Today reported. The 25-year-old man was charged has taken an increasingly hard line nist’s gender, whereas just 20 percent Studies like these have made it by a court on Saturday with incite- towards dissent. of boys said the same, according to difficult for Omernick and other start- ment to commit a felony and sent to “His arrest is a warning to other GDC Vault. up leaders to get the FDA to allow jail pending further investigation, he youths,” Am Sam Ath said. It also fol- Despite the difference in prefer- doctors to prescribe video games said. lows the recent jailing of a number ences, boys and girls both play a lot of instead of prescription drugs, NPR “He was arrested because of a of opposition members and activists video games, although boys overall reported. The FDA and other post on Facebook calling on people for insurrection over their alleged play video games more frequently. In help children manage medical issues tor of Akili, a startup that’s developing researchers say there isn’t “good evi- to launch a colour revolution,” Am roles in a protest that turned violent fact, 19 percent of boy gamers said like ADHD, depression and autism. a video game called Project Evo, which dence that brain changes actually Sam Ath said. “Colour revolution” is a last year. A Cambodian opposition they played video games several times Video games, experts told NPR, is aimed at helping children with men- occur” for better or worse. help the brain focus on specific tasks tal health disorders. Video games have term used to refer to a wave of anti- senator also faces up to 17 years in a day, while 6 percent of girl gamers Dr. Michael Ehlers told NPR that said the same, according to Pew. Boys and situations, which can improve also been known to help adults, too, more research that measures the government mass movements in jail after a court charged him over are also more likely to play on any giv- one’s cognitive skills and act like medi- especially those with post-traumatic effects of video games needs to be recent years, mainly in the former the posting of a disputed document en day, Pew reported. In fact, 60 per- cine. stress disorder, according to my col- done before doctors can be allowed Soviet bloc, although it is unclear on Facebook about the border with cent of boys said they played video league Chandra Johnson. In fact, some to prescribe video games instead of which one the student was referenc- Vietnam. games on any given day, whereas 39 Perfect vessel video games have been created specif- medicine. “It’s just essentially a digital ing in his post. Hun Sen, one of the world’s percent of girls said the same, accord- “The qualit ies of a good video ically to help those with PTSD cope version of otherwise typical kinds of In a Facebook post on August 7, longest-ruling leaders, marked three ing to Pew. game, things that hook you, what with their traumas. psychological and cognitive behav- Raiya under his profile name “Soriya decades in power in January. He is But both boys and girls could soon makes the brain snap, engage and go, This isn’t the case with all video ioral therapy,” he told NPR. “Quite Koko” said he would launch a revolu- regularly criticised by campaigners benefit from booting up their could be a perfect vessel for actually games, though, as some have been important is that we hold them to tion in the near future.

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