Despite a renewed commitment to security by Facebook, it appears a hacker successfully took control of the founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg’s, personally Facebook page. The hacker posted a message saying “Let the hacking begin.” The message went on to say, “If Facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn’t Facebook let […]
Does Facebook Care About Our Privacy?
January 17, 2011 by
From the looks of the newest announcement that was made on Friday, it appears that privacy is not a top priority for social media site, Facebook. Even the company’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has never been concerned with privacy. He thinks people like to share information and the more they become connected, the more they want […]
MySpace Hits News Outlets, This Time For Layoffs
January 11, 2011 by
MySpace, one of the first popularized social networking sites, has hit the front page of media outlets again. This time, it’s not for reasons that are positive. The company is laying off 500 of it’s workers in what it’s calling a broad restructuring. This accounts for about 47% of its workforce worldwide. Just three years […]
Facebook Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
November 19, 2010 by
According to a study that was just done and due to be released in the November 20th edition of The Lancet, Facebook can trigger asthma. An 18 year old, Italian man figured this out when his girlfriend dumped him. He was so devastated by the break up that after she unfriended him, he went and […]
Mexican Drug Wars Spread to the Internet
October 4, 2010 by
With the ferocious drug trafficking war impacting their lives, large numbers of Mexicans check social networking web sites every morning to find out if they will come across any problems on the way to school or work. While ordinary citizens log in to advise others where a body has been discovered in their local area […]
Rutgers Students Face Criminal Charges in Freshman’s Suicide
September 29, 2010 by
Two Rutgers students are facing criminal charges for illegally shooting video of another student having sex and streaming the video over the internet. Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University freshman took his own life the day after the two students secretly watched him in a sexual encounter with another man and broadcast the video over the […]
