Scam Alert — Justin Bieber Video on Facebook
Another day, another Facebook scam to be aware of. This time, it’s all about Justin Bieber: “Justin Bieber STABBED By CRAZED Fan Outside NightClub! OMG! NOOOO! Could YOU Even Imagine?!?” Let’s say you’re a bit bored, and decide to go ahead and click on the link to check it out. But there isn’t a video. Instead, you are asked to complete a survey, and given the opportunity to send the …
Online iTunes Gift Cards Scam – Shoppers Beware
While you are doing your Christmas shopping online this season, make sure you are doing it safely. Cyber-thieves don’t take vacations – they are as vigilant as ever trying to get your personal information. One of the newest ways they are attempting this is through fake iTunes cards loaded with malware – coming from a seemingly innocent email.
Identity Theft Is Still a Viable Threat
Years ago, someone stole my identity. I had just gotten married, and suddenly my credit report was completely crazy, with new car purchases, new credit cards, you name it. Insult to injury was the fact that my thieves had unfortunate taste: they preferred shopping at K-Mart and bought used cars. Fortunately for me, the people who did it were eventually caught. The officer handling the case called me at work …
Death of Steve Jobs Brings Facebook Scam
When huge news hits, the scammers are always prepped and ready to take full advantage of the situation. Their entire goal is to entice you to click their link. Once you click, they can run any number of scripts to do damage. Their problem is getting you to click that first time. The more topical and relevant the link seems, the more likely you are to think it is legit …
Facebook Makes Big Changes to Your News Feed
It’s been over 24 hours since Facebook messed with my News Feed layout, and dare I say…I’ve already adjusted. This happens time and time again from our friends at Facebook: we get used to the way it operates, and then they go and change it all around on us.
Gamification of the World
There has been quite a bit of talk lately about the Gamification of the world. What exactly does that mean? I can hear you asking! Basically, it means you end up turning your life into a bit of a game. You earn points and rewards by checking in on Foursquare, you can also accumulate “kicks” which will bring you awesome deals and even prizes with Shopkick as you complete tasks …
Facebook Sued By Man After his Twelve-Year-Old Daughter Posted Explicit Photos of Herself
Recently, a twelve-year-old girl in Northern Ireland posted sexually explicit pictures of herself on Facebook, looking much older than her age. In response, the girl’s father is suing Facebook, citing that the social network does not do enough to keep children under thirteen (the minimum age required to have a Facebook account) off of Facebook.
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Google+ Circle Function Comes to Facebook
When Google+ first arrived on the scene and brought with it the ability to add your friends to different “circles” for various areas of your life, people were thrilled. Facebook sorta said, “So what? You have that functionality NOW in Facebook, and you aren’t using it!” The difference at the time, though was that you could share your status updates with only specific circles in Google+. In Facebook, you could …
Wild Week in Tech News
First came the announcement that Google was purchasing Motorola, literally out of nowhere, no one predicted this was even coming or in the works! THEN came the HUGE shocking news that HP was going to discontinue manufacturing their brand new mobile devices, namely the Veer and Pre mobile phones, and the iPad competition the TouchPad. The TouchPad was only released to the public 6 weeks ago, and a lot of …
