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Ever wonder how much your Twitter account is worth? Now you can find out.

In a world where people can be sued by taking their Twitter account with them when they leave a company it is no surprise that people will also want to know how much their Twitter account might ... continue

Tweets About The Prophet Mohammad Lead To Execution Threats Against Twitter User

Hamza Kashgari, 23, was forced to flee his country this week after tweets he posted involving the Prophet Mohammed led to calls for his execution by radical Islamists. The young Saudi Arabian man sent the following tweets addressed ... continue

Roland Martin Suspended By CNN Over Offensive Tweets

Following Super Bowl XLVI CNN commentator Roland Martin sent off some offensive homophobic tweets that have landed him in a suspended position with the cable news network. Following the game Roland was tweeting about David Beckham's underwear commercial ... continue

In year of Social Media everything Super Bowl advertisers stayed away from it

Everything these days seems to have to revolve around social media in one way or another and one would have though that the huge ad platform of the Super Bowl we would have seen much more of ... continue

About this whole web privacy thing – well, it’s difficult [Infographic]

It never fails that when any of the big boys of the web, like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, or even Twitter, decide to make changes to any of their privacy policies the web erupts with various degrees of outrage and condemnation. ... continue

Social Networks Explained

Or Reddit, which isn't really a social network but please check out my ragecomic about a donut and upvote if you like it! continue

Toyota learning the hard way that Twitter isn’t a spamming service for its products

As we head into the Super Bowl every company and their marketing teams are doing their very best to get their products in front of as many eyes as they possibly can and spinning everything they do ... continue

Facebook More Addictive Than Booze and Cigs? Study Says Perhaps

Quick, what's the first thing you do in the morning? Have a smoke, get some coffee, or check your Facebook updates? It would be seriously interesting to see how many smartphone users indeed wake up in bed and ... continue

Anthony Weiner Used Campaign Money To Cover-Up Own Actions

Anthony Weiner used contributions from his own campaign to hire private investigators to chase down his own lie regarding his now famous crotch-shot tweet. According to reports Weiner paid T&M Protective Services $13,290 for "legal services" during the ... continue

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Speaks Out On Censorship And IPO

Twitter is quite the social network. 140 character blasts that has revolutionized how we communicate and how we get our news. Dick Costolo, the CEO of Twitter and who used to own Feedburner which was then sold ... continue

Twitter Celebrities Can Make Upwards Of $50,000 Advertising

Twitter who has over 200 Million users, 50 Million of which log in daily, has quite a few celebrities. With many celebrities who have Millions of followers, the money that can be made from advertising is very ... continue

Courteney Cox Joins Twitter, Tweets Lots About Her Dog

Courteney Cox jumped on the Twitter bandwagon this week to share her thoughts in 140 characters or less and it turns out those thoughts are geared directly towards her dog named Harley. The Cougar Town star jumped on ... continue

Two Brits Detained In US, Sent Home Over Twitter Jokes

If you plan to travel into the United States from another country you might want to think twice before you tweet jokes about destroying American. That's the lesson that was learned this week by Leigh Van Bryan. The ... continue

Twitter Users Threatening To Boycott After Censorship News

Twitter has recently come under fire after announcing that they will now be censoring tweets on a country-by-country basis if required by law. With censorship still on many people's minds, this has raised many suspicions and caused ... continue

Who needs Carnivore says FBI when we have Twitter and Facebook

People probably won't remember this but back during the 1990's there was a big uproar amongst security folks about a major intel gather project that the FBI was investing a lot of money and energy into called ... continue

Twitter Can Censor Tweets If Required By Law, But Users Shouldn’t Be Too Worried

Twitter who has over 200 Million users, announced on their blog today that if required by law, they can censor tweets and even on a country-by-country basis. Being that the word censor is involved, this is sure ... continue

Twitter Goes On The Defensive, Acquires Malware Protection Service

Twitter, the popular social network with over 200 Million users, acquired a spam and malware protection company. Anyone who uses the site is often familiar with accounts getting hacked and the sometimes abundant spam that gets targeted ... continue

Social Networks Take On Google With ‘Focus On The User’

Social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have been a bit upset over Google's recent changes to their social search product. If you're not familiar with the changes, basically it integrates Google Plus results into your normal, ... continue

Katy Perry Unfollows Russell Brand on Twitter

And now it really is over. Katy Perry has unfollowed soon-to-be ex-husband Russell Brand on Twitter, a month after the British comedian filed for divorce from the pop star. Brand remains a follower of Perry on the social ... continue

Sharing is all the rage but where are we sharing all that info? [Infographic]

It feels some days that the only reason we use the Web any more is to do nothing but share mundane crap with people who probably couldn't care less. Oh I am sure there are some gems ... continue

Twitter Acquires Summify, Social Aggregation Tool

As with any growing social network, acquisitions can come often to further enhance the service. With Summify, a social aggregator, that's definitely the case. Twitter acquired the company for an undisclosed sum and as far as what they ... continue

[Op-Ed] Why the Internet Giants Have Let SOPA Protestors Down

So it has begun. In the coming hours, lights will be switched off at an estimated 7,000 websites across the Internet as the web protests SOPA, an oppressive act that threatens to disfigure the Internet as we ... continue