If you were staying off Facebook or Twitter because it may have been sacrilegious, you’ve lost your excuse.
Pope Benedict XVI has given social networking his blessing, saying some services and search engines are “the starting point of communication for many people who are seeking advice, ideas, information and answers.”
Have a confession to make? While there may be an app to let you do that, the Roman Catholic Church's head honchos in the Vatican say a digital confession is no substitution for the real thing.
Reports first emerged earlier this week that there'd be an app for the iPhone and iPad that would let Catholics confess to their mobile devices. The app is called 'Confession: A Roman Catholic App.'
Usually a priest or minister will ask you to turn off your BlackBerry or iPhone during a service. But in Nova Scotia, Rev. Lisa Vaughan will be asking people to turn them on – and bring them to the front for an unusual blessing.
Danny Bradbury is a technology journalist with 20 years' experience. He writes regularly for publications including the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Financial Post, and Backbone magazine. Danny also writes and directs documentaries.
Maurice CachoMaurice Cacho is a Toronto-based journalist mixing his love for tech with a passion for news. He's also CP24's Web Journalist and appears daily on CP24 Breakfast and weekly on the channel's tech show, Webnation, discussing tech news and trends.
