• Lifestyle Twitter boosts security after hacks

  security option turned on, it's still important for you to use a strong password and follow the rest of our advice for keeping your account ...

• Twitter ups its security

  Twitter is adding an extra security measure to prevent unauthorized log-ins.The microblogging service said yesterday that users will be able to enroll in a log-in verification program. Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time the user signs in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and password, users will have to enter the code to log ...

• Cricket David Warner apologies for Twitter rant

  Indian Premier League (IPL). Warner was speaking for the first time since he was found guilty of breaching Cricket Australia's code of behaviour on Wednesday over a Twitter tirade at two Australian journalists and fined Aus$5,750 (Dh20,343). The explosive opener said he was responding to a piece from News Limited cricket writer Robert Craddock that followed the arrest of S Sreesanth and ...

• we gave you the readers the chance to star on our cover via Twitter and be a FIT City Series race ambassador. Here we meet the inspiring winners and hear their fitness stories

  I was always involved in sport when I was younger, from rugby to GAA, golf and swimming. I was never the best or fittest, but was passionate about sport, so always gave 100pc effort.Then from 2007 to 2010, a number of factors, including ...

• ‘Same copyright boat’ Dotcom vows not to sue Google Facebook in exchange for legal support

  USA Megaupload founder and Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom claimed via Twitter Wednesday that he invented Two Step Authentication, a method of online security that adds a layer of log-in protection, and called on major Internet players to respect his copyright. Dotcom is currently home in New Zealand on bail as US authorities pursue an extradition request in order to prosecute him on charges ...

• Doodle 4 Google 2013 Winners Best Day When Her Dad Came Home From War

  Google Doodle may be the most moving logo Google has ever posted. The Doodle was created by a 12th grade Wisconsin student in honor of her best day: the day she was reunited with her father who returned home from Iraq after 18 months of military service. She is the winner of the sixth annual ...

• NZ Post takes over Secret Santa Twitter account

  The increasingly popular NZ Secret Santa Twitter account has been taken over by New Zealand Post, after it became too much for its Hamilton creator. The feel-good activity links Twitter users to each other so they can send anonymous Christmas presents. Sam Elton-Walter created the account three years ago and each year more and more people have joined - with 870 signing up last ...

• Google Voice Can Prevent Twitters New Security System From Locking You Out

  two-factor authentication security system that can go a long way towards preventing unauthorized use of accounts. Like ATM machines that require both a card and a pin number, most two-factor security systems require that you have something and know something. In Twitter's case you need ...

• Google Penguin 2.0 Update is Live

  Webmasters have been watching for Penguin 2.0 to hit the Google search results since Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts first announced that there would be ...

• Account Director - Social Media

  We Are Social is a global conversation agency with offices in Sydney, New York, London, Paris, Milan, Munich, Singapore & So Paulo. We help brands to listen, understand and engage in conversations in social media. We’re looking for an experienced Account Director to join us in our quest to change the face of marketing and communications. You’ll be responsible for proactively ...

• Syrian activists Facebook pages said to be shuttered

  A handful of profiles and pages on the social network, which have been gathering places for Syrians to discuss their country's civil war, have mysteriously ...

• Fired KMOV anchor Larry Conners defends Facebook comments about IRS

  after a social-media controversy, prompting St. Louis' longest-tenured anchorman to defend his claim that IRS "pressure" followed his 2012 interview of President Barack Obama.Freed from a KMOV gag-order Wednesday, Conners said his statements on Facebook were simply questions about the possibility of an Internal Revenue Service vendetta in the wake of national stories about the ...

• Australian fined for conduct breach over Twitter rant against journalists

  SYDNEY -- David Warner pleaded guilty and was fined $5,750 for breaching Cricket Australia’s code of conduct after his expletive-laden outbursts against two journalists on Twitter. Cricket Australia issued a statement Wednesday saying its code of conduct commissioner, Gordon Lewis, imposed the maximum financial penalty for a first offense under Rule 6 of the code relating to ...

• Twitter Raising and Facebook Falling Out of Favor with Teens

  social media use is skyrocketing among teenagers, they aren't happy with a Facebook community that involves "drama," stress and their parents, the Pew Research Center said in a report released Tuesday. Teens "dislike the increasing number of adults on the site, get annoyed when their Facebook friends share inane details, and are drained by the 'drama' that ...

• David Warner expresses regret at Twitter outburst

  David Warner was fined for breaching Cricket Australia's code of behaviour for his Twitter rant against two cricket journalists. Photograph: Brandon ...

