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Police: Steal Your Kid’s Facebook Password to Protect Them

A New Jersey Police Chief, James Batelli, has an interesting (and intrusive) theory on what to do with teens and their online life: Use keystroke-recording software on their computers so you can figure out their Facebook password. Then you can presumably snoop and poke around as much as you want. He claims that the software…

Social Media Casey Chan Feb 20

Spanish Convent Gives Facebook Savvy Nun the Boot

I was hitting Command-r for the eightieth time this afternoon on Facebook when I stumbled across this story about a Spanish nun who was expelled from her order for spending too much time on Facebook. That’s ridiculous! Dislike! It’s ridiculous because from the sounds of things, Maria Jesus Galan’s sisters at the Santo Domingo el…

Social Media Jack Loftus Feb 19

The Modern Concert

There’s nothing new about cameraphones at concerts or even filter apps like Hipstamatic (it went to war and came back with an award!), but something about this picture got me thinking today about concert culture in a hyper-connected age. https://gizmodo.com/hipstamatic-and-the-death-of-photojournalism-5756703 I don’t claim to have broken any new ground here, nor am I putting forth…

Social Media Jack Loftus Feb 19

Libya Blocks Facebook and Internet Access Amid Revolts

Popular uprisings throughout Libya have pushed the bizarre, iron hand of Muammar al-Qaddafi to block access to Facebook in the capital of Tripoli, and sporadically shut Libyan access to the internet entirely. Clearly, the country’s autocracy fears Egypt redux. [Yahoo]

Social Media Sam Biddle Feb 18

The Guy Who Came Up With Facebook’s Best Feature Ever Re-Joins The Company

After 6 months away, early Facebook designer Aaron Sittig is back at the company as “product architect.” It’s a big deal. If it weren’t for one very good idea of Sittig’s way back when, Facebook might not be the company it is today. The main reason your grandparents, parents, and all their friends use Facebook…

Social Media Sponsored post Feb 18

Wasting Time Online Is Strong In This One

Sometimes you switch the targeting off of your computer because you trust in the force. But most of the time it’s to make yourself stop lurking on Reddit, already. [XKCD]

Social Media Brian Barrett Feb 18

Chicago Driver Sued For Facebook-While-Driving Fatality

A 21-year-old woman was allegedly updating her Facebook page by cell phone when she struck and killed a 70-year-old pedestrian. The woman involved has defended herself saying she was not on Facebook, but had been temporarily blinded by the sun at the time of the accident. Her mother came to her defense as well, stating…

Social Media Davey Alba Feb 17

Facebook Friend this Woman to Force Her To Visit You

Someone wants a book deal! Illinois author ArLynn Presser has set off across the world to visit every single one of her 330 Facebook friends. First of all, 330? PATHETIC. Second, let’s all friend her right now so she has to visit us. [Winnetka-Glencoe Patch]

Social Media Sam Biddle Feb 17

Facebook Adds “Civil Union” and “Domestic Partnership” Relationship Status Options

Facebook is rolling out two new relationship status options: “in a civil union” and “in a domestic partnership.” Good for them! Personally, I’m waiting until they offer “single and miserable but coming to terms with being alone forever” to bother setting mine. [Huffington Post]

Social Media Kyle VanHemert Feb 17

A DJ That Knows Exactly What Music You Like Just By Looking at Your Face

Confident in your taste? Stick your mug in front of Automatic DJ, a program written by Hunch’s Ben Gleitzman that recognizes your face, looks you up on Facebook, and uses your profile info to put on a song you’re guaranteed to like. I didn’t know computers could do any of that stuff. You can grab…

Social Media Kyle VanHemert Feb 17

The Twitters Are Taking Over Your Google Searches

Google’s had a social element to its search since 2009, but today the company’s seriously beefing up its social results. Searching for a news story? You’ll see which friends have tweeted which posts. Planning a vacation? Google will show you what your friends have blogged about your destination, and what relevant pictures they’ve uploaded to…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 17

Did Gary Numan predict Facebook?

