Don't Give LinkedIn Access to Your Phone's Bluetooth By Paul Wagenseil published 20 April 17 The LinkedIn app for iOS wants to use Bluetooth to connect to nearby devices, presumably so you can get strangers' details. Don't let it.
Smartglasses to Replace Phones? Facebook Says Yes By Althea Chang published 20 April 17 An Oculus chief scientist says that augmented reality glasses could replace smartphones — and soon.
Twitter Scammers Lure Victims to Fake Bank Sites By Marshall Honorof published 7 April 17 Phishers mimic real banks on Twitter, luring customers to fake login pages that steal passwords and hijack accounts.
Apple Clips: Get Started with These Quick Tips By Henry T. Casey published 7 April 17 Apple's Snapchat competitor Clips is out, and its Live Titles feature allows you to animate the things you say onto your video clips.
Facebook Stories: How to Use The First Decent Snapchat Clone By Henry T. Casey published 29 March 17 Facebook Stories, the company's latest Snapchat clone, is baked into its main app. Here's how to use it and find the new Facebook Camera.
Facebook's Snapchat Clone Is Good, But Missing Key Feature By Henry T. Casey published 10 March 17 Messenger Day is a Snapchat clone that you can find inside Facebook Messenger, but it feels incomplete without a popular feature.
How to Stop Facebook From Blasting Auto-Play Videos By Henry T. Casey published 14 February 17 Facebook plans to start blasting sound with its auto-playing video. Here's how you can turn off that feature.
Instagram Crashing? Try This Fix By Althea Chang published 20 January 17 Instagram may be crashing for some users who've installed the app's latest update.
Meet Jarvis: What We Know About Zuckerberg's Alexa Killer By Althea Chang published 20 December 16 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has developed a smart home system that might just be more sophisticated than Amazon's Echo and Google Home.
Snapchat Finally Gets Group Chats: How to Start One By Henry T. Casey published 14 December 16 Snapchat just got more addictive with the addition of Groups, a messaging feature that allows users to share privately to multiple people.
Facebook Messenger Spreads Feared Ransomware By Marshall Honorof published 21 November 16 If someone attempts to send you an SVG image file via Facebook Messenger, you should ignore it, or you may download dangerous ransomware.
iPhone Hackers Can Hijack LinkedIn, Twitter Apps By Marshall Honorof published 10 November 16 There's a nasty autodialing flaw in the iOS Twitter and LinkedIn apps that could let hackers make calls from your iPhone.
Can Posting Social Media Photos Stop Child Abuse? By Amy Oztan published 10 October 16 By posting photos of child abuse to social media, a number of witnesses have gotten police to take action, but do these pictures go too far?
How to Encrypt Facebook Messenger (and Why You Should) By Andrew E. Freedman published 4 October 16 Facebook Messenger's 'Secret Conversations' allow end-to-end encryption, but the feature is opt-in. Here's how to turn it on and use it.
VR Faces Made from Facebook Photos Fool Biometric Logins By Marshall Honorof published 22 August 16 Three-dimensional virtual-reality face reconstructions made from social-media photos can easily fool facial-recognition software.
What Is Finstagram? By Lauren L'Amie published 3 August 16 With the emergence of fake Instagram accounts, or "Finstagrams," teens are taking charge of social media by creating anonymous online personas.
How to Get Verified on Twitter By Lauren L'Amie published 19 July 16 Twitter is now allowing everyone to send in requests to be verified users. Here’s our guide to landing a profile with a little blue checkmark.
What Are Facebook Messenger's Secret Conversations? By Marshall Honorof published 8 July 16 Facebook Messenger's new Secret Conversations feature, now available to a select few users, will get a full release in September.
Can Posting Political Stuff on Social Media Get You Fired? By Sherri L. Smith published 6 July 16 While it might be tempting to throw a Trump tantrum or rant about Benghazi on Facebook and Twitter, it could prevent you from being hired — or even get you canned.
Why I Stopped Using Facebook, And You Should Too By Philip Michaels published 21 June 16 By retaining ties to a board member who's funding lawsuits against news sites, Facebook has shown that its supposed support for the free exchange of ideas is empty talk.
How to Dump Trump, Hillary Off of Your Facebook By Henry T. Casey published 16 June 16 Facebook isn't the best venue for a political debate, so we've got a guide for cleaning election news and candidates out of your feed.
Twitter Wasn't Hacked, But You're at Risk Unless You Do This By Paul Wagenseil published 10 June 16 Those 32 million Twitter passwords were stolen from individual users, not Twitter itself. Here's how to make sure it doesn't happen to you.
Can Facebook Live Take Down Twitch? By Michael Andronico published 7 June 16 Facebook Live video is beginning to embrace gaming, but it'll take more than just a massive user base to topple Twitch.
Facebook Eavesdropping: How a Fake Story Became 'Real' By Paul Wagenseil published 6 June 16 You know that story about how Facebook listens to your conversations? It's not true, and here's how the media failed in covering it.
How to Check If Your LinkedIn Was Hacked By Paul Wagenseil published 24 May 16 LinkedIn promised to tell users if they were part of a massive data breach, but many users are finding out from third-party sites instead.
How to Find Facebook Live Videos Around the World By Cherlynn Low published 19 May 16 The new Facebook Live Map makes it easier to find Live Videos all around the world. Here's how to find a stream to tickle your fancy.
Twitter to U.S. Spies: No More Access to Data By Henry T. Casey published 9 May 16 Dataminr provides real-time updates and alerts for world events, and Twitter has stopped agencies such as the CIA from accessing the service.
How to Report Bullying and Abuse on Reddit By Andrew E. Freedman published 3 May 16 Learn how to avoid the worst of Reddit so that you can stay focused on its community and interesting discussions.
How to Report Bullying and Abuse on Instagram By Andrew E. Freedman published 2 May 16 Learn how to stay safe and report harassment on Instagram in just a few steps.
How to Report Bullying and Abuse on Facebook By Andrew E. Freedman published 28 April 16 Facebook offers multiple ways to report harassment and abuse on its social network.
