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  Cops Nail Criminal After He Posted His Location on Facebook

  JP 12:52 am on February 10, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Christopher Crego, facebook (159), Indiana (3), Location, nbsp (991), New York, new york police, Read (809), social networking site (36), terre haute indiana, U.S. (63)

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  When will criminals learn that using Facebook while they’re on the lam is a terrible idea? If you really want to stay out of jail, those friend requests, status updates and application invites can probably wait. But once again, a fugitive wasn’t able to resist the temptation of the social-networking site, and he’s paying for it.

  According to the Associated Press, U.S. marshals busted 39-year-old Christopher Crego on Wednesday, who’d skipped out on a sentencing hearing for a long list of charges, while he was at work. Just how did authorities know where he worked? Apparently, Crego posted the name and location of his employer (a Terre Haute, Indiana tattoo parlor) on both his Facebook and MySpace page. Lockport, New York police logged on and saw the information, and then they passed it on to federal authorities. Just to rub it in, the Lockport cops posted this message on Crego’s wall: “It was due to your diligence in keeping us informed that now you are under arrest.”

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  Cops Nail Criminal After He Posted His Location on Facebook originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Fatal 18-Wheeler Wreck Result of Trucker Watching Porn on Laptop

  JP 12:52 am on February 1, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Buffalo, federal trucking, Julie Stratton, nbsp (991), New York, Ohio (4), porn, Read (809), second degree manslaughter, Thomas Wallace, truck, Wallace (2)

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  It’s no secret how dangerous it is for truck drivers to use in-cab computers and navigation systems while driving. Yesterday, the federal Department of Transportation (DOT) prohibited truckers from texting on the road, but, unfortunately, there’s no such ban on other devices.

  Now, we’re seeing the heartbreaking results of this lack of action. According to an Associated Press report, a truck driver who was watching porn on his in-cab laptop struck a car near Buffalo, New York this past December, killing the woman inside. Thomas Wallace, a 45-year-old trucker from Ohio, was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Julie Stratton, a 33-year-old mother. Police say Wallace also broke federal trucking laws by sleeping less than four hours in the 27-hour period preceding the wreck. Stratton was inside the car, which was broken down on the side of a New York State Thruway after she’d hit a deer, when Wallace’s truck swerved and crashed into her vehicle.

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  Fatal 18-Wheeler Wreck Result of Trucker Watching Porn on Laptop originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Mattel 'Puppy Tweets' Gives Dogs a Social Networking Voice

  JP 12:50 am on January 28, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: dog (2), nbsp (991), New York, plastic tag, Read (809), running around in circles, Susan Russo, use (4)

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  ‘Puppy Tweets,’ according to CNN, is a new device from Mattel that dog owners can attach to their pup’s collar, and use to follow Rover’s every move… on Twitter. The plastic tag, which comes equipped with a sound and motion sensor, also comes with pre-recorded tweets. Depending on your dog’s movements and behavior, it’ll post one of the tweets to your dog’s Twitter account (unless you’re the proud owner of Lassie, you’ll probably have to take care of setting up the page yourself). If he’s barking up a storm at the mailman, for example, the gadget will automatically post a tweet saying, “YAHOOOOOOO! Somedays you just gotta get your bark on.” If she’s just spent hours running around in circles, you may see a tweet on your smartphone to the effect of “I finally caught that tail I’ve been chasing and…OOUUUCHH!”

  Director of marketing Susan Russo told CNN that the product “capitalizes on two popular trends – the use of social media and real time communication, as well as peoples’ extreme love for their dogs.” The device is slated to debut at next month’s Toy Fair in New York, and we imagine it’ll probably find a pretty broad demographic — few pet owners are as “rabid” about their animals as dog owners are. Call us old fashioned, but we kinda liked the days when dogs were following us on leashes, not on mini feeds. [From: CNN]

  Mattel ‘Puppy Tweets’ Gives Dogs a Social Networking Voice originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  4-Ways-to-Add-Value-And-Build-Customer-Loyalty-Now

