Bitdefender, a software application developer, has released an anti-malware program for Twitter users. The app, SafeGo, is designed to protect Twitter users from spam and phishing scams, as well as malware, by alerting them with a direct message when a security threat is detected. The company already has a similar offering available for Facebook. READ MORE
Adly, the online advertising service that connects brands with celebrities and influencers to create social media advertising campaigns, has now launched a comprehensive analytics dashboard solely for Twitter’s uber-celebs. READ MORE
Unless you’ve been completely bewitched by the Casey Anthony trial, you know by now that some hackers celebrated Independence Day by hacking the Twitter account @FoxNewsPolitics and putting up six posts describing how President Obama was shot to death in Iowa restaurant while he was actually enjoying a barbecue. A hacker group called Script Kiddies supposedly claimed responsibility, according to a single student journalist who’s the only one to have received the claim. READ MORE
When you enter a search term into Google, do you want to see the best matches from across the entire Internet? Or do you want Google to pick which answers you might like based on where you live, your demographics, and political preferences? Like it or not, the results we all get for our searches reflect the latter rather than the former. READ MORE
