Facebook is purchasing messaging giant WhatsApp for $16 billion in cash and stock, according to a regulatory filing. The deal is being cut for $12 billion in Facebook shares, $4 billion in cash and an additional $3 billion in RSUs for employee retention. A termination fee is attached to the deal that would cost Facebook  [ Read More ]

According to Pew Research Center close to 80 percent of teens in America have a cell phone, and nearly half of them use smart phones. Apps are wildly popular and easy to get with a few taps of those smart phones. Unfortunately, some of those apps are being used for more than just a friendly  [ Read More ]

Sexual predators are enticing teenagers and even younger children to send lewd pictures of themselves, then blackmailing them to get more — a scheme known as sextortion that has authorities increasingly worried. While it’s too early to have firm statistics on sextortion, experts on child exploitation say the number of instances is unmistakably on the  [ Read More ]