Instagram updated its privacy policy and terms of service announcement on Monday with major changes that have caused many users to be up in lo-fi arms. The new policy allows the company to share information about its users with Facebook (which makes sense seeing as Facebook owns Instagram) and outside affiliates, use your pictures without […]
Want to know who got turned down for a gun permit? Turns out that there’s an app for that, at least in Philadelphia. There, the Department of Licenses and Inspection decided to release a web app that shows an insane amount of detail, on a handy-dandy, easy to use map. You can use the map […]
Facebook just can’t leave well enough alone. Without any warning to you, Facebook changed your default email address on your profile page to your Facebook email. Yes, every single one of you. And yes, Facebook changed your listed email address to be your Facebook email address, a thing many of you probably didn’t even know […]
I’m not usually the go-to guy to talk about the stock market, but allow me to quietly guffaw at Facebook’s disastrous second day on Monday as the newly-public company’s stock lost 10.99 percent of its price at the end of trading on Friday. Making matters worse, Friday’s closing price was reportedly artificially pumped up by […]
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) by a vote of 248 to 168. The bill will allow (but not require) private companies to provide the government with the private information they collect, and the government may access and use this information without a warrant. Originally, the […]
Back in 2010 when Tom Scott presented a nightmare version of a flash mob gone wrong, it was greeted with rueful awareness that events could coalesce to a dangerous point. The message, that oversharing through social media can have real life consequences, is still being shouted from websites. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyMdOT8YJgY’] In one of the more […]
It’s an advancement in surveillance technology that most of us knew was coming eventually, and it comes from the video monitoring division of Hitachi Kokusai Electric. This surveillance camera system can search through data on 36 million faces in one second. Developed by Hitachi Kokusai Electric, the system can automatically detect a face from either […]
Every year at SXSW, a new social media platform becomes the darling of the hipster/techie set. This year, the app blowing up in Austin is Highlight, a location-based social media friend finder. Think of it like Grindr, but without the inherent gay dating aspect. Or like Blendr, except without the ick factor of every media […]
Social media has invaded everything we do with communities that we actively take part in every day like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Using social media can let us keep in touch with people in a good way. Other times, it’s a case of information overload or simply TMI. The younger generation of doctors who have […]
With the proliferation of mobile gadgets connected to the internet, President Barack Obama declares it’s time the United States has a privacy Bill of Rights. Administration officials urged consumer groups and technology companies to craft and submit suggested privacy protections to add to guidelines they began crafting on Thursday. Initially, these rules will be voluntary […]
