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Racist sign threatening Spanish speakers removed from playground in Delaware
A racist sign at a playground in Milford, Delaware that threatened to arrest Spanish-speaking people has been removed after it went viral on the Internet. The sign, which was called out by conservative radio host Dan Gaffney in a Facebook post on Saturday, told English speakers that “parental of guardian…
Bosnian sisters re-unite after 72 years thru social media
Two Bosnian sisters who lost track of each other almost 72 years ago met for the first time with the help of Facebook although they lived only 200 kilometres (125 miles) apart, local media reported Saturday. Tanija Delic, 88, and Hedija Talic, 82, had not seen each other since 1941,…
Oregon man arrested after posting ‘drivin’ drunk’ on Facebook
Jacob Cox-Brown’s friends didn’t like his New Year’s Day Facebook post — which said he had driven drunk — enough. In fact, they didn’t like it enough to report him to local police. According to ABC News, the 18-year-old Astoria, Oregon man’s post, “Drivin drunk… classsic ;) [sic] but to…
Analysts value Twitter at $11 billion as it prepares to go public in 2014
Analysts base estimate on trading in secondary markets and Apple interest in the social networking firm Twitter is preparing to take the company public in 2014, and could already be worth as much as $11bn, according to a report by specialist financial researchers Greencrest. The rough valuation of $11bn is based…
Singapore arrests Indian boy over Facebook bomb threat
Singapore police on Tuesday arrested a 13-year-old Indian boy for posting a Facebook message in which he allegedly threatened to bomb a luxury casino resort in the city-state. The unnamed boy vowed to take “a big big revenge”, “spit everywhere” and “plant bombs on Marina Bay Sands”, a major tourist…
Facebook disables New Year’s messaging tool after private messages revealed
Midnight Message Delivery app suspended after a student was able to read private messages meant for other users. Facebook has temporarily disabled its New Year’s Eve messaging tool after a university student was able to read and delete private messages intended for other users. Jack Jenkins, a business IT student…
Does Facebook make everyone a cyborg?
The Huffington Post starts the weekend by asking on Friday whether or not we are all cyborgs, a reference to a TED talk that claims we indeed are. A cyborg is an organism “to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments,” says the…
Facebook shares fall as Instagram loses millions of users
Facebook shares fell Friday after a report said its photo-sharing app Instagram had lost millions of users following the release of planned policy changes since dropped on an outcry from users. According to audience tracker AppData.com, over the past week the number of daily Instagram users fell by 3.5 million…
Woman arrested for scamming donations by posing as relative of Newtown victim
A woman in the Bronx was arrested Thursday and accused of scamming unsuspecting Facebook users out of donations by pretending to be the aunt of a 6-year-old who was killed in the Sandy Hook elementary massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Nouel Alba, 37, told a reporter for NBC’s “Today” that she…
Newark Booker aide rejected million-dollar donation as ‘too small’
Cory Booker releases secret emails on $100M Facebook gift to Newark Schools (via NJ.com) NEWARK — Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, gave $100 million to the Newark public schools in hopes of encouraging contributions as small as $5 and $10 from everyday people, but that never happened. The City…
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