• Sprint CEO says latest Clearwire offer is best and final

  Dan Hesse is the CEO of the Sprint Nextel Corp. Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO said in a letter filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the offer Sprint made Tuesday to acquire Clearwire Corp. is Kansas-based telecom's "best and final offer." The letter was written by Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse to explain the company's bid to employees, the Kansas City Business ...

• Xbox One PS4 Box Art Outed By Battlefield Facebook Account

  PS4 are still a few months away so a few of the finer details won’t be available just yet. Usually, the box art is one of the final things to be revealed with any new console, but it may have been revealed early. ...

• HP earnings fall 31 percent but surpass expectations

  Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman Hewlett-Packard Co. reported second quarter earnings Wednesday, showing earnings per share of $0.55 or $1.1 billion, a 31 percent decline in earnings from a year ago. Adjusted earnings came in at $0.87 a share or $1.7 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $0.81 a share. Net revenue fell 10 percent to $27.6 billion, and cash flow came in at $3.6 billion, a 44 ...

• Jose Canseco Denies Accusation of Sexual Assault in Las Vegas

  Former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco has been accused of sexual assault, Las Vegas police said Wednesday. Police said they contacted Canseco during the morning and he had agreed to be interviewed, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The questioning had yet to take place. Canseco, 48, who lives in Las Vegas, clubbed 462 home runs, was a six-time all-star and won two World Series ...

• 41 companies will compete in PBNs Social Madness challenge

  More than 40 Hawaii businesses 41 to be exact are cleared for takeoff next month when the local rounds of PBNs Social Madness challenge get under way. Nominations closed last week, and the 41 companies approved for Social Madness will be hearing this week from PBNs parent company, American City Business Journals, about which of three categories they fall into. Last year, if you recall, Social ...

• Why you should use Twitters enhanced security measures

  a story about how security company executives approach their online security . But after I interviewed those folks for that story, I sure did two-factor authenticate my gmail account. It was fear, mostly. There were the well-publicized Associated Press and New York Times Twitter hacks. And if you've ...

• Social Medias Immigration March on Washington

  May 22, 2013 7:58pm The current march on Washington won’t fill the National Mall, or see an influx of buses down Constitution Avenue. But what it will do is clog your inbox. You can only see it on your computer, or mobile device, but it’s out there: a two- day virtual march on Washington with the goal of demanding immigration reform. ';We don’t see this as exclusive ...

• Warner remorseful for Twitter abuse

  Australian opener David Warner has apologised for his Twitter outburst against two journalists, a rant that saw him fined $5750 on Wednesday.Warner launched a scathing attack on News Limited cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn, after he took offence to an article by the former on the nightlife during the rich Indian Premier League tournament, which carried a picture of Warner.The ...

• Twitter locks down logins by adding two-factor authentication

  Twitter has joined the growing number of companies offering two-factor authentication to prevent logins being stolen - a fate several high-profile users of its service have suffered recently. A new checkbox is being added to the Settings pages of Twitter accounts to enable the new feature. When checked, an SMS message containing an authentication code will be sent to a nominated phone before ...

• Teens Unfriend Facebook Take to Twitter Poll

  social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researchers there were too many adults on Facebook and too much sharing of teenage ...

• Halo phone home Steven Spielberg meets the XBox One

  The Xbox One, due to ship in the fall, aims to become an entertainment hub, complete with original programming. Its doubtful Netflix is looking over its shoulder just yet, but Xbox Live is joining the online video service and Amazon Instant Video to distribute original content on its console. The unveiling of the new Xbox One game system was the highlight of the companys Xbox Reveal event on ...

• Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

  Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.The system, called Login Verification, gives users the option to have a verification code sent to their mobile phone every time they log in to Twitter. After a person enrolls, he or she will be able to enter a six-digit code sent via SMS each time the user signs in to twitter.com. ...

• Twitter launches two-factor authentication too late to save The Onion

  , Jim O'Leary of Twitter's security team announced the release of "login verification," an optional security measure that requires a verified phone number and e-mail address. Twitter is a bit late to the two-factor authentication ...

• Take that Canada Immigration reform may be on its way

  Canada's Minister ofCitizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenny visited San Francisco last week on a tour promoting the country as a place for entrepreneurs. Here, he poses with the country's newCIC Start-Up Visa billboard. C anada may be lining Silicon Valley highways with billboards recruiting high-tech workers north, a move to promote its new Start-up Visa, take ...

• Twitter upgrade too late for hacked NZ MP

  NEW Twitter security measures are being rolled out a day too late for New Zealand's Conservative Party leader Colin Craig, who has been left red-faced when a tweet about gay pedophilia was posted from his account. The tweet, reading: "according to the gay activist community, under age sex or kiddy fiddling is ok as long as the child is of the same sex as the perpetrator (sic)", was ...

