Update: There is now a video up on Dave Naylor’s blog about the Twitter exploit, which I have embedded below. Meanwhile, Twitter has yet to respond to the issue via either the Official Twitter Blog or the Twitter Status Blog. They were kind enough to post a Ryan Seacrest video however.
Twitter Has Evil Pop-Up That Could Hack Your Account
If you ever see a Twitter pop-up message that looks like the following:
RUN! Close down your browser, turn off your computer, do not pass “Go”, do not collect $200!
Mayoral Candidate Has Facebook Account Hacked
Justin Michael is like many online users.
Tony LaRussa Taking Twitter To Court Over Fake Account
It was only a matter of time before the lawyers jump on the Twitter Express. While might suspect that some big Hollywood celeb would be the one concerned with having their image “abducted” on Twitter it instead goes to a veteran Major League Baseball manager, Tony LaRussa of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Some of the coverage of this event portrays LaRussa as a guy with no sense of humor.
Kutcher Threatens To Delete Twitter Account
Smell that? That’s the aroma of publicity stunt. It may or may not be wafting from the matrimonial abode of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, or from executive producer offices of an ill-described reality show.
When generating buzz, sometimes people’s own imaginations are more effective than your own, and a little bit of vagueness can go along way. Here’s the sentence that has Ashton Kutcher threatening to stop tweeting (gasp! quelle horreur!):
UK Report: Top 10 Brands Account For 45% Of Web Time
The ten most heavily used Web brands in the UK have it pretty good. Insanely good, as a matter of fact. A new report from Nielsen Online indicates that these ten brands (which were looked at along with 7,625 others) account for 45 percent of all UK Internet time.
Twitter Account And Googleplex Tour On eBay
It started with Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron putting his Twitter account up for auction on eBay. He had 1,500 followers then and at last check he’s at 1,757.
Should You Buy A Twitter Account?
It’s been a mildly interesting weekend. One of the interesting things that happened was a TechCrunch article that described Andrew Baron selling his Twitter account It was the weekend, and I was looking for some quick amusement value, so I jumped into the auction on eBay. Things got really interesting from there.
Jan. 30th Dubbed Intl Delete Your MySpace Account Day
On my personal calendar, I’ve got Wednesday, January 30th more or less open – nothing of importance is happening. But for one social network, Wednesday might get a little interesting, as a user has decided to make it International Delete Your MySpace Account Day.
Talk Show Host Gets Bank Account Hacked
Hackers turn the tables on the talk show host “Top Gear” who made an outrageous claim that no one could do anything evil if their banking information was stolen. The humor part comes in that when he checked his bank account, someone had done a 500 pound (1000 dollar) donation to diabetes UK.