The top 10 embarrassing tech flops of 2012
1. Apple Maps (Apple) Apple Maps was a rare misstep for Apple. CEO Tim Cook apologized for the quality of Apple Maps days after its release. 2. Path privacy breach ( mclov.in ) Developer Arun Thampi...
View ArticleCISPA – Corporations Buy Politicians and Your Privacy
Activists and Internet users protesting the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act — a cybersecurity bill that passed the House of Representatives Thursday — have spun the battle as big...
View ArticleFacebook virus that can drain your bank account
A six year old virus that drains bank accounts is thriving on Facebook, reports Nicole Perlroth of the New York Times. The virus is spread through phishing messages. When someone has been phished,...
View ArticleWhich Internet Companies Are Giving Our Private Data to the Government?
“The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and...
View ArticleHow PRISM Easily Gives Your Private Data Over to Big Brother
The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian. The NSA...
View ArticleUS & England Collecting Millions Of Gigabytes UNDERWATER
In the early 1970′s, the U.S. government learned that an undersea cable ran parallel to the Kuril Islands off the eastern coast of Russia, providing a vital communications link between two major...
View ArticleYour Facebook Friends May Harm Your Credit Score
A handful of tech startups are using social data to determine the risk of lending to people who have a difficult time accessing credit. Traditional lenders rely heavily on credit scores like FICO,...
View ArticleKrokodil, Flesh-Rotting Drug, Horrifies [GRAPHIC PICTURES]
It is feared a deadly drug known as ‘cannibal heroin’ which eats flesh from the inside out is about to hit the UK. Krokodil, which is like heroin and originated in Russia 10 years ago, turns users...
View ArticleA SINGLE Day Of NSA Spying Nets HOW MANY Emails?
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has been sifting through millions of contact lists from personal email and instant messaging accounts around the world — including those of Americans — in its...
View ArticleDating And Race – Color Still Matters
A person’s race is still a major factor when picking a partner, according to a study of dating app users. Research examining the preferences of Facebook dating app, Are You Interested (AYI) found...
View ArticleTerrible Woman Melissa Bachman All Smiles After Killing Lion and other Animals
A Minnesota-based wannabe host of a big-game hunting program caused a worldwide controversy after she posted a picture of herself posing with a male lion she had just shot in South Africa. “An...
View ArticleHappy Data Protection Day! Not Really…
The latest leak from Edward Snowden suggests it was Britain’s cyber-spy base GCHQ that showed America’s NSA how to monitor Facebook and Twitter without consent. That’s as Europe marks Data Protection...
View ArticleFacebook’s 19 Billion Dollar Purchase – WhatsApp With That?
What is WhatsApp? WhatsApp is a mobile messaging service that functions as a kind of a social network. WhatsApp users can send messages to one or many recipients at the same time, and they can even...
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