  JP 12:52 am on January 26, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: business (6), business license, license (2), new businesses, New York, report, running a business

  According to a recent report, about 500 applicants file for a business license every month in New York. However, about 85 percent of those new businesses fail within the first year. Many tank because the owner lacks experience running a business – specifically because they don’t offer potential customers a strong tangible picture of the benefits of using the company’s products and services…
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  Track Santa With NORAD and Google Earth

  JP 12:29 pm on December 22, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: aerospace defense command, american aerospace defense, google (89), google earth (4), nbsp (991), New York, North American, Paris (4), Read (809), Rome (2), Santa (2), St. Nick, Sydney (4)

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  The stockings are hung with care, the tree is glowing bright, and Santa’s list has been checked and re-checked. With two days until Christmas Eve, there’s nothing left to do but let the anticipation build. One necessary part of that Christmas preparation is tracking Santa’s flight path through the night sky.

  There are several ways to track Santa this year, but if you’re looking for experienced trackers, you can’t beat the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) official Santa Tracker. The folks at NORAD have been tracking ol’ St. Nick for more than 50 years, but they’re not afraid of innovation. You can even follow Santa’s flight path in 3-D using Google Earth. It really is a treat for kids (and adults, too) to watch Santa and his eight tiny reindeer zoom past digital versions of famous skylines — from New York to Sydney, from Paris to Rome.

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  Track Santa With NORAD and Google Earth originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  We Poll the Populace: 'What is a Poke?'

  JP 12:56 am on December 17, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: nbsp (991), New York, person, person report, poke, sick world, web wonderland

  Filed under: Switched Video, Web, Social Networking

  

  In the cold, dark days pre-Facebook (BFB, as we say in these parts), a “poke” was a polite way a nurse described the feeling of a shot to a patient, or an annoying thing siblings did to each other in the backseat of a car. When we signed up for the Web wonderland that is The Book, there were several options underneath a person’s profile: “Message This Person”, “Report This Person”, “Add This Person as a Friend,” and “Poke This Person.” When our parents logged on, they frantically called us, demanding to know what sort of sick world we encouraged them into. “What was a ‘poke?’” They begged, and is it bad that they did it to Uncle Artie?

  What we told them: A poke is not much, actually. A friendly way of saying hi, an online method of flirting, or even a prelude to a threat. The problem with pokes is that, five years after Facebook launched, we don’t know the proper response. A poke back, and then back again, threatening to evolve into a never-ending poke war? Ignore it and let it fester on our home page? Delete the poke and get on with our life? The best advice is, just confront it head on, and send a message, “Hey, (no) thanks for the poke.” We have complicated thoughts on the complex matter, so we took to the streets to see if the New York public could more adequately tell us what exactly the elusive poke was. Check out the video after the break.

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  We Poll the Populace: ‘What is a Poke?’ originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  NY Sex Offenders Stymied on 13 Social Networking Sites

  JP 12:55 am on December 13, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Andrew Cuomo, attorney general andrew cuomo, facebook (159), nbsp (991), New (3), New York, new york attorney general andrew cuomo, NY (2), Read (809), sex (3), york (4), york attorney general andrew cuomo

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  For the past few years, social network mega-sites Facebook and MySpace have been getting a little safer thanks to each making efforts to block sex offenders. Now, much of the rest of the Internet is getting the similar treatment, with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announcing that 13 more sites are finally following suit, hooking into the state’s database of sex offenders and filtering them out. In a statement, Cuomo said, “It is no secret that sexual predators abuse social networking websites to find and manipulate victims and to insinuate themselves into their victims’ lives.”

