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How to Clean Up Your Computer or Laptop after the Holidays

How to Clean Up Your Computer or Laptop after the Holidays

Best Software Sep 19, 2024

Your laptop most probably carries more than just travel photos and memories from your holidays. Using it to stay in touch, watch movies, or navigate your way around an unknown location during your vacation adventures, it’s no surprise that digital clutter builds up. From downloading huge files and accessing unfamiliar…

Holiday Video Disasters: Common Issues and How to Solve Them

Holiday Video Disasters: Common Issues and How to Solve Them

Best Software Aug 28, 2024

The arrival of summer is often accompanied by cameras ready to capture every special moment of our vacations. However, too often we discover upon returning home that those memories have various types of errors. From videos that won’t play to corrupt files that prevent us from reliving our experiences, it’s…

August 24 Tech news roundup: Windows will remove Control Panel soon, Chrome gets a critical security update, Access Apple Podcasts on any browser

August 24 Tech news roundup: Windows will remove Control Panel soon, Chrome gets a critical security update, Access Apple Podcasts on any browser

News Aug 24, 2024

Windows 11 Control Panel will be removed soon Microsoft has confirmed it will remove Control Panel from Windows 11. This has been coming for a long time, since 2015 to be precise. A recent update to a document on Microsoft’s website reveals that the legacy app is being deprecated, in…

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Twitter Username Worth $50k Extorted From Owner

Twitter Username Worth $50k Extorted From Owner

NewsSocial Media February 2, 2014

Recently, a twitter user extorted into relinquishing his twitter user name. To give up your well-established twitter user name is bad enough, but this one was apparently worth $50,000. The Twitter user is claiming to have been offered $50,000 for the username in the past. The user name in question is... Read more
Dumbest Criminal Award Goes To This Facebook User

Dumbest Criminal Award Goes To This Facebook User

InternetSocial Media January 28, 2014

You’ve probably heard it a million times – there’s no such thing as the perfect crime. Eventually every crime will be solved and the details will be spilled out into the open. Just like there are no perfect crimes, there obviously aren’t any perfect criminals, either. Now, let’s be... Read more
Courtney Love Wins Twitter Trial

Courtney Love Wins Twitter Trial

NewsSocial Media January 27, 2014

A California jury recently decided that Courtney Love should not be held accountable for a tweet she aimed at her former lawyer, Rhonda Holmes.  This is the first trial that will involve allegations of slander on Twitter in a U.S. court.  Love originally hired Rhoda Holmes in order to deal with... Read more
Facebook Being Sued For Faking Your Likes

Facebook Being Sued For Faking Your Likes

InternetSocial Media January 18, 2014

Facebook has recently found itself in the center of the news lately and for nothing good. In December of 2013, it was brought out into the open that user’s private Facebook messages might not have been all that private after all. That news alone created quite the firestorm, and... Read more
Facebook Buys Branch & Potluck

Facebook Buys Branch & Potluck

InternetSocial Media January 16, 2014

Social media giant, Facebook has just added 10 new talented people to its human resource pool, thanks to the acquisition of Branch and Potluck for a reported price of $15 million. Cemre Güngör and Josh Miller founded the social platform Branch, back in 2012 with backing from Twitter co-founders... Read more
Facebook Sued Over Message Scanning

Facebook Sued Over Message Scanning

InternetSocial Media January 6, 2014

Facebook has been accused of systematically scanning of the private messages of its massive user base. And, if that wasn’t bad enough, Facebook then allegedly sold the data it collected to advertisers and marketers, without getting any consent from its users, according to a class action suit that was recently... Read more
4.6 Million Snapchat Usernames And Phone Numbers Leaked

4.6 Million Snapchat Usernames And Phone Numbers Leaked

InternetMobileSocial Media January 3, 2014

4.6 million North American Snapchat users have had their phone numbers and usernames leaked online. The revelation came from the unofficial site SnapchapDB, which allows open access to two files: an SQL dump and CSV text. These show details of the photo-sharing app’s users and their location. SnapchatDB has... Read more
Introducing Instagram Direct: Keeping Those Private Moments Private

