2013 is the year of the Twitter hack. Having @BurgerKing hacked to promote McDonald’s food may be harmless and fun, but a recent hack showed just how dangerous the trend can be. Last week, the Associated Press’s Twitter account was hacked to send out a tweet that said President Obama was injured in an explosion Continue Reading →
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Twitter may be the best way to figure out what’s happening around the world right now. But it sure ain’t great at telling me what’s going on in my world — that is, what’s happening down the block from me. That may change. According to multiple sources, Twitter is in the process of testing a Continue Reading →
The popular iOS video-sharing app Vine will be coming to Android in the near future, according to its founders. The Verge is reporting the app — which Twitter launched in January — will bring the ability to create and share six-second GIF-like looping videos to Android “soon.” Vine has also submitted at app update to Continue Reading →
The Voice is a huge hit, thanks in part to its strong integration of social TV and the second screen. Now NBC is hoping to replicate that success with a new live competition show airing this fall called The Million Second Quiz. From the description NBC released, The Million Second Quiz sounds like Big Brother Continue Reading →
Former US President Bill Clinton has officially joined Twitter, securing the account @BillClinton. The news first appeared in a Tweet from Twitter’s @gov account. The move comes weeks after his appearance on the Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report”, where he was asked about if he used Twitter. It was during the show when Colbert Continue Reading →
Next week, Comedy Central will host a five-day comedy festival that includes a lineup of legends like Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner alongside popular young comics like Amy Schumer and the director Paul Feig. But there will be no smoky comedy clubs. No lone microphones and stools positioned on stage. No two-drink minimum. The festival Continue Reading →
Americans are so fixated on social networks that they spend an average of 16 minutes out of every hour on them, according to a study by Experian Marketing Services. In the U.S., 27% of users’ time online is spent on forums and social networks, like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, Experian said. Experian included both desktop Continue Reading →
If you’re online in the digital age, you have a brand to maintain. In fact, the average midsize company (meaning 1,000 or more employees) has more than 170 social media channels, or assets, according to social media guru Jeff Bullas. Bullas goes on to lament that only around 25 percent of businesses offer any real Continue Reading →
Twitter is reportedly working on a two-factor authentication system. Wired writes that the company is currently testing the new security solution internally before rolling it out to the public. Following a number of high-profile hacks, including that of Wired editor Mat Honan, several companies have shifted to two-factor authentication, including Apple, Microsoft, and others. Today’s Continue Reading →
The biggest news to hit the tech world on Tuesday was a non-event: the Associated Press’s Twitter account was hacked and sent out the following tweet: The AP said that the tweet came after hackers “made repeated attempts to steal the passwords of AP journalists,” which was (clearly) ultimately successful. The response to the tweet Continue Reading →