My life is increasingly mediated by the internet, even more than it was in college. I’m blogging more, using OKCupid, and repping the shit out of my writing all over Facebook. I stay up late drinking and chat with people, which is what I also did when I was in middle school (without the drinking).…

io9 Dan Hoffman - Thought Catalog Feb 16

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg Meeting with President Obama Tonight

President Obama is bringing his motorcade to San Francisco this evening to ask top tech execs to help put his technology plan into action. Among those attending are Google’s Eric Schmidt, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Apple’s Steve Jobs, the latter of which has been the subject of recent speculation. [ABC News]

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 16

There’s Still a Real Facebook Phone In Our Future

Sure, the new phones INQ and HTC rolled out this week are Facebook-friendly. But none of them is the Facebook phone. Which, despite repeated protestations to the contrary, it sure sounds like is in the works. Although not how we first thought. First came whispers reported over at TechCrunch that the Facebook phone being planned…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 15

Zuckerberg Claims “Multiple” Facebook Phones Coming This Year

The young billionaire had a recorded message for HTC’s Mobile World Congress event today, praising HTC’s new social efforts. He also announced that there will be more “phones with a deeper social integration” coming in 2011, with “multiple devices” due and possibly even as many as a dozen. Quite a change in position from “Facebook…

Social Media Gary Cutlack Feb 15

HTC’s Facebook Phones Live! Kidz, Meet the ChaCha and Salsa

So HTC was building Facebook phones—though they’re not billing them as that, despite the oddly-placed Facebook badges. Without a shadow of doubt crossing Vladimir Putin’s face, the ChaCha and Salsa (need I say more?) are aimed at the “youth.” There’s a one-push Facebook button for all things Zuckerberg-cool (am I doing it right, kids?), which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 15

A SIM Card With Facebook On It

Gemalto, with Facebook’s help, just made a text-based, on-SIM implementation of basic Facebook functions. The software lets dumbphones do simple Facebook tasks like changing status or posting on walls. Good for developing countries, weird for everywhere else. [The Register]

Social Media Jason Chen Feb 14

Are These HTC’s Two Facebook Phones?

Just because it doesn’t make any sense doesn’t mean it’s not real. According to PocketNow, these images are of two new HTC handsets with deep Facebook integration. As in, with dedicated Facebook buttons right there on the front. There aren’t really any details available at the moment, aside from one QWERTY form factor and one…

Social Media Brian Barrett Feb 14

Is the Internet God?

How could god let this happen? I am the Jewish child of Holocaust survivors, so that is a question that I have heard asked throughout my life. Everyone from the most revered religious leaders to George Burns playing the title character in Oh God, Book 2, has tackled that enquiry. During the early nineties, I…

Social Media Dave Pell Feb 11

Stalk More Efficiently With Facebook’s New Photo Viewer

Facebook devised a new way to gawk at big, beautiful images people upload, sans lag/glitches/excessive load times. And it all goes down in a pop-up box that doesn’t take you off whatever page you’re viewing. Adrian Covert likes this. [Facebook]

Social Media Adrian Covert Feb 11

Police: Steal Your Kid’s Facebook Password to Protect Them

Spanish Convent Gives Facebook Savvy Nun the Boot

The Modern Concert

Libya Blocks Facebook and Internet Access Amid Revolts

The Guy Who Came Up With Facebook’s Best Feature Ever Re-Joins The Company

Wasting Time Online Is Strong In This One

Chicago Driver Sued For Facebook-While-Driving Fatality

Facebook Friend this Woman to Force Her To Visit You

Facebook Adds “Civil Union” and “Domestic Partnership” Relationship Status Options

A DJ That Knows Exactly What Music You Like Just By Looking at Your Face

The Twitters Are Taking Over Your Google Searches

Did Gary Numan predict Facebook?

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg Meeting with President Obama Tonight

There’s Still a Real Facebook Phone In Our Future

Zuckerberg Claims “Multiple” Facebook Phones Coming This Year

HTC’s Facebook Phones Live! Kidz, Meet the ChaCha and Salsa

A SIM Card With Facebook On It

Are These HTC’s Two Facebook Phones?

Is the Internet God?

Stalk More Efficiently With Facebook’s New Photo Viewer

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