I have been a Joss Whedon fan since Buffy, and he continues to prove himself a god amongst men. Most recently The Avengers earned him high accolades; but today I want to talk about a little project he did called Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. I am certain any reader of this site is intimately […]
Dropbox has confirmed recent spam received by users was indeed the result of a security breach. It’s responding by introducing several new security measures. The company’s investigation into the spam complaints found that several accounts had been accessed without authorization because the account holders had used the same username and password combination on Dropbox as […]
After a legal battle lasting more than two years, the British man convicted for a joking comment on Twitter has had his conviction quashed. We’ve previously covered various events in the case of Paul Chambers, so here’s a quick recap: In January 2010 he heard that ongoing bad weather might delay his flight and tweeted: […]
Is this how the process works for you? I often find this to be far too true. Though perhaps with the slight amendment of at least pretending to go off and do work or sleep but then start surfing again via a different device and be looped back into the never ending circle of surfing […]
[Source: The Nailasaurus]
The number of Facebook users in the United States has dropped by just over 1.1 percent this year according to one analyst. It’s not necessarily cause for major panic, but the theory that there’s an inherent limit to market penetration is starting to look more credible. The report comes from Capstone Investments and covers changes […]
[GAS] reader Belinda just sent me these really cool social media-inspired outfits she created during the last few weeks, and I have to say, great job Belinda! Those look really great. I used to think I would transport myself back to the 50s and 60s if I could, but then I realized that would mean […]
Cyber bullying has been on the rise in the last decade and the main facilitator has been the social network boom. Facebook’s latest scheme to combat this distasteful use of our freedom of communication targets the 13 to 14-year-old user who may feel too intimidated to hit the site’s “report” button. The new button says […]
[Source: Brian @ Shoeboxblog]
The worlds of legitimate advertising and spam appear to have collided in a particularly unfortunate manner for Facebook. An investigation suggests that companies who pay to attract followers on the site may be wasting their cash because many of the people who “Like” their page are simply computer-generated bogus accounts. The BBC looked into the […]