A girl convicted of killing her boyfriend while drunk driving is getting a harsher sentence due to Facebook. Ashley Sullivan, a seventeen year old from New York State, plead guilty to negligent homicide and DWI after crashing her car and killing her boyfriend. However, Sullivan was going to be charged as a minor until the Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Pope is urging Catholic priests to preach on social networks. Pope Benedict XVI is so adamant about the power of social networks he wants priests all over the world to post sermons and services to online video networks, Facebook and Continue Reading →
MediaBytes will be back on Monday. Until then, check out this week’s episode of Digital Life. Since this is “the” year of social media, I thought it would be fun to see what you were most interested in. Here are the top five posts (by page views) from my blog in 2009. The Real Time Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The FCC is abuzz about Verizon’s new $350 cancellation fee. Verizon claims that the $350 fee is due to the fact that the devices that carry the excessive fee are expensive devices that cost the company more, hence the fees. However, Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The FCC is abuzz about Verizon’s new $350 cancellation fee. Verizon claims that the $350 fee is due to the fact that the devices that carry the excessive fee are expensive devices that cost the company more, hence the fees. However, Continue Reading →
Since the MTV/AP Sexting survey came out, I’ve been hearing from concerned parents and school administrators all over the country. As you know, Sexting is slang for sending and receiving sexual content using mobile phones. How do you do it? Well, you probably don’t, but your kids do. It’s very simple really. The kids either Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Worried about Facebook’s privacy changes? The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint against the social network with the FTC, noting that the update to the privacy settings “violate user expectations, diminish user privacy, and contradict Facebook’s own representations.” Google’s Translator Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Fidelity Investments recently fired three employees in Texas for participating in a $20 fantasy football league. While Cameron Pettigrew, one of the men fired for being part of the fantasy league, believes the decision is a “complete overreaction,” the company is Continue Reading →
This week on Digital Life: Playboy for iPhone, AT&T cries uncle. Google‘s got a new dictionary. More on sexting. And, is Facebook privacy an oxymoron? Plus, do you like to watch TV on your computer? I’ll talk with Dina Kaplan, co-founder and coo of blip.tv about how the pros do it. And, I’ll discuss ecommerce Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A new case involving texting on company phones is set to hit the Supreme Court. The case, which involves police officers in Ontario, California exceeding their allotted text messages on the phones issued by the department, could have major ramifications for Continue Reading →