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Air Force Updates
Old Advice for New Age

Aug 21, 2015 5:10 PM CDT

Air Force Updates Old Advice for New Age

It used to be 'loose lips,' now it's 'loose tweets'

(Newser) - Just as soldiers were warned "loose lips sink ships" during World War II, modern airmen are being warned "loose tweets destroy fleets" in the social-media age. ABC News reports US Air Forces Central Command sent out a security notice last week warning personnel of the "fine line"...

Guy 'Likes' Ex's Facebook Posts, Gets Arrested

Aug 12, 2015 5:10 PM CDT

Guy 'Likes' Ex's Facebook Posts, Gets Arrested

Social media apparently counts when it comes to restraining orders

(Newser) - A 26-year-old Pennsylvania man is in trouble with the law after "liking" a bunch of his ex-girlfriend's photos and videos on Facebook. The problem, authorities say, is that the "likes" violate the conditions of the restraining order she has against him, the Times Leader reports. April Holland,...

Half of Doctors Constantly Play Mobile Games at Work

SURVEY SAYS

Jun 25, 2015 10:12 AM CDT

Half of Doctors Constantly Play Mobile Games at Work

Dopamine activated by gaming 'overrides judgment': psych professor

(Newser) - "Let's start your colonoscopy as soon as I complete Dreamworld Level 171" probably isn't something you want to hear your gastroenterologist say, but according to a new YouGov survey on phone usage in the workplace, a good number of doctors just can't quit their mobile gaming...

In 'Unprecedented' Move, Reddit Bans 5 Subreddits

Jun 11, 2015 1:00 PM CDT

In 'Unprecedented' Move, Reddit Bans 5 Subreddits

The most popular of the 5 forums targeted the obese

(Newser) - Reddit, the so-called front page of the Internet, is starting to ban some of its own forums after years of being known as the content aggregator where anything goes (well, except for child porn and nude celebrity pics). But Reddit is reporting this week that it has removed five of...

Facebook: We Won't Take Down 'Baby Abuse' Video

Jun 5, 2015 2:28 AM CDT

Facebook: We Won't Take Down 'Baby Abuse' Video

Child protection groups want UK government to step in

(Newser) - Child protection groups are horrified by a video that they say shows a baby being badly mistreated—but Facebook says it doesn't breach the site's rules and it will not be removed. The video shows a screaming baby being shaken and twisted as she's swung around by...

How One Woman Tracked Down Her Doppelganger

Apr 22, 2015 5:03 AM CDT

How One Woman Tracked Down Her Doppelganger

Social media is helping us find them, via trio's 'Twin Strangers' project

(Newser) - There are surprisingly few factors that define our facial appearance: In a group of 600 people, "we only needed 44 separate variables to express all the variation that could exist in the face," one scientist tells the Washington Post . That helps explain the impressive results of three young...

Google Patent
Would Protect
You From Spoilers

Apr 8, 2015 6:18 PM CDT

Google Patent Would Protect You From Spoilers

System would flag potentially ruinous posts on social media

(Newser) - Google has received a patent designed to ease the pain of a modern malady: the spoiler. As Quartz reports, the system would sniff out potentially painful posts from people in your social network and warn you about them. You could then block those posts if you so choose. For it...

Chelsea Manning Tweets From Behind Bars

Apr 5, 2015 3:40 PM CDT

Chelsea Manning Tweets From Behind Bars

'Thank you all for your love and support,' she says

(Newser) - Chelsea Manning may be in prison, but she's communicating with the world at up to 140 characters a time. Yep, Manning is on Twitter while serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks, USA Today reports. What's more, she's got 40,000 followers at @xychelsea...

Users of New Video App
Want to See Your Fridge

Mar 30, 2015 5:09 AM CDT

Users of New Video App Want to See Your Fridge

'Fridging' is Periscope's first meme

(Newser) - Tech analysts are comparing it to the early days of Twitter: users of a new social media app getting acquainted with something fresh—and sharing some incredibly mundane stuff in the process. Freshly launched live-streaming app Periscope (which Twitter recently acquired) has a lot in common with popular rival Meerkat...

Meerkat Video App
Is a Massive Hit

Mar 20, 2015 1:38 PM CDT

Meerkat Video App Is a Massive Hit

It streams live video to Twitter

(Newser) - Are you Meerkatting? If the question makes no sense, you have not heard of what's being hailed as social media's Next Big Thing: The Meerkat app allows people to stream live video to their Twitter accounts. It first emerged as a big hit at the South by Southwest...

