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Amy Winehouse death video scams appear on Facebook

Published by pratyushkp on July 25th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her North London home today, making headlines around the world. Within four hours, cold-hearted scammers were taking advantage of her death on Facebook.

If you see links like the following in your newsfeed, please don’t click on them.

Amy Winehouse is dead!!
Leaked Video!! Amy Winehouse On Crack hours before death
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Amy Winehouse getting high on crack just hours before she died

Video leaked of amy winehouse's death!!! Warning: Graphical Content.
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Amy Winehouse OVERDOSE VIDEO LEAKED! - RIP AMY

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LulzSec scam discovered on Facebook – but it’s not what you think

Published by pratyushkp on June 22nd, 2011 - in Social, Technology

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Article from Sophosh , Authored by Graham Cluley

Earlier today, a member of the British press contacted me asking if I had any photographs of the arrest of a suspected hacker in Wickford, Essex.

Quite why I, based in Oxford (which is about a 100 mile drive from where the man was arrested), would have photos of late-night goings-in in Essex wasn’t really explained by the journalist. But let’s not worry about that now.

In short, I explained that I didn’t have any photos and they would have to look elsewhere.

Kids’ Online Game Moshi Monsters Hits 50 Million Registered Users

Published by pratyushkp on June 6th, 2011 - in Social, Technology
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Two-year old online game Moshi Monsters has just reached a sizable milestone: 50 million registered users.

Moshi Monsters is a social online game/community that allows kids 6 to 12 to adopt virtual pets, tool around a virtual land called Monstro City, play games to earn virtual currency and communicate with other kids in a moderated, safe environment. The franchise also includes toys (coming soon), books, video games, trading cards and a Moshi magazine. Moshi will also soon begin its foray into music, live tours, a TV platform and film.

Moshi, founded by London-based startup Mind Candy, also reports that it has more than 15 million registered users (out of the total 50 million) in North America. Apparently, the game gets one signup per second.

Fifty million is a pretty hefty community, but it makes sense considering the rise of the digital native we have been privy to lately. In October, a study conducted by Internet security firm AVG found that 92% of children in the U.S. have an online presence by the time they are two, compared to 73% in western Europe.

Source :- http://mashable.com

  • Kids’ Online Game Moshi Monsters Hits 50 Million Registered Users (mashable.com)
  • Fight My Monster Wants To Be ‘Moshi Monsters For Boys’, Dylan Collins Joins As Angel (techcrunch.com)
  • Fight My Monster wants to be a Moshi Monsters for boys, Dylan Collins joins as Angel (eu.techcrunch.com)
  • Does Justin Bieber have a Moshi Monster (wiki.answers.com)
  • ‘Facebook for kids’ Moshi Monsters brings in Seventy Seven for UK PR drive (prweek.com)
  • Moshi Monsters Cheats Coming Soon (coolj735cpcheats.wordpress.com)
  • Does anyone have a moshi monsters account that you can have (wiki.answers.com)

Twitter To Hold Official #Devnest Developer Events

Published by pratyushkp on May 1st, 2011 - in Social, Technology
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Sad that Twitter Developer conference Chirp did not celebrate its first birthday this year? Well Twitter’s Jason Costa has just given those anticipating the gathering a slight ray of hope by announcing an official smaller #Devnestevent to take place at Twitter HQ San Francisco on May 12th.

For those of you unaware, Devnest was a Twitter Developer event out of London started in 2010 by British Twitter developer Jonathan Markwell and organized by Angus Fox. Looks like Twitter has now appropriated the successful event as its own, planning a “string of dates in several cities around the US.” Ooh.

From Costa:

Hi everyone,

On May 12th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, we’re going to be hosting a developer event, Twitter #devnestSF, here at our headquarters in San Francisco.

Please RSVP to join us for the evening. Due to space constraints, we’ll only be able to accommodate the first 200 sign-ups, and each RSVP is limited to one person. If you can’t attend this time around, don’t worry – this is going to be the first of many events to come. And for those not based in San Francisco, we’re planning to do a string of dates in several cities around the US, and in other cities around the world. Plus, we’re planning to record the event and release it on YouTube. More details will be released on that soon.

Rather than create a new event format, we’re choosing to embrace and extend what certain developers in the community are already doing – specifically the Devnest UK guys. Thanks to Angus Fox and Jonathan Markwell for letting us build on their work.

Please RSVP here, and we look forward to seeing you on May 12th:

http://twtvite.com/twitterdevnest

Thanks,

–Jason

Costa is the recently hired Twitter Developer Relations manager, brought on to smooth over what have certainly been some bumpy relations.  Twitter recently told developers straight out to stop building clients and focus on verticals, and then reportedly started a bidding war with Bill Gross’ Ubermedia for client Tweetdeck.

Costa’s got a long row to hoe.

Source :- http://techcrunch.com

  • Twitter To Hold Official #Devnest Developer Events (techcrunch.com)
  • Developer drop-in events (guardian.co.uk)
  • Twitter Adds Much-Needed Developer Relations Manager & Developer Events (readwriteweb.com)
  • Tax Break Secured, Twitter Is Staying in San Francisco (fakeiitian.com)
  • It’s Official: Twitter Is Staying in San Francisco (mashable.com)
  • How to Use Twitter Hashtags (lockergnome.com)
  • Bits: Twitter Says It Will Stick With San Francisco (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
  • One Tax Break Later, Twitter Announces Plans To Move To Central Market SF Office (techcrunch.com)
  • Do I Hear $50 million? This Bidding War Is About Tweetdeck’s High-End Users (techcrunch.com)
  • Tax Break In Hand, Twitter To Stay In San Francisco (blogs.forbes.com)
  • Leading app maker said to be planning Twitter competitor – CNN.com (huguesrey.wordpress.com)
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