Introducing Instagram Direct: Keeping Those Private Moments Private

InternetSocial Media December 13, 2013

At an event in New York, Facebook owned Instagram announced a new private messaging feature called Instagram Direct. This new feature will allow you to send videos and photos privately to specific friends, who can then discuss the image and also use the already existing like button. Instagram Direct... Read more
Facebook “No Posts” Bug Affecting Users

Facebook “No Posts” Bug Affecting Users

NewsSocial Media December 10, 2013

Facebook has had a ‘No posts to show’ bug, late last week, which the company were aware of but no fix was made available immediately, leaving users to wait and see until after the weekend for their solution.  The company did not give a reason for the error, which... Read more
Instagram Wants To “Share A Moment With You” On Thursday

Instagram Wants To “Share A Moment With You” On Thursday

InternetSocial Media December 9, 2013

Invitations have been sent out to an event held by Instagram next week in New York City. The invitation for the event, which will be hosted by CEO Kevin Systrom and his team, requested that the guests “share a moment”. There are no details as to what Instagram is... Read more
Viber 4.0 Adds Stickers, Push to Talk & Android Tablet Support

Viber 4.0 Adds Stickers, Push to Talk & Android Tablet Support

MobileNewsSocial Media November 15, 2013

Viber 4.0 has just hit app stores!  The updated app carries new features such as; Stickers, push-to-talk voice messaging, and it also has support for Android tablets. CEO Talmon Marco recently said, “This is the most exciting release we’ve had for Viber since we launched the platform…Today’s updated version... Read more
Facebook Thumb to be Retired, New Facebook Like Button Coming Soon

Facebook Thumb to be Retired, New Facebook Like Button Coming Soon

InternetSocial Media November 10, 2013

Did you know that the Facebook Like and Share buttons are seen more than 22 billion times every day and embedded on 7.5 million websites? Pretty impressive you have to agree. Facebook has released these figures, along with the announcement that it is giving the online icons a makeover.... Read more
Instagram Blocks Images Selling Drugs

Instagram Blocks Images Selling Drugs

InternetSocial Media November 10, 2013

The photo sharing social network Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has blocked searches for certain terms that are associated with the suspected selling of illegal drugs. As a result of an investigation, journalists found that there were many pictures and videos that had been posted of narcotics, which... Read more
The Twitter IPO For Investing Newbies

The Twitter IPO For Investing Newbies

NewsSocial Media November 6, 2013

Twitter’s IPO is the hottest piece of news in the tech scene this week. Tomorrow, the microblogging slash social media platform is going to offer its stock to the public, which is inherently what an IPO is. Some of you may have a good bit of investing knowledge, but... Read more
Instagrille Reborn As Pixsta

Instagrille Reborn As Pixsta

NewsSocial Media October 19, 2013

Do you remember way back in 1990 when the chocolate bar Marathon was renamed Snickers?  Marathon was renamed after the manufacturer, Mars, decided to scrap the British brand and bring it into line with its global operation.  Underneath the packaging everything about the tasty treat remained the same. Third-party... Read more
Self-Serve Ad Platform Available at Foursquare

Self-Serve Ad Platform Available at Foursquare

NewsSocial Media October 19, 2013

Foursquare hasn’t been performing as well as it would like over recent years. In fact, the social check-in site actually took on $41 million of debt in an attempt to hit the aggressive financial targets the company set for itself in 2013. It seems that self-serve ads are to... Read more
Facebook Removes Privacy Setting For Searching Timeline

Facebook Removes Privacy Setting For Searching Timeline

NewsSocial Media October 17, 2013

The Facebook security topic is one that has concerned many and with good reason.  Most people do not know how to secure their information whilst using Facebook. Such as how to keep their personal details personal, how to allow others to see their information etc.  Well, Facebook now has the... Read more
California Law To Allow Teens To Delete Social Media Posts

California Law To Allow Teens To Delete Social Media Posts

InternetSocial Media September 26, 2013

California has passed a law allowing under-18s to force websites to delete their personal information. The law takes effect from 2015 and includes content that has been posted by the individual, like photos and content. However, companies will not be made to remove content posted or reposted by others.... Read more
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