These days, just about everybody is on some form of social media. However, that doesn’t mean they want to share their information with everybody.
According to a Pew Research Center survey of 2,267 adults, 58 percent of social media users set their profile to private.
Many employers these days readily admit to scoping out the social media profiles of potential hires during the interview process. But what if all that Googling could be replaced with a single ID scan from a card you carry in your wallet?
February 27, 2012 A Cincinnati man has a pretty unusual punishment from a judge for his Facebook rant. Mark Byron was not very happy with how his divorce proceedings were going so he took to his Facebook page to bash his soon to be ex-wife. Mark said quote that his wife Elizabeth was 'evil and vindictive".
February 16, 2012 When you post photos on Facebook, it is out there for anyone to see and download. Even if your privacy settings are fairly tight, there seems to always be that one friend who has other friends that they don't have a clue who they are which means your stuff is being shared with strangers.
January 26, 2012 Well we all saw this coming. Facebook has announced that over the next few weeks, they'll be automatically switching users' profiles to the new Timeline format if they don't do it on their own.
For those who don't know about with Timeline, it makes your entire Facebook history much more accessible…so if you went through crazy partying phase, or a nasty breakup, everyone will know about it sooner than later!
We’ve all been warned about the dangers of using our cell phones while driving. But did you know phone usage when you’re simply walking can make you accident-prone, too?
January 25, 2012 wesspicherTechnology is a great thing, we use it every day. The company I work for embraces it and we are encouraged to learn the most cutting edge technology to keep up. Well here is my problem.
January 18, 2012
With the holidays fast approaching and patience time running short, TheFW.com would like to take one item off your list of seasonal chores. Please enjoy and share these light-hearted holiday images and video clips with everyone on your “Nice” list. (And then break out the boxed wine.) Warm wishes from the FW.com family to yours!
December 7, 2011 Facebook is trying to fix a recently exposed loop hole in its security in protecting the users private photos. Facebook's Ceo Mark Zuckerberg is one of the countless victims of Facebook's loose security measures.
Oh Twitter. You unite as much as you divide. The latest divas to engage in a war of the words confined to 140 characters are Nicki Minaj and Cher. To be fair, it wasn’t exactly Minaj and Cher directly exchanging words or verbal barbs. It was Minaj’s Barbs — her pet name for her fans — who started spouting off to Cher. It had the makings of a mini feud, but the drama between these wig lovers seems to have died down with relative quickness.
November 16, 2011 Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes, said "recently, we experienced a coordinated spam attack that exploited a browser vulnerability," "Our efforts have drastically limited the damage caused by this attack, and we are now in the process of investigating to identify those responsible."
Noyes says users were "tricked into pasting and executing malicious javascript in their browser URL bar causing them to unknowingly share this offensive content."
