By Alana Roche |Staff Writer| A new, controversial app called “Peeple” is coming out, allowing you to “rate” another person based on their personality on a scale of one to five stars. I think Peeple is risky. It’s an unfair app and can cause detriment to a person’s reputation. The app is being called the “Yelp for people” because of its similarities. Instead of rating restaurants or stores, you rate people like friends, family or acquaintances. “This could definitely make or break someone, and if your ratings don’t do you justice, how will you succeed? You won’t, because an app said you were rated poorly,” said student Adriana Contreras. Peeple has been so controversial that … [Read more...] about Peeple app is risky business
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New Years resolution make it your way
By Emmanuel Valadez |Staff Writer| In 2014 the most popular New Year's resolution was losing weight, according to the Journal of Clinical Psychology from the University of Scranton. The Journal also states that only eight percent of those people actually lost any weight. Some of the most popular weight loss programs were Weight Watchers and the Myfitnesspal mobile app. Weight Watchers is a weight loss program where you keep track of your daily meals by using 'PlusPoints.' You are given a limit of pluspoints, which you are not to exceed by the end of the day to meet your weight loss goal. The program is customized to the user's height, weight, and age in order to lose weight … [Read more...] about New Years resolution make it your way
Instagram now with ads
By Clarissa Toll |Staff Writer| Instagram will now include ads within the feeds of their consumers. This comes shortly after Facebook purchased the social media photo sharing app in April for $1 billion in cash and stocks. According to Instagram’s blog, the ads will be “beautiful, high-quality photos and videos from a handful of brands that are already great members of the Instagram community.” The blog post also stated, “Our aim is to make any ads you see feel as natural to Instagram as the photos and videos many of you already enjoy from your favorite brands.” The company admits they will begin by slowly introducing ads to a certain allotment of … [Read more...] about Instagram now with ads