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  Not super smart, but makes a good friend: Toyota creates 'robot babies' to keep lonely people happier (Pics inside)

  World | October 04, 2016 12:29 IST

  In an attempt apparently aimed at making lonely people stay happier, Toyota Motor Corp on Monday unveiled a doe-eyed palm-sized robot, named Kirobo Mini, which can double as a baby companion for those left wanting.

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  Lonely people spend longer on Facebook: Study

  October 14, 2014 16:36 IST

  New Delhi: The feeling of loneliness is bringing more people in search of friends to Facebook, in stark contrast to the view that the social networking site makes people feel isolated, revealed a research.According to

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  Lonely, depressed in increasingly connected world (see pics)

  Lifestyle | October 10, 2013 18:33 IST

  New Delhi: Shweta Mathur has 700 'friends' on a popular social networking site. Yet, when she sat in a psychologist's office after her parents' suspected suicidal tendencies, she said she didn't have a "real friend".In