• Facebook to buy AOL Instant Messenger. I mean WhatsApp for $19 Billion

      It seems that Facebook is set to buy WhatsApp. The popular messaging app which has close to a billion users is selling itself for a cool $16 billion in cash and stock. This a messaging app people! $19 billion? Facebook is basically paying billions for AOL Instant Messenger. I feel the past few years…

  • Your Instagram private account was not so private. Your photos may be in the wild

    Turns out that “Private” is just a word when it comes to your pictures on Instagram. Andy Greenberg reveals a huge security hole in Instagram that had been present in the app for at least six months.  Using a common hacking technique called cross-site request forgery, security researcher Christian Lopez discovered hole in Instagram. You could switch a user’s profile settings…

  • Sh*t just got real. The New York City Police Department starts testing Google Glass

    Last summer a federal judge ruled that New York City’s “stop-and-frisk” violated the rights of minorities in the city. I must say that I agree with that assessment. Looks like it won’t be long until the New York City Police Department can potentially do the same thing without laying a finger on you. The New York City…