Here's everything I've done tagged with social media
Despite a 6 year streak of not losing my wallet, the ongoing craziness of 2013 has put that one to rest. Luckily there was no money in it (who has money in their wallets these days?), my debt you can have! As I’ve gone through the motions this week replacing things and adding credit alerts, I’m noting one scary trend. What’s up with the lack of secure “security questions”?!
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It looks like Mother nature chose to trick instead of treat this Halloween. Hurricane Sandy’s wrath saw New York, surrounding areas, and as far north as Canada become an apocalyptic disaster zone. It’s a good thing many people have the internet, social media and smartphones to come to the rescue, right? Wrong. When power went out, cell service down and battery life draining, many people were left with one question. Now what?
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By now the concept of “Liking” something is just as every day as the sun rising (unless you live in Vancouver, where the sun doesn’t shine anymore). With 800 million users on Facebook, there’s a lot to “Like” out there. Soon there could be a lot more than that—there’ll be a lot to “Want” too. […]
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It’s no secret that Google and Facebook have one thing in common—their love of your info! It’s to serve you better, remember? While Google tried to dig into Facebook’s success by going social, Facebook is now trying to take a piece out of Google—by revamping its search.
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The internet and social media has spread news faster than anyone could have ever dreamed. A scandal? We know about it. A sale! We know. A natural disaster? Can we about anything else? Are these things all happening more, or is it just hype and awareness?
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When is a breach of privacy not a bad thing? When it’s to serve you better of course—and when Google is the one doing it! No, that’s not a good enough reason? Well Google seems to think so. Where does the line get drawn between offering better services and invading your privacy?
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…a team of goofy cartoon superheroes here to save RIM from disaster? Yes you read that right. In a bold new marketing strategy for BlackBerry, RIM unveiled The Bold Team. Can these four superheroes save the day for a company headed for disaster?
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As many of you may have noticed, times are changing—fast. Home life, office life, etc.; technology is advancing so fast that many of us can’t keep up. You either stay afloat, or you drown.
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Gartner reports three phrases for tech trends in 2012: Mobile, Big Data and Social. Are you surprised? I’m not. Get mobile, get social. These trends aren’t coming though—they’re already here. Where have you been?
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Phishing scams rely on your curious nature to entice you to click. ‘Curiosity killed the cat’, and in this case your curiosity just got your personal data stolen.
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If you haven’t already heard, Apple is having a little press event on October 4. We’ll learn about the next iPhone and when we can get iOS5! Remember all of those cool features we heard about back in June? One feature that’s going to get some major usage once everyone upgrades is Twitter.
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After months of seeing this scam pop up, I’m shocked that it’s still going strong. By now most of you are savvy to emails claiming you’ve won money or you need to verify credit card information. You know scams are on the rise and clicking links in phishy emails like those might not be the smartest thing to do. Yet when it comes to Facebook, and the chance to see who is viewing your profile, people still click.
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