Google+ introduces a Facebook alternative
The YouTube footage of Google+ suggests a welcome relief from the narcissistic tendency of Facebook, offering greater privacy and discriminate friendship groups. Currently in trial phase, the Google+ project looks promising. It’s sole intention is to enable users to screen their connections and place boundaries around intimate aspects they share online. For example, compared to […]
No Fan of F…b..k
I am officially over F…b..k. First, let me come clean. Yes, I see the attraction—the addiction, even. I acknowledge the pleasure in viewing pictures of my niece’s adorable baby who lives abroad—of my entire family and old friends who all happen to live overseas. And let it be said that I even enjoy being a […]
Teen Party Mania
A friend recently hosted a 16th birthday party at her home. Planning was military. There would be no alcohol and she and her husband hired three burly body guards to check guests at the front entrance. Several adults were also on hand to peruse the periphery of the property checking for opportunistic gate crashers. The […]
Helping Protect Our Children
JournoNews caught up with former New Zealand Police Officer, Tracy Scott, now working as a Child Safety Officer, to find out about her valuable role engaging families in the Brisbane community. What made you choose your profession? I had a desire to help people in the community to change their circumstances and be able to […]
Shopping with a Tween
Shopping with a tween has me befuddled. Perhaps what has me so confused and dazed is the fact that not so very long ago, I could go shopping for my little princess and she loved everything I produced. She actually wore it – even wore it out. My two sons were the same. No […]
Long Journey Home
From a boyhood in WA to a new life and family in London, Julian Leigh has finally brought it all together in the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. From a boyhood in WA to a new life and family in London, Julian Leigh has finally brought it all together in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The […]