By Krista on Mar 11, 2007 in Legal, Spam | 0 Comments
If you’re anything like me, not a day goes by without receiving at least one stock tip via email. I’ve had days where I receive upwards of twenty of them within only a few minutes.
The point of the email is to convince you that this stock is so hot that you’d be stupid not to buy in. Since most sell for pennies a share, those people looking to get rich quick and cash in on easy profits snap up shares quickly. Read the rest
By Krista on Feb 19, 2007 in Legal, Social Media, Web 2.0 | 0 Comments
The Attorney Generals from 21 states believe that Anheuser-Busch isn’t doing enough to keep underage kids off its Bud.tv site, Advertising Age is reporting. While they aren’t threatening to sue just yet, they have sent a stern warning stating
“We feel strongly that since you are creating the programming and controlling the internet-based network, not just advertising on it, you have a higher responsibility to ensure that youth are not exposed to the marketing on your site,” the letter to A-B reads. “We fail to see how your use of age verification on the Bud.tv site is a genuine attempt to keep youth from accessing the site’s content.”
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By Krista on Aug 29, 2006 in Identity Theft, Privacy, Security, Spam | 0 Comments
Phishing scammers are adding voice over IP (VoIP) technology to their mix and ensnaring victims over the phone. In phishing schemes, scammers send an email impersonating from Paypal or a high profile bank. They usually mention that your account is about to expire or they detected fraudulant activity and ask you to log into a site to correct the info. The site you are referred to looks just like Paypal’s or the bank’s website, but it’s not affiliated with the company. When you log in, you effectively hand over your username, password, and any other sensitive data you input directly to the scammer. Read the rest
By Krista on Aug 27, 2006 in Trends, Web 2.0 | 0 Comments
Guy Kawasaki recently posted this video of the Churchill Club’s look at “Startup Success.” Panelists include the CEOs from Personal News Network, LinkedIn, JotSpot, Jajah, and Photobucket.
The CEO of JotSpot, Joe Kraus, formerly founded and sold Excite.com quoted a VC at Mobius Venture Capital when he defined Web 2.0 as “Ajax, Adsense, and Arrogance,” which I thought was pretty funny. He then when on to discuss how the Web 2.0 boom is different from the dotcoms of the 90s - mainly that access to cheap labor and hardware drive down costs so it feels like a “return to entrepreneurship” and a “return to doing it for the love of it.” Read the rest
By Krista on Aug 23, 2006 in Social Media, Web 2.0 | 0 Comments
If you’ve watched The Colbert Report over the last week, you probably know that the Hungarian government is conducting an online poll to name a national bridge. After the media picked up on the fact that Chuck Norris was leading by a significant margin, Stephen Colbert picked it up and asked fans to help him win the vote.
Over the course of the next week, his vote total went from less than 2000 votes to over 17 million, thanks, in part, to his computer savvy fanbase who developed a script to repeatedly submit votes. The discussion over on the discussion forums at Colbert Nation is a fascinating look at how easy it is to hack a website’s voting system with minimal effort. Read the rest
