Video streaming company Vevo, used by both Sony and Universal to showcase their artist’s videos on YouTube, was caught red-faced recently when guests noticed they were illegally streaming an NFL playoff game at their recent Sundance party. Sony and Universal have been loud voices in the fight against piracy. So what’s up with the blatant more »

You may have noticed colorful “Hello My Name Is” tags appearing in your newsfeed. At first glance it looks like just another silly Facebook app but it’s actually the latest attempt by scammers to trick Facebook users into helping them commit affiliate fraud. When a user clicks on the invitation to find out what their more »

A security flaw has prompted Google to suspend the functionality of prepaid credit cards linked to its mobile wallet product. The flaw, revealed last week by an anonymous blogger, allows an unauthorized user of an Android phone access the balances on said cards simply by going into the phone’s settings and clearing out all data more »

A study by Divorce-Online, a UK website that offers legal advice and resources to divorcing couples, Facebook was sited in one third of over 5,000 UK divorce filings in which “unreasonable behavior” was given as the reason for the marriage failure. “People contact ex-partners and the messages start as innocent, but lead to trouble,” divorce more »

A blogger is being sued by the blog he used to write for because they claim his Twitter followers belong to them. PhoneDog is suing former blogger Noah Kravitz for $350,000 (that’s $2.50 per follower per month for 8 months) because they say his 17,000 followers amounts to their customer list, and they want it more »

A bored comedy writer took it upon himself to shame some of the tweeters he came across on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Their crime? Complaining about what they got and didn’t get for Christmas, often in melodramatic style. For example: welp my christmas is pretty much ruined, im not getting my car till after more »

Domain registrar GoDaddy stepped up and spoke out against the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The company, which previously appeared to support the bill and it’s companion, the Protect IP Act, now says it has changed its mind because the bill is too polarizing. “GoDaddy opposes SOPA because the legislation has not fulfilled its more »

Reuter’s reports that Amazon attempted to purchase RIM but the struggling smartphone company turned them down. This news did not sit well with RIM’s shareholders. Once the top smartphone brand, the company’s foot dragging when it comes to implementing new technologies and upgrading its Blackberry OS have contributed to their decline, along with the popularity more »

The NFL has announced a free live stream of the Super Bowl will be made available this year. The stream, which will be provided in conjunction with NBCSports,com, will also be available to Verizon Wireless customers. In addition, the Wildcard and ProBowl games. The streams will offer enhanced viewing tools such as the ability to more »

The Android platform has claimed a small victory over Apple with the announcement that Facebook’s Android app is used by more people than their app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Considering there is only one model of each available yet a wide variety of Android phones to chose from, this isn’t that surprising. Plus, more »