Just recently, a photo of a little girl gagged and bound started circulating on Facebook. It was allegedly posted by her father, 21-year old Andre Curry, who also wrote “This is wut happens when my baby hits me back ;)”. Note the little smiley face, because that will come into play later on. Due to…

Facebook released a post yesterday detailing the findings of a three month probe by the Irish Data Protection Commission. Facebook has agreed to make several changes to the platform based on the recommendations of the audit. Furthermore, the company has promised more transparency in what they do with our data, how they do it and…

Lately, we have noticed an alarming trend in how Facebook scams are being spread among users. Scammers will exploit every method and medium to disseminate their malware and mayhem. We have seen like-jacking, click-jacking & tag-jacking attacks, rogue applications, the abuse of Facebook messages and chat, browser exploits…you name it. The last couple of scams…

Scam Signature Messages: Get Christmas Theme for FB on —>> Cool new christmas feature or theme <<— Trending: December 2011 Scam Type: Malware Why it’s a Scam: Alternate Message Get Christmas Theme for FB on —>> All new Santa Claus theme for christmas < Clicking the link on the Facebook wall post takes you to the…

Just before 2011 makes its exit, Facebook finally implemented a new feature that people either love or hate: Timeline. As it turns out, timeline is just a preview of things to come in 2012. It was recently confirmed in a statement by Facebook last Tuesday that they would be running “sponsored stories” in our newsfeeds.…

Have you ever tried contacting whoever is running a Facebook fanpage only to realize that the only way to do so is to post your message on the page’s wall? Private messaging is conspicuously absent when it comes to fanpages, so it’s either you broadcast your question to the world and expose yourself or just…

Another celebrity death hoax is rapidly spreading on Facebook and Twitter. Rock fans the world wide can rest easy. Jon Bon Jovi is alive and well! Clicking the wall post takes you to site hosted at WordPress[dot]com  with the bogus news story: Usually hoaxes like this are created to drive traffic to advertising sites, generate…

When we signed up, most of us saw Facebook as a place where we could converse with our friends and reconnect with old ones. We saw it as a nifty little tool; a place to share things with our pals, and a place to tell stories of life’s events. But now we have to face…

Facebook can be a highly dangerous place, especially for naive and impressionable teens. The Internet is teeming with predators, and if your teen comes into contact with but one of them, their life could be ruined forever. In fact, just recently, a case in Australia proved exactly just how dangerous it can be. John Zimmerman…

Very few words can capture one’s attention more than the word ‘FREE.’ You would think that the constant use and overuse by marketers worldwide would eventually desensitize us to its power, but such is not the case. Just seeing the word on a page, in an online advertisement, or hearing it on the television or…

It’s no longer a secret that employers use social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter to assess applicants and sometimes even their existing employees. As such, it’s pretty much given that you now have to keep your online persona completely clean and ready for on the spot background checks by potential employers. Whether this…

Facebook’s Timeline was announced at the F8 Developer conference in September of this year. We knew it was coming soon, but we just didn’t know when. It appears the wait is finally over! New Zealand was the first to receive the new feature, and now it is being rolled out to everyone. If you haven’t…