• Twitter is finally rolling out two-step authentication for better security

  Twitter has finally implemented a two-step authentication feature to keep its users' accounts more secure. Security experts, who have long questioned why the short-messaging service failed to offer such a security feature, can now breathe a bit more ...

• Experian tackles social media risk

  In the wake of hacks, Twitter issues security advice to media Following several high-profile account hacks targeting media companies, Twitter has issued security advice for preventing hijacking. "We expect these attacks to continue," the social media site ...

• Twitter introduces two-factor authentication to stop password hacking

  Twitter is introducing "two-factor authentication" using mobile phone verification on the social network, after a number of high-profile cases in which passwords were stolen by hackers.The worst case occurred in April when the Associated Press's feed was hacked by a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army, which put out ...

• Twitter beefs up security

  An illustration picture shows the Twitter logo on an iPad, in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, Jan. 30, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion. The microblogging site, which transmits some 400 million messages ...

• Man Cannonballs Manatee Posts Video To Facebook

  investigating a video posted to Facebook last year that shows a man jumping into a body of water…right on top of a manatee which was swimming with another of its kind. Investigators believe they are a mother and calf. The man can be heard laughing with his friends–who apparently baited the manatees by running fresh water from a hose–right before he jumps onto the creatures. ...

• Lost In A Tornado Found On Facebook

  One incredible aspect of a tornado is its ability to snatch up people's possessions--or event their pets--and deposit them far away. The day after the May 20 tornado in Oklahoma, a woman named Leslie Hagelberg found a family photograph on her front lawn--90 miles away in West Tulsa. She started ...

• Abercrombie Fitch CEO posts statement on Facebook stores accused of being unfriendly to disabled

  T-shirts are displayed inside an Abercrombie & Fitch store in Bethel Park, Pa., on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Abercrombie & Fitch has recently come under fire for statements made by CEO Mike Jeffries in ...

• Minnesota Twins need time machine to beat Atlanta Braves... on Twitter

  The Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves engaged in a Twitter flame war Wednesday. In an effort to best the Braves, the Twins pulled out an old ...

• Now that hes done everything else Paul Allen comes out with an album

  Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is releasing an album, "Everywhere at Once." Techie, thought leader, philanthropist and billionaire business tycoon Paul Allen can now add recording artist to his resume. Allen tweeted Wednesday that he will be coming out with an album in August, with some big-name artists paired up with him. The co-founder of Microsoft has always loved playing guitar ...

• Jose Canseco accused of sex assault in Vegas former baseball slugger airs info on Twitter

  LAS VEGAS - Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco Jr. has been accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas, in an investigation that the former baseball slugger made public with postings on a social media website claiming that a woman falsely accused him of rape. No arrest was made and police said no charges were immediately filed against the 48-year-old former Oakland Athletics rookie of the year ...

• Developers pitch ideas for 78 acres of Livermore Valley Open Campus

  The Livermore Valley Open Campus has 110 acres total for future development to bridge scientific research and technology with businesses. Nineteen entities responded to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratorys call for ideas on how to develop 78 acres of land at the lab. The land is part of the LLNL and Sandia National Laboratories' Livermore Valley Open Campus project to facilitate ...

• Workdays Q1 loss grows to $33 million

  David Duffield, left, and Aneel Bhusri, CEOs of Workday Inc. Payroll and personnel software company Workday Inc. lost $33 million in the first quarter ended April, and its accumulated deficit rose to $434.9 million. Pleasanton-based Workday (NYSE: WDAY), led by CEOs Aneel Bhusri and David Duffield, lost $20.3 million in the first quarter a year ago. Revenue rose to $91.6 million in the most ...

• Hewlett-Packards Q2 profit falls by $516 million

  Hewlett-Packard boss Meg Whitman. Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a second quarter profit of $1.1 billion, down $516 million, or 32 percent from the same quarter a year earlier. Palo Alto-based HP (NYSE: HPQ), led by CEO Meg Whitman, earned $1.6 billion in the second quarter a year ago. Both quarters ended April 30 of their respective years. That works out to diluted ...

• Okla. victims find pets photos through social media

  Clean-up volunteers are turning to Facebook and other social media sites to reunite the victims of the Moore, Okla., tornado with everything from sentimental wedding and baby pictures to family pets. NBC's Janet Shamlian ...

• Facebook posts Suit filed over vets detention

  RICHMOND, Va. -- A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists.Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute filed suit in Richmond over the weeklong detention last August of ...

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