The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/3 include: Aaron Swartz prosecutors are receiving graphic threats and one has had his Facebook hacked, Embassy Cairo shuts down its Twitter feed after Muslim Brotherhood spat, a Facebook group
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/2 include: the epic court hearing in the case of infamous copyright trolls Prenda Law, man’s Facebook hookup turned out to be a heist, Should Tweets Cost You Your Job?,
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/1 include: an Egyptian TV satirist facing charges of insulting President Mohamed Morsi and denigrating Islam tweets from the courthouse (and some of his tweets are funny), Netflix’s hilarious April
The weekend’s top stories in social media and technology for 3/30 and 3/31 include: Google plays an April Fool’s Day prank, an entire town’s ban on social media (or is it?), the resignation of the Chicago Mayor office’s social media
Today’s top stories in social media and technology for 3/28 include: BioShock Infinite creator doesn’t believe in Utopias, the inside story on the ‘biggest attack ever’ on the internet, Greta Van Susteren’s tale of her real life stalker, updates on
Today’s top stories in social media, technology and gaming for 3/27 include: charges for a Wisconsin man accused in the 2011 Koch Industries cyberattack during the Wisconsin recall protests, a widespread DDoS attack affects almost the entire internet, more on
“The Good Wife” on CBS television will feature the hacker collective Anonymous in an upcoming episode that draws a striking parallel to the mainstream media’s representation of Anonymous in the Steubenville, Ohio rape case. A description, according to entertainment site
If you’re having trouble reaching a website or streaming a Netflix movie today, you can thank activists claiming association to an outfit known as Cyberbunker, whom are said to be conducting “the largest known DDoS operation” ever, as we speak.
A Wisconsin man was charged on Tuesday for his involvement in the 2011 cyberattack on Koch Industries, in which the hacker collective Anonymous launched a series of distributed denial of service attacks on several websites associated with the company. Eric
Today’s top stories in social media and technology include a college student who broke into a stranger’s home to use Facebook (and pee), the Israeli Defense Forces’ crackdown on soldiers’ use of social media, Facebook’s new threaded comments feature, Google
You just knew they weren’t going to pass up this opportunity. ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment Featured In Law & Order Plot Law & Order Special Victims Unit on NBC will feature Missouri Rep. Todd Akin’s comment in an upcoming episode. “Ripped
Today’s top stories in social media and technology include social media public shaming that’s gotten out of control, Mayor Bloomberg tells people to think before they tweet, meeting strangers online, several cyberstalking and harassment cases, how criminals use your Facebook
Today’s top stories in social media and technology include a dongle joke that prompted 2 firings and an ill-informed DDoS attack, Yoko Ono tweets anti-gun propaganda, law blogger Popehat’s Reddit debut, a comment on the BlazingCatFur blog brings a police
In response to E-Cigs Take Another Blow : You know what this made me think of, Kerry? There was a great interview that Andrew Breitbart did in May of 2011 with Adam Carolla, and they got to talking about how
Russia Today has released excerpts of what are said to be highly sensitive emails sent from a former Clinton administration staffer to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following the September attacks on the consulate in Benghazi, obtained this week by
============================================Social Media Trends and Faux Pas.============================================ Interesting read, as the AMA sessions have in fact become influential over time. How Reddit’s Ask Me Anything became part of the mainstream media circuit A happy Facebook story. ‘This is truly a
==================================================== Social Media Trends, Bad Behavior and Faux Pas. ==================================================== That’s one way to handle your troll – show up AT HIS HOUSE and tweet him photos from there. Boxer combats cyberbullying by tracking down his Twitter bully
========================================= Social Media and Technology Trends. ========================================= Personally, I think a “Dislike” button would reveal far more about me… Facebook ‘Likes’ reveal more about you than you think Awwwwwww. Facebook Marriage Proposal: Social Media Helps Techie Boyfriend Pop The
UPDATE 3/12/2013 3:40pm EST: Credit reporting agencies Equifax and TransUnion Corp have confirmed that at least some of the credit reports in question have been improperly accessed. Equifax specifically states that it “can confirm that fraudulent and unauthorized access to
================================================Social Media Trends and Happenings.================================================ When celebrities attack! Shia LaBeouf Flames Alec Baldwin On Twitter, But Leaves Huge Hunting Knife At Home Presented without comment… You be the judge. Facebook’s breast police censor famous art museum I think one point
=================================================== Crimes, Hoaxes and Bad Behavior on Social Media. =================================================== Dumb criminals are dumb. 7 Dumb Criminals Show Off Their Crimes on Social Media When you’re pondering doing dumb things, even the cloud is not safe. Verizon turns in
===================================== Social media trends. ===================================== An interesting concept, but I suspect not many had the willpower yesterday. Today is the National Day of Unplugging, so did you stay offline? Get ready for change. Facebook Event to Unveil ‘New Look’
Recently, I posted about why LOLcats matter in politics. The message of that post focused on an important point that Andrew Breitbart once made: “Politics is downstream from culture.” I’ve frequently said the same thing about video games. Gamer culture
I’ll never forget the first phone call I received from Andrew Breitbart. He just called me out of the blue, with this “excitable boy” sort of voice that caught me off guard. “Hey. Liberty Chick?” “Um, yes,” I answered hesitantly,
================================================== Social media trends, curiosities and faux pas. ================================================== More people doing dumb things on Facebook. Former Penn admissions officer derided applicants on Facebook An opt-in bully-watching service. Creepy, creative or unnecessary? Company monitors Facebook for schools to
