We Are Social People

Facebook have been under attack by a group of Canadian technology researchers who have designed a social networking programme, “SocialBots”, which is designed to look like a real Facebook profile. They mimic a genuine profile whilst actually locating and taking data from the Facebook database. These types of programmes are usually used by online criminals for spam or collecting personal information and they are on [...]

Twitter allows users to see “topics” about people, bands, films, anything at all in actual fact,  are most Tweeted about at any given time. You can decide to see what is “trending” world wide or narrow the search closer to home by selecting a countries top trends instead. According to Twitter’s official website, trends help [...]

Direct messages on Twitter can sometimes be a topic of controversy. Some people love them as they offer a means to inform and connect with others. Some people hate them  as they are often considered spammy and inappropriate. DM’s are usually sent when you get a new follower. A way of saying thank you. This is the only [...]

Facebook has teamed up with online security firm, Websense, in an effort to stop its users from visiting corrupt or harmful websites by clicking on links inside of Facebook itself. This is in response to a proportion of users unwittingly clicking on hacking and/or spam links which they believe have been posted by their online friends. [...]