SocialNetworker
- I know who won #SxSW – because they forced it on me March 15, 2010
- Over 300k checkins for Foursquare, now how do I find you? March 12, 2010
- All We Had Was a Stick and a Button – now too much complication March 9, 2010
- Twitter opts your privacy in automatically March 1, 2010
- Visualize.us – social bookmarking for your favorite images February 25, 2010
Security
School provided laptops, should you expect privacy?
Recent news in Pennsylvania, from Lower Marion School District, has the school and officials under fire from parents and students claiming their expected privacy was compromised. We have an opinion right in the middle of this controversy.
The school provided the students these laptops with the understanding they
were to be used for school activity. Whether or… »
Are your kids downloading shared files? Beware hidden content
Years ago, sites such as Napster were huge for sharing music and then on to movies. Recently, people have turned to torrents and services like Limewire. For our parent readers, and those not heavily technical, Limewire let’s people share videos, pictures, music and more from their local computers. When you search for a file, it… »
Facebook phishing scams – were you hooked
Recently rash of the same type of phishing scam has been showing up on Facebook in numerous manifestations. They are all the same premise and I have seen the same people infected over and over by not following simple safety rules. Interestingly, people of all ages click it just the same, not just our kids.
The… »