As Facebook matures, is it losing its edge?
NEW YORK — To see what Facebook has become, look no further than the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer. Sometime last year, people began sharing tongue-in-cheek online reviews of the banana-shaped […]
Burger King apologizes after Twitter hacking
Somebody hacked Burger King’s Twitter account on Monday, posting obscene messages and changing its profile picture to a McDonald’s logo. The tweets stopped after a little more than an hour, […]
Are colleges stalking student-athletes?
A university that stalks or bans student-athletes’ Facebook and Twitter accounts may be legally out of bounds, sports law experts say. University athletic departments are following the trend set by […]
Anne Arundel debating use of social media in class
ANNAPOLIS — Teachers and students may have something new they can “like” about the Anne Arundel County school board. On Wednesday, the Board of Education will get a first look […]
How courting business in India is like dating in the U.S.
And how getting 140-character messages to have impact across diverse cultures requires extra thought.
All the world is a-Twitter
While I can’t resist a good party, I missed out on the New Year's celebration at Twitter’s global town square.
With social media and HR, more than 50 shades of gray
Had the person posting been one of my employees, I likely would have fired her.
Opaque Instagram ad policy change riles users
SAN FRANCISCO — Instagram, the popular mobile photo-sharing service now owned by Facebook, is the target of a storm of outrage, much of it on social media, after changes in […]
In-House Interrogatory
Do you blog as a general counsel? And, if so, how do you decide on the content to include in the blog?
Twitter mistakenly resets passwords of some users
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter says it mistakenly reset the passwords of some users as part of a routine security check-up. Thursday’s mix-up triggered warnings on technology blogs and in tweets […]
Timberlake tries to bring Myspace back
NEW YORK — “Who am I to say I want you back? When you were never mine to give away.” Those are the opening lines of a song that accompanies […]
Both sides on casino referendum taking to Facebook, Twitter
Log on to Facebook or Twitter, and gambling referendum propaganda may pop up on your news feed.





