Facebook & Kids Help Phone Launches Help A Friend In Need

By Sonya Davidson

Facebook Canada, along with Kids Help Phone and TSN's Micahel Landsberg, introduced Help A Friend in Need, a new resource that provides tips to help youth ages 15 to 20 identify potential warning signs of suicide on online activity. According to Facebook 7.5 per cent of young people who have contacted Kids Help Phone have spoken about suicide as the primary reason they reach out.

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Sir Richard Branson announces Virgin Mobile’s RE*Generation expanded youth initiative

By Sonya Davidson

This week, Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Mobile hosted an exclusive live concert event with The Arkells in Toronto to announce a new initiative to help at-risk and homeless youth. The Virgin Mobile RE*Generation social initiative, which began in 2008, will be re-focusing on programs with partners that will help youth develop skills needed to get, and keep, jobs.

There are 225,000 Canadian youth who are not in school and not working. Virgin Mobile also mentioned that there are also about 35,000 are in emergency shelters and 6000 youth living on the street.

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Jony Ive discusses Apple Watch on ABC

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In a segment from the ABC special on the historic Apple Watch launch, Jony Ive talks about how the device is personal yet deeply customizeable and points out that the project was something Apple worked on for three years. 

Source: ABC via the Verge

Microsoft to replace extremely noisy Xbox One consoles

Good news for Xbox One owners with excessively noisy consoles. Microsoft is offering to replace those defective units for you. A Microsoft spokesperson said users experiencing the issue should get in touch with Xbox Support. The tech company will replace the unit for you. They said it doesn’t affect safety or functionality of the device though. However, we understand how annoying that can get. Good thing Microsoft is planning to do something about it.

Source: Game Informer