What are IT managers most afraid of this year? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Facebook, social networking, Twitter, Webroot
British Twitter users have been witness to an attack on the site that counts some high profile folks as its victims. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: phishing attack, Twitter
A few weeks back, I suggested to a colleague that Twitter wasn’t the Internet phenomenon many folks think it is. Why? Because my kids could care less about it. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Pew Research Center, study, teenagers, Twitter, use
Forget that pesky “innocent until proven guilty” principle of American justice. A Texas district attorney has decided that alleged drunk drivers deserve to have their identities broadcast upon arrest — before a conviction. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Brett Ligon, district attorney, drunk driving, Montgomery County, Texas, Twitter
We’ve all heard stories about employees’ Twitter gaffes. Now even members of Canadian Parliament can’t resist saying really stupid things online. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re looking at Twitter as part of a social networking strategy to promote your business or organization, be aware: You’re jumping onto a full bandwagon, crowded with everyone from dead presidents to women in labor. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Twitter
It’s no surprise to folks who spend a lot of time on the site that much of what’s on Twitter is, well, junk. Or, in the words of one group of Web analysts, “pointless babble.” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: content, Pear Analytics, study, Twitter
Any parent can tell you that kids will likely scatter when grownups show up. And that’s what seems to be happening to the once-hip social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: data, demographics, Facebook, Neilsen, Twitter
This week’s attacks on both Facebook and Twitter appear to have been the work of some cybercriminals targeting one particular user who happens to be Georgian. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: DoS attack, Facebook, Google, Russia, Twitter, YouTube
Being friends with Marines is going to be tougher in the future now that the Corps’ leaders have decided to ban use of the their computer network for accessing social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Department of Defense, Facebook, Marines, Myspace, Pentagon, social networking sites, Twitter
