The day’s (and weekend’s) picks in social media and technology from 1/6/2014: Director Michael Bay walks off stage at CES after teleprompter snafu; fake social media clicks big business; middle schoolers sexting; family blames cyberbullying for teen’s suicide; crop circle
by Liberty Chick7 Jan 2014, 8:52 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 12/11: Man arrested for threatening tweet to Florida news anchor; teens party at mansion without permission and get arrested after posting pics of stolen loot on social media; YouTube sends
by Liberty Chick12 Dec 2013, 9:11 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 12/3: When web hoaxes go viral; the dark side of Facebook and what your status updates might say about you; impact of social media trends on teens; Alabama kicker gets
by Liberty Chick4 Dec 2013, 7:46 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 11/19: Healthcare.gov Hacking Threats; this stunt shows what strangers can learn from your social media posts; suspect taunts authorities on Facebook; Wikipedia versus PR firm; family’s week without social media;
by Liberty Chick20 Nov 2013, 9:35 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 11/6: CIO at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services resigns; Walmart website glitch accidentally slashes prices; social engineering experiment penetrates govt agency; Twitter’s top retweets: there’s a lot of noise
by Liberty Chick6 Nov 2013, 10:31 PM PST0
The weekend’s picks in social media and technology for 11/1 – 11/3: Twitter and retractions: it’s still messy out there when news breaks; Obama’s Twitter army; Trucker on Facebook at time of deadly crash; more on the /r/politics controversy; arguing
by Liberty Chick4 Nov 2013, 8:24 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 10/28: Durbin removes erroneous Facebook post about Obama insult; govt health agency is interested in your social media; ID thieves troll Facebook; archive collects Zuckerberg statements on privacy; doctors: limit
by Liberty Chick28 Oct 2013, 11:07 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 10/23: Group of Obama advisers planted false information to try and unmask @NatSecWonk; University TA accidentally emails her nude photos to class; ‘Scandal’ fan blogger allegedly unmasked; distinguishing between social
by Liberty Chick23 Oct 2013, 11:23 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 10/3: 13 alleged members of Anonymous indicted over Operation Payback; inactive Facebook page goes active to warn govt shutdown will make it inactive; texting is causing ‘iPosture’ Epidemic; tweeters are
by Liberty Chick3 Oct 2013, 11:12 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/26: Gmail Wiretap Lawsuit to Proceed; mysterious ‘Adorable Care Act’ Twitter account; Hashtag convo in real life; student mentions bomb on social media, gets arrested; arrest in ‘Biggest Cyberattack Ever’;
by Liberty Chick27 Sep 2013, 9:52 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/24: Fake waterproof iPhone ads dupe users into dunking their phones; ‘racist and sexist’ text messages land PA school officials in hot water; text stops are a thing in NY
by Liberty Chick24 Sep 2013, 10:45 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/18: Wikileaks slams ‘The Fifth Estate’ film, leaks script; Ex-NFL player watches his home get trashed on Twitter; ‘Does The Dog Die?’website spares you from sad movie moments; time-wasting websites;
by Liberty Chick19 Sep 2013, 8:51 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/17: angry tweets are most contagious; Grumpy Cat’s endorsement deal; anti-drunk-dialing gadget; Facebook’s suicide prevention resources; Chinese rebels deface government website with taunting desserts; TX man arrested for attempted hacking
by Liberty Chick17 Sep 2013, 10:28 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/16: Social media and the Navy Yard shooting; Facebook unblocked, then blocked again, in Iran; bloody teen fight over Snapchat sexting; social media and the Colorado floods; terrorists love Gmail;
by Liberty Chick17 Sep 2013, 8:44 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/9: Now Even Your Grandma Can Understand Reddit; Syrian Electronic Army’s social media presence; Snapchat tries to improve its image; Steubenville Hacker Checks Into (and out of) Rehab; hacked road
by Liberty Chick10 Sep 2013, 7:39 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/4: Now you can search for tweets as old as Twitter with Topsy; family limits tech use to pre-1987 years; is tech affecting your baby?; disgruntled airline customer wins Twitter;
by Liberty Chick4 Sep 2013, 10:14 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/29: Syrian Electronic Army says it may retaliate if US strikes Syria; SEA demands VICE remove article claiming to have identified its alleged leader; school to have students’ social media
by Liberty Chick29 Aug 2013, 10:55 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/27: Syrian Electronic Army Hits NY Times, Twitter Through Attack on Domain Registrar; twerk and selfie added to dictionary; NSA parody t-shirt pulled from shop; camp for internet addicts; epic
by Liberty Chick27 Aug 2013, 11:42 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/26: Officials focus on two minute window in NASDAQ shutdown probe; GIF Hell; game pokes fun at over-redacting; Reddit’s pay it forward moment; Facebook could affect your credit score; Kate
by Liberty Chick26 Aug 2013, 11:57 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/25: This is What Smartphone Overuse Looks Like; another tool to control your lack of online self control; delete yourself from the internet; 96 year old’s love letter gone viral
by Liberty Chick25 Aug 2013, 10:42 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/20: legal and technology site Groklaw shuts down over privacy concerns; social media and divorce; blogger burnout; appeals court strikes social media ban for sex offenders; several viral and high
by Liberty Chick20 Aug 2013, 11:30 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/18: Backlash over TIME reporter’s tweet suggesting drone strike on Assange; Google patents “pay per gaze” eye tracking tool; NBC hiring “media hacker”; what’s behind Wikileaks’ ‘insurance’ files release?; Stuxnet
by Liberty Chick19 Aug 2013, 12:56 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/17: Google blackout’s massive impact on the web; Facebook faux-pas nabs Huntington Beach riot suspect; church choir’s viral video warns Facebook oversharers; terrorists on Twitter; Wikileaks releases insurance file; hacker
by Liberty Chick17 Aug 2013, 9:24 PM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/15: “to catch a cheater”: researcher posed as 40 fake people in honeytrap experiment to study infidelity online; sources say Snowden downloaded NSA docs while working at Dell; How to
by Liberty Chick16 Aug 2013, 12:35 AM PST0
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 8/13: Former NY Yankees outfielder victim of radio hoax, podcast also remained online for hours; female Detroit cops’ bra sizes mistakenly emailed to entire police department; Gmail users should have
by Liberty Chick13 Aug 2013, 9:54 PM PST0