Is Social Media Destroying Real-World Relationships? [INFOGRAPHIC]

There’s no doubt social media enables us to organize our real-world relationships, and even meet new people outside the digital realm — both of which can be great, life-enhancing things.

But could social networking have an adverse effect on our quality of life? 

Consider this: 24% of respondents to one survey said they’ve missed out on enjoying special moments in person because — ironically enough — they were too busy trying to document their experiences for online sharing. Many of us have had to remind ourselves to “live in the now” — instead of worry about composing the perfect tweet or angling for just the right Instagram shot.

Worldwide, Facebook users spend 10.5 billion minutes each day surfing the site — and that doesn’t even include mobile use, according to the company’s IPO filing. Collectively, that’s nearly 20 years per day that people spend living online instead of offline.

Facebook users in India, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore all spend an average of more than 20 minutes on-site every day. In Singapore, the figure is a whopping 38 minutes.

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A survey by the social site Badoo, meanwhile, found that 39% of Americans spend more time socializing online than in person. 20% actually prefer communicating online or via text message to face to face conversation, while a third said they’re more likely to approach someone new online than off.

The online education portal Schools.com recently culled findings from a variety of media and research outlets to create the infographic below, which details the positive and negative ways social media impacts real world relationships. Check it out below for the fuller picture.

Is This Apple’s New Logo?

As Apple CEO Timothy D. Cook left the stage at the close of the company’s media event on Wednesday,  rainboytie-dye Apple logo appeared on the huge screen behind him.

When pictures of the logo emerged, speculation erupted on Twitter as to whether or not this could be a new Apple logo. Posts from Gizmodo and VentureBeat have only added to the mystery.

As Apple CEO Timothy D. Cook left the stage at the close of the company’s media event on Wednesday, a rainbowtie-dye Apple logo appeared on the huge screen behind him.

When pictures of the logo emerged, speculation erupted on Twitter as to whether or not this could be a new Apple logo. Posts from Gizmodo and VentureBeat have only added to the mystery.

Some on Twitter speculated that the image was a throwback to thecla Rob Janoff-designed rainbow logo that was used from the 1970s until 1998. But perhaps it’s just a one-time thing, meant to emphasize Apple’s new Retina display on its latest version of the iPad.

Whatever the case, The Huffington Post has reached out to two separate Apple representatives for more information, and will report any response from the company.

And if this is a new logo, it would be the first change in nearly a decade. Apple last changed its logo in 2003, according to Wired, adding a chrome finish to the iconic apple. Apple ditched the rainbow colors in 1998 in favor of a monochromatic apple image.