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How has Facebook impacted your life - is it a cause for celebration?

How has Facebook impacted your life - is it a cause for celebration? Plus Tech Talk and road rage.

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Happy birthday to Facebook. The tech giant celebrates its 15th birthday today.  When Mark Zuckerberg launched the platform he said he was hoping for 'maybe 400-500' followers.  Fast forward fifteen years since its inception that number has now grown to 2.32 billion - almost one third of the world's population.
How has Facebook impacted your life - is it a cause for celebration?

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CORRINE HUTTON
We catch up with the first woman in Scotland to receive a double hand transplant.  Corrine Hutton has waited half her son’s life to feel his hand slip into hers.

TECH TALK 
Can you trust Alexa (and other digital assistants) not to snoop on your home?  Fevzi Turkalp is The Gadget Detective and Louise Blain is a Games Critic & Youtube Producer for Dialect Inc.

WORLD CANCER DAY 
It’s World Cancer Day today.  We want to hear from you - what has your cancer treatment experience been like and what advice would you give to someone going through it?  Brian Gemmell is a lung cancer survivor, Willie Auld has incurable prostate cancer, Nicola Pitticas went through chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma at 19 and Lorraine White is Deputy Radiographer at The Beatson.

TAI CHI
Could Tai Chi be key to keeping you on your feet this winter?  Charles Gorrie is a Principal Instructor of Practical Tai Chi Chuan Glasgow and Liz Christie is a 71-year-old Tai Chi class attendee.

ROAD RAGE
Auto Trader has launched a campaign called #SwearToChange aimed at encouraging a constructive debate on "road equality".....and to warn about the dangers of engaging in road rage.  So how can we get a grip on road rage?

SONG LENGTH
According to analysis by The Times, the average length of a hit has fallen by almost 30 seconds.  Does the duration of a song make it a hit or a miss?

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