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Shields Up!: Typosquatting has a new, sometimes malicous twist

Typosquatting is nothing new. For years scammers have been snatching up domain names that are common misspellings of popular websites like Twitter and Facebook. These domain usually display nothing but ads in hopes that the traffic gained by people who make typos will result in ad revenue for them. Recently however there has been a more »

Those fun online quizzes may be more than you bargained for

I’m a genius who is the reincarnation of the ever-breathy Marilyn Monroe. I understand men 100%, and I’m also the cartoon character Dory as well as the Disney Princess Mulan. No, I don’t have split personality disorder or any other kind of mental heath diagnosis (I think). Just the results of a bunch of those online quizzes. Yeah, you know what I mean. I also learned that these quizzes aren’t just about killing some time and a few chuckles. It all boils down to the money, right? Did you really think this was any exception?

“Not right now, honey. I have a text message!”

There may be more women hearing that than you think. A recent survey conducted by Impulse Research for Energizer asked 1,000 men between the ages of 24-35 what they’d do if they had to choose between their smartphones and their significant others. An amazing 14% said they’d drop their girlfriend or wives in an instant if asked to choose. An additional 30% said they’d have to “think about it.”

You have to wonder what would make a man prefer his phone to his woman. Is it because the phone doesn’t nag? Seems to me that push mail does just that..as soon as you get an email you’re alerted and nagged via flashing led, vibration or alert until you read it, so that can’t be it. Maybe it’s because phones don’t have a “honey do” list? Well I don’t know, but that to do list on your phone looks pretty long to me.