Managing Social Media and Your Time

Blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, oh my! Yes, managing your social media can eat up lots of time. And you wonder, wasn’t technology supposed to make life easier and more efficient? Forbes Women’s Work in Progress has a great article on how to manage your time on social media:  One of the biggest complaints I hear [...]

Zappos Security Breach: Did You Get Their Email?

If you’re like most women who want to keep a nice shoe game you’ve probably received an email from Zappos warning of a security breach. My email read: First, the bad news: We are writing to let you know that there may have been illegal and unauthorized access to some of your customer account information [...]

No More Texting and Driving?

This might be a good thing for many of us.  Some of us take it way too far in trying to multitask while driving.  Typing the occasional text or email has turned into full blown composition writing while driving. CNN is reporting: Federal accident investigators Tuesday called for a nationwide ban on the use of [...]

Government Wags Finger At Facebook

We’ve remarked frequently on how Facebook can get you in trouble, but today it looks like Facebook itself is on the wrong end of the law.  PCMag reports: The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced a settlement with Facebook that requires the social network to be more transparent about its privacy policies. According to the [...]

Massive Data Breach!

Last week I received about four separate emails from my lovely creditors informing me that my private information had been compromised.  It seems that they all used Epsilon, an email marketing firm. Just great.  I’m sure I’m far from the only one given that Epsilon apparently manages customer databases and email marketing for more than [...]

Caught Up on Craigslist

Don’t let this be you someday: Politico reports: Rep. Christopher Lee resigned Wednesday evening after it was revealed that he sent a suggestive photograph to a woman he met on the Internet, a swift outcome for a scandal that was over before it even began. The New York Republican was the subject of a Gawker [...]

Sharing Your Neighbor’s Wi-Fi?

Guilty as charged. Yes, I’ve used my neighbor’s wi-fi connection. Yes, I must do better. I’d hate for them to start snooping on me! WTOP reports on wi-fi mooching.

Could You Use A Tech Detox?

Without hesitation my answer is yes.  A tech detox.  Sounds like an anathema to the “always plugged-in,” bloggers, and social media enthusiasts everywhere.  But we’re all in need of a break.  It struck me after reading a great post on a friend’s social media sabbatical.  He talked about missing the richness of real conversation with [...]

Cyber Scams to Watch Out For

Time’s Techland  has a great article outlining 9 cyber scams to watch out for this year.  Some are familiar, but a couple of others caught us by surprise. New threats we’re worrying about? URL Shorteners: Shortened URLs are supposed to make your online life that much shorter.  But they are increasingly being used by scammers [...]

New Year, New Laws

With the New Year come new laws in a variety of states.  So, what have your state legislatures been up to? To be sure 45 state legislatures, the District of Columbia, AND the territories (Guam, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico) met in regular session in 2010 and enacted 31,005 new laws! Cyber Crimes: Both California [...]

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