A new study conducted by consumer electronic website Retrevo showed that the number of social networking site addicts was increasing dramatically, alarming many psychology experts.
The study, which was conducted in March, discovered that many social networking addicts even wake up in the middle of the night just to look at the recent developments in their [...]
The Secret Service is now conducting probe over “tweets” sent by two Twitter users calling for the assassination of United States President Barack Obama for the passage of the controversial Health Care Reform Bill.
Apparently angered by the reform bill on Health Care, the users flooded the Twitter network on Sunday with “tweets” that calls for [...]
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Privacy violations in social networking websites have now become more alarming as reports told that user-data are now being peddled by a company to third parties that wanted to make money out of information including status updates, blogs, and photos.
According to the reports, the company responsible for the sale of user-data was InfoChimps, an Austin, [...]
The lawsuit highlighted the fact the US federal agents are now logging in on their fake social networking accounts to trace known drug lords and users, as well as criminal activities on the web.
The document also mentioned how the feds are targeting known relatives and friends of the suspects by exchanging messages with them.
Meanwhile, the [...]
Pennsylvania: A sociology professor at a university has been suspended last week after one of her students reported to school officials that she posted a Facebook update telling that she had a “good day and didn’t want to kill even one student.”
Gloria Gadsden, a professor at East Stroudsburg University, has been suspended for “ranting about [...]
Facebook has toppled Google as the most visited US website last week, according to a survey released by web research firm Experian Hitwise.
Hitwise director of media relations Matt Tatham said the social networking site has surpassed the popular search engine tool between March 6 and March 13, a trend which may continue for the next [...]