Watch It, Mom and Dad:
You're 'Over-Sharenting'

Mar 19, 2015 9:58 AM CDT

Watch It, Mom and Dad: You're 'Over-Sharenting'

Researchers warn of predators, cyberbullies

(Newser) - In just a few more years, children born after the dawn of Facebook and YouTube will become teenagers—and many of them will find their entire lives already archived online. According to a University of Michigan CS Mott Children's Hospital survey , more than half of mothers and a third...

Facebook
Explains Which
Nude Photos
Are OK

Mar 16, 2015 7:30 AM CDT

Facebook Explains Which Nude Photos Are OK

Rules are context-sensitive, site explains

(Newser) - When it comes to rules about posts on Facebook, there's a fair bit of subtlety. Rather than electronically identifying offensive images, for instance, the company says it has actual human beings assess context, the New York Times reports. Today, the site is posting a more thorough explanation of its...

US Man Jailed in UAE for Facebook Rant About Work

Mar 6, 2015 7:29 AM CST

US Man Jailed in UAE for Facebook Rant About Work

Ryan Pate also accused of making anti-Arab slurs in post

(Newser) - Ryan Pate took a break in December from his contracting job in the United Arab Emirates. He headed home to Florida to visit with family, get engaged, and seek treatment for a bad back, per the AP . But irate Facebook posts the 30-year-old made about his UAE employer caused trouble...

For Success on Pinterest,
Choose Your Colors Well

study says

Feb 27, 2015 2:15 PM CST

For Success on Pinterest, Choose Your Colors Well

Researchers say red, pink, and purple get repinned the most

(Newser) - When it comes to Pinterest, colors matter. Researchers analyzed about 1 million posts on the site and found that images heavy on red, pink, or purple were repinned the most, reports Phys.org . By contrast, those with black, yellow, green, or blue fared the worst, according to the study in...

What It's Like to
Have a Dumb Tweet
Ruin Your Life

Feb 14, 2015 5:30 PM CST

What It's Like to Have a Dumb Tweet Ruin Your Life

Jon Ronson tells Justine Sacco's story

(Newser) - When an offensive comment on social media makes headlines, the rest of the world may revel in outrage—while the person who made the regrettable tweet watches her life quickly unravel. And while the Internet moves on to its next controversy, the debacle isn't over so fast for the...

Jeb Bush Aide Quits
Over Offensive Tweets

Feb 11, 2015 5:00 AM CST

Jeb Bush Aide Quits Over Offensive Tweets

New CTO's thoughts on 'sluts' embarrass Jeb's PAC

(Newser) - If the chief technology officer Jeb Bush's PAC hired this week had been savvy enough to clean up his social media history sooner, he would probably still be in the job. Instead, Hipster.com co-founder Ethan Czahor resigned yesterday after offensive tweets going back as far as 2009 surfaced,...

There's a Facebook 'Founder'
You've Never Heard Of

Feb 7, 2015 5:05 PM CST

There's a Facebook 'Founder' You've Never Heard Of

Andrew McCollum was part of the site's first team at Harvard

(Newser) - You know Mark Zuckerberg, and if you've seen The Social Network, you're familiar with Eduardo Saverin. Then there's Dustin Moskovitz, as well as Chris Hughes, owner of the New Republic . But the fifth figure in the birth of Facebook isn't listed on its founders page , even...

Snapchat Will Make
You Feel Old

OPINION

Jan 30, 2015 12:59 PM CST

Snapchat Will Make You Feel Old

Slate tech writer, 32, is befuddled, a good sign for the app

(Newser) - Slate tech writer Will Oremus writes today that he is baffled every time he tries to use Snapchat—he can never figure out which buttons do what, and it once took him a "full four seconds" to realize that the brown corduroys he was seeing on the screen...

Models' Pubic Hair Triggers Instagram Brouhaha

But site 'OK with man pubes,' photographer says

(Newser) - Is Instagram Pubic Enemy No. 1? The photo-sharing site has been heavily criticized for deleting the account of Australian styling agency and online magazine Sticks and Stones , apparently over the pubic hair visible in this photo , reports the Daily Dot . Agency co-founder Ainsley Hutchence describes the photo of two sisters...

Did a Steelers Fan Just
Tweet-Punk the Media?

Jan 5, 2015 9:54 AM CST

Did a Steelers Fan Just Tweet-Punk the Media?

Major news outlets publish 'ejection' story Jake Berlin calls a hoax

(Newser) - If a Twitter user is telling the truth, he's managed a pretty epic hoax—taking in media outlets from Sports Illustrated to the AP . At a playoff game on Saturday between the Steelers and the Ravens, Jake Berlin tweeted that he'd run onto the field if his post...