Jarrett Sudan Giddings better known by his middle name Sudan is a rapper, guitarist, producer and director born and raised in West Philadelphia. Sudan started rapping at age 11 and recalls the very moment he decided to take his craft serious after hearing Nas and Lauryn Hill's "If I Ruled th... Read more...
A potential ban on Google Glass while on the road -- before the product has been released -- may have seemed premature, but legislation may already be stopped in its tracks. A "Stop the Cyborgs" sticker on offerCNET's Chris Matyszczyk wrote an article documenting the trend of preventing "cyber sp... Read more...
Bang With Friends, a three-month-old Facebook app that helps you find friends who want to hook up is gaining a lot traction. The idea seems crazy. The app helps you find a Facebook friend to hook up with and sends them a "nudge" letting you know your intentions. If that person happens to be into yo... Read more...
The Defense Department wants new computer tools to analyze mounds of unstructured text, blogs and tweets as part of a coordinated push to help military analysts predict the future and make decisions faster. The search is part of the Office of Naval Research's "Data to Decisions" program, a se... Read more...
88% Of Teens’ Sexual Pics Reposted By ‘Parasite Websites’ - I AM NOT A RAPPER It’s no secret that the sexually explicit photos teens (stupidly) post online could be stolen, but a new study sheds light on how frequently such images are reposted. The Internet Watch Foundation found that 88%... Read more...
The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) has released new social media guidelines. Among the various new rules for teachers, Facebook friending with students has been banned. Doe Social Media Guidelines In an attempt to minimize social media negligence, the New York City Department o... Read more...
“Twitter is a social network and micro blogging service that allows you to answer the question, “What are you doing?” Twitter has quickly become an everyday ritual for most of us, an outlet for people to say whatever comes to mind, creating personalities that we realize people we know or k... Read more...
The US government is offering private intelligence companies contracts to create software to manage "fake people" on social media sites and create the illusion of consensus on controversial issues. The contract calls for the development of "Persona Management Software" which would help the u... Read more...
This month, we were reminded how important it is that social media companies do what they can to protect the sensitive data they hold from the prying eyes of the government. As many news outlets have reported, the US Department of Justice recently obtained a court order for records from Twitter ... Read more...