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Most people enjoy installing Facebook apps while using the social networking site, but according to a report by Trend Micro, you have to be wary of the apps that you use.  Currently, at least six applications have been identified by the Internet security firm including Posts, Your Photos, Stream, and… Continue Reading »

Despite Twitter’s lack of a business model, there has been no shortage of sites whose entire reason for living is Twitter.  The latest of these seems to be video for Twitter from sites like Twitvid, though it started back with 12seconds.tv.  Upon first inspection that’s exactly what Nimbb looks to… Continue Reading »

If there’s one website out there that’s no stranger to privacy issues it has to be Facebook.  The social networking site has come under fire for its privacy policies and terms of service many, many times since its inception.  A group of five Facebook users have filed a lawsuit against… Continue Reading »

You’ve probably seen something about these services that allow you to buy more followers on Twitter.  They’ve become more than just a small problem on Twitter it seems.  So much so that Twitter, itself, is finally looking to take some action against the pay for followers services. The biggest culprit… Continue Reading »

Download: iPod/iPhone version (mp4) | Audio version (mp3) Get caught up in a hurry with InterrupTech.  You won’t find endless chatter here.  We’ve got a timer to move things along.   This Week: Paypal charges new fees, forgets to tell anyone Facebook Lite leaked Microsoft’s Zune HD gets official Microsoft… Continue Reading »

Twitter went down for a short time Saturday morning for reasons unknown.  They simply called it “unexpected downtime.”  In a blog post the company announced that once again they had to take their API offline as part of the repair process.  This frustrated many developers and users of third party… Continue Reading »

Thousands of night owl Facebook users got a surprise Tuesday night when they logged in and got a message saying they’d been chosen to beta test the new “Facebook Lite,” which was billed as a “faster, simpler” Facebook.  But just as suddenly as the “new” Facebook appeared it vanished, leaving… Continue Reading »

Twitter, the service everyone either loves or hates, has a history of learning from its users and adding new features based on how they use the service.  Neither @replies or hashtags were implemented in the original version of Twitter, but as people started using them they were added as official… Continue Reading »

A new study by Pear Analytics has declared that 40% of Twitter is nothing more than “pointless babble.”  The Texas company sampled 6 hours of Tweets a day for 10 days, gathering 2000 total.  They then analyzed them and placed them into the following categories. . . Continue Reading »

Everyone loves Facebook.  It’s fun, it’s useful, and it can be downright addicting.  Thanks to its ever increasing popularity it can also be dangerous.  Hackers and scammers are well aware of the large audience on Facebook and do what they can to take advantage of it.  Here are a few… Continue Reading »