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Anatomy of a privacy nightmare

Posted June 1, 2011 - 11:39 am

Gennette Cordova didn't ask to receive a photo of Rep Anthony Weiner in his boxers. Now her privacy has been obliterated. It happened to her, and it could happen to you too.
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A social media expert's stinging rebuke of a social media skeptic (please RT, upvote and 'like'!)

Posted May 27, 2011 - 4:39 pm

An anonymous social media expert defends his noble profession from a scurrilous attack.
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Windows Phone 7 Mango previewed

Posted May 24, 2011 - 2:07 pm

Microsoft's new smartphone OS is being praised with some familiar language.
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Breakfast links: Apple's music cloud looms

Posted May 24, 2011 - 9:53 am

Plus: Will lolcats remake the publishing business?
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The Taliban is on Twitter! And guess who they're following

Posted May 20, 2011 - 3:38 pm

10 million infidels can't be wrong.
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Survey: Facebook and Twitter hurt work productivity (cue outcry from social media 'gurus')

Posted May 20, 2011 - 12:11 pm

Despite its obvious advantages in the workplace, there's a productivity downside to social media tools, according to a new survey.
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LinkedIn shares nearly triple in IPO debut

Posted May 19, 2011 - 12:32 pm

Shares of LinkedIn more than doubled over their offering price of $45 in the professional social networking company's stock market debut on Thursday.
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Is Facebook really 'the most appalling spying machine'?

Posted May 3, 2011 - 2:07 pm

Facebook's an appalling spy machine? That’s what WikiLeakers founder (and Martina Navratilova impersonator) Julian Assange is saying.
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Inventor of web really wishes Twitter would 'stop foaming at the mouth'

Posted April 28, 2011 - 4:03 pm

The guy who literally invented the World Wide Web is somewhat troubled by the crude level of discourse found on microblogging site Twitter.
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Second coming: Twitter creator returns (again)

Posted March 28, 2011 - 3:19 pm

Ousted from his position as chief executive more than two years ago, Twitter creator and co-founder Jack Dorsey on Monday announced his full-time return to the company, where he apparently will lead product development.
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Life before Twitter: When news was news and lunch was lunch

Posted March 25, 2011 - 10:45 am

Happy birthday Twitter!
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Finally, the iPhone app the world has been waiting for

Posted March 24, 2011 - 4:55 pm

Here's a new iPhone application sure to appeal to our drunker selves.
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Universum's incredibly flawed list of places where young professionals most want to work

Posted March 21, 2011 - 11:58 pm

How can a list of 150 employers presented to young professionals asked to choose where they would most want to work not include Facebook or Twitter?
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I was a Facebook sock puppet for the CIA

Posted March 18, 2011 - 10:54 am

Are you seeking an exciting career pretending to be multiple fake people online while serving your country? It could be just a phone call away.
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IBM study: Many companies botching social media

Posted March 17, 2011 - 6:02 pm

It appears many companies are doing this whole social media thing all wrong, according to a new study by IBM.
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Beware Facebook private-stock scam

Posted March 15, 2011 - 5:01 pm

If you get an email offer to buy private shares of Facebook from a member of Nigerian royalty, or even a medal-bedecked Nigerian military officer, look askance at it (this time): Odds are it's an attempt to defraud you. No, really.
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Twitter put on double-secret FTC probation

Posted March 14, 2011 - 4:46 pm

Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, microblogging service Twitter has agreed to implement a better information-security policy following separate, successful hacks into user accounts in 2009.
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Crazy talk? Latest Twitter valuation jumps to $7.7 billion

Posted March 8, 2011 - 1:42 pm

Maybe it's the Sheen Effect. Or maybe private investors are throwing caution -- and reason -- to the wind when it comes to Twitter.
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The #WINNING! winners Charlie Sheen follows on Twitter

Posted March 4, 2011 - 2:30 pm

When Charlie Sheen joined Twitter on Tuesday, the "bitchin' rock star from Mars" immediately infused the microblogging service with tiger blood, Adonis DNA and pointless, unverifiable exclamations of #WINNING!.
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Biz Stone: Twitter has no IPO, funding plans

Posted March 3, 2011 - 3:26 pm

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone on Thursday knocked down rumors that the microblogging service was looking for funding or planning an initial public offering of stock. (Also see: Is Twitter really worth more than $4 billion?)
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In one day on Twitter, Charlie Sheen tops 1 million followers. Because that's how you WIN. Fools.

Posted March 3, 2011 - 12:43 pm

Twitter is on a drug, and that drug is Charlie Sheen. It will melt your face, if not the fail whale.
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Is Twitter really worth more than $4 billion?

Posted February 28, 2011 - 3:06 pm

In yet another sign that social networking services are the hottest investment on Wall Street, Twitter reportedly may be in line to receive an investment that would value the microblogging service at more than $4 billion.
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To the surprise of no one, SEC to probe private-share trades

Posted February 23, 2011 - 7:42 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission is widening an investigation into the hot secondary market for shares of private companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Zynga. From the Wall Street Journal:
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Fashion legend's 'funny' Egypt tweet triggers firestorm

Posted February 3, 2011 - 8:05 pm

A tweet by fashion designer Kenneth Cole that tied the political violence in Egypt to his company's spring fashion line backfired badly on Thursday.
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Google and Twitter give Egyptians a new voice

Posted February 1, 2011 - 7:20 pm

Regular readers will be shocked to learn that I am by nature a cynic. (Yes, it’s true.) I turn especially cynical when people start gushing about beauty of collective action on the Web -- crowdsourcing, the “wisdom of crowds,” yadda yadda. Behind every “wise crowd” lies an unruly mob just waiting to erupt.
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