Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season shifted into high gear. The chain said that accounts of customers who made purchases by swiping their cards at terminals in its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and [ Read More ]
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Target says 40 million credit, debit card accounts may be affected by data breach
Comments Off on Target says 40 million credit, debit card accounts may be affected by data breachProtect Yourself From Identity Theft
Comments Off on Protect Yourself From Identity TheftNo matter how careful you are, your personal information can end up online and you could become a victim of identity theft. It just happened to about 6,000 people with ties to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC says files with information like names, social security numbers and dates of birth somehow [ Read More ]
Instagram Introduces Private Messaging
Comments Off on Instagram Introduces Private MessagingThe popular photo-sharing app Instagram introduced on Thursday a messaging service that would let users send private photos and videos to their friends directly. Read more…
Top Types Of Content Shared On Social Media Sites, September 2013 [CHART]
Comments Off on Top Types Of Content Shared On Social Media Sites, September 2013 [CHART]7 in 10 internet users across 24 countries say they’ve shared some type of content on social media sites in the past month, according to new survey results from Ipsos OTX. Given the growing popularity of visually-focused sites such as Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat, it’s no surprise that pictures emerge as the content type respondents [ Read More ]
Facebook’s new privacy setting lets teens share publicly
Comments Off on Facebook’s new privacy setting lets teens share publiclyFacebook said Wednesday that teens can share their posts publicly for the first time, but the default privacy setting for new users will limit their sharing to friends only. “While only a small fraction of teens using Facebook might choose to post publicly, this update now gives them the choice to share more broadly, just [ Read More ]