  Facebook and MySpace are the biggest of the social networks online, but sex offenders have been officially banned from New York since August. This move by sites like Google’s Orkut.com and Aol’s Beebo.com to block offenders will make it much harder for them to register, at least in the state of New York, where they must not only register their home address but also any e-mail, instant messenger handles, and other online personas they may be using. Other states have yet to follow suit in opening up sex offender databases, but it’s hard to see any politician not getting behind this sort of measure. [From: Office of the Attorney General, via: CNET]

  NY Sex Offenders Stymied on 13 Social Networking Sites originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  New York Gangs Take Tweets to the Streets

  JP 1:05 am on December 1, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: gangs in new york, nbsp (991), New York, police (5), Read (809), teenage gangs, Twitter (121), Unity Youth, Vernon Williams, youth outreach program

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  That Twitter avatar may look cute and docile, but once that bird starts hangin’ with the wrong crowd, dangerous things can happen.

  The New York Daily News reports that gangs in New York have taken Twitter to the seedy part of town — and the police have caught on. Several recent incidents of violence between rival teenage gangs have been instigated by intimidating tweets; one youngster was recently shot in the leg as a result of a fight started on Twitter, and the article cited a 15-year-old in local gang The New Dons who uses the site for “settin’ up the plans.” And the trend is growing.

  Still, Twitter is a double-edged sword: as police forces and social outreach groups have demonstrated, the site can monitor gang dialogue and even prevent attacks before they happen. Vernon Williams, a pastor who runs the Perfect Peace Unity Youth Outreach program in Harlem, said that his organization keeps a watchful eye on Twitter exchanges between at-risk teenagers. The group recently intervened to calm a brewing storm between two rival gangs whose threatening tweets suggested imminent danger. The police, too, have been keeping their fingers on the pulse of Twitter’s sketchy back alleys; one source described Twitter as just “another tool… like old phone records” that allows investigators to “track these guys.” [From: New York Daily News]

  New York Gangs Take Tweets to the Streets originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  New York Jets' David Clowney's Twitter Account Hacked

  JP 9:36 am on November 25, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: account (11), barbaric yawp, Commissioner Roger Goodell, David Clowney, nbsp (991), New York, nfl commissioner roger goodell, Read (809), Twitter (121)

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  After he heard the latest news about one of his players and Twitter, we’re sure that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, from his towering New York office building, gave out a great barbaric yawp: “I told you so!” According to Mashable, New York Jets wide receiver David Clowney has had his Twitter account hacked within the past 24 hours. Unlike when hackers took over a number of high-profile celebrity accounts earlier this year, the tweets sent from Clowney’s account aren’t funny. They’re downright mean and vulgar. Although Clowney has apparently regained control of his account and has issued an apology to his fans, the damage is done. The hacker directed a number of expletive-filled tweets at some of Clowney’s 6,700 followers.

  Aside from the tweet above, Clowney hasn’t yet commented on the attack. According to an Associated Press report on ESPN, the Jets confirmed Monday that his account was hacked, but team officials didn’t comment further. Seeing as he was benched earlier in the year for complaining about his playing time via Twitter, we’d suggest that Clowney just cut his losses and give up on the service, altogether. [From: Mashable and ESPN]

  New York Jets’ David Clowney’s Twitter Account Hacked originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Google Data Shows the Most Obscenity-Obsessed U.S. Cities

  JP 12:55 am on November 15, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: America (10), Boston (7), business insider (2), East Coast, Florida (4), google (89), google trends (2), Kentucky (2), Louisville, nbsp (991), New York, obscenity case, Pensacola, Philadelphia (8), Read (809), U.S. (63), year (8)

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  Last year, The Business Insider — inspired by an obscenity case in Pensacola, Florida — checked out the Google Trends data for each of the “seven dirty words.” The defense attorney in the case had planned to use Google search data to show that Pensacola’s morals were lax in comparison to the rest of the country. The research never saw the light of day, but that didn’t stop The Business Insider from performing its own analysis of search statistics to determine the most obscene cities in America.

  A year later, The Business Insider decided it was time to update the rankings, and last year’s surprise winner — Louisville, Kentucky — really cleaned up its act and dropped to number 10. Several major cities are featured on the list, including Boston and Philadelphia, but, amazingly, New York avoided placing in the top 10. Take that, other East Coast metropolitan areas!

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  Google Data Shows the Most Obscenity-Obsessed U.S. Cities originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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