Pretty soon, just about everything we do on the Web will be logged, analyzed, and used for things outside of our control. Here are some ways to help stop that.More >>
Pretty soon, just about everything we do on the Web will be logged, analyzed, and used for things outside of our control. Here are some ways to help stop that.More >>
True to its name, Social Roulette is a game of roulette in which you're gambling your digital life. After giving the app permissions, you then take a one-in-six chance of letting it delete your Facebook account.More >>
True to its name, Social Roulette is a game of roulette in which you're gambling your digital life. After giving the app permissions, you then take a one-in-six chance of letting it delete your Facebook account.More >>
Weird accommodation options are part of Airbnb's charm, so we'd like to propose seven current listings that should be verified immediately.More >>
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When it comes to iPhone 5 accessories, the options just keep on coming, and there are a lot of little extras that can really improve your experience. More >>
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Facebook is basically integrated into every part of our lives. You use it to catch up on friends' lives, meet people, find events, message people but it's also a place where people go to sell live human babies online.More >>
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Using the camera on a smartphone or tablet, a parent or child can scan one of forty-seven dot patterns printed on kids pajamas to launch a story.More >>
Using the camera on a smartphone or tablet, a parent or child can scan one of forty-seven dot patterns printed on kids pajamas to launch a story.More >>
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- The Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership (MYCAP) will host their Community Action Awareness Day Friday, May 17, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Wick Park RecreationMore >>
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MAHONING TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania- The Coroner says a former Mahoning County Sherriff's deputy hospitalized after a domestic shooting in Lawrence County has now died. Joe Lupo died this morning at SaintMore >>
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Thursday, May 16 2013 11:48 AM EDT2013-05-16 15:48:23 GMT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Gambling regulators say gross revenue from table games at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos was up 8.9 percent last month when compared to April 2012. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control BoardMore >>
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Thursday, May 16 2013 11:46 AM EDT2013-05-16 15:46:16 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - In the wake of the discovery of three women held captive in a Cleveland home for about a decade, local officials are strengthening efforts to locate missing people. Officials in CuyahogaMore >>
CLEVELAND (AP) - In the wake of the discovery of three women held captive in a Cleveland home for about a decade, local officials are strengthening efforts to locate missing people.More >>
Thursday, May 16 2013 11:20 AM EDT2013-05-16 15:20:15 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - A judge in Cleveland has set a $5 million bond for a man charged with aggravated murder in the 1984 killing of a 14-year-old girl. Hernandez Warren was arraigned Thursday morning. InvestigatorsMore >>
CLEVELAND (AP) - A judge in Cleveland has set a $5 million bond for a man charged with aggravated murder in the 1984 killing of a 14-year-old girl.More >>
Thursday, May 16 2013 11:06 AM EDT2013-05-16 15:06:34 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Republicans want to force universities to offer in-state tuition to out-of-state students who request documents from the schools in order to register to vote in Ohio. RepublicansMore >>
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Republicans want to force universities to offer in-state tuition to out-of-state students who request documents from the schools in order to register to vote in Ohio.More >>
Thursday, May 16 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-16 15:00:26 GMT
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congressman Tim Ryan and Congresswoman Kay Granger introduced the Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013, a bipartisan bill that directs the Department of Defense to provide aMore >>
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Thursday, May 16 2013 10:34 AM EDT2013-05-16 14:34:37 GMT
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - An armed home invasion happened over night on East Avondale. Police say a woman, her mother and two other women broke in to a man's house with a bat. The man was one of the women'sMore >>
Actor and Youngstown-native Ed O'Neill was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from Youngstown State University. O'Neill, who served as commencement speaker, attended YSU. Although, he left theMore >>
Actor and Youngstown-native Ed O'Neill was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from Youngstown State University. O'Neill, who served as commencement speaker, attended YSU. Although, he left theMore >>
Friday, May 17 2013 11:10 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:10:39 GMT
LOWELLVILLE, Ohio - Mahoning County Commissioners have approved the purchase of radio repeater equipment, in hopes of enhancing communication for Lowellville emergency responders. The issue was broughtMore >>
LOWELLVILLE, Ohio - Mahoning County Commissioners have approved the purchase of radio repeater equipment, in hopes of enhancing communication for Lowellville emergency responders. The issue was broughtMore >>
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As mentioned by the BBC News recently, a 17-year-old girl was visiting her grandmother in Sydney, Australia when she took a picture of a "large sum of cash" while helping her grandmother count her cash savings at the home. The teenager posted the picture on her Facebook feed around 4 p.m. on Thursday May 24. Approximately seven hours later, two masked men armed with a wooden club and a knife entered the girl's family home 75 miles away in the town of Bundanoon. Upon entering the family home, the men found the 47-year-old mother of the girl as well as a 58-year-old man and 14-year-old boy, likely her father and brother.
When speaking to the family, the two men wanted to talk to the girl about the sum of money in the picture that was posted on Facebook. After the girl's mother convinced the two armed men that her daughter no longer lived at the address, they "took a small amount of cash and other personal property before leaving the house" according to the official police statement regarding the incident.
While no one was injured during the robbery, it's clear that the two men were able to determine the location of the home from information posted on the teenage girl's Facebook account. It's also possible that at least one of the two men were friends with the girl on Facebook and were aware of the location of her family's home.
Also within the official statement, the police reminded the public to be careful of the type of information that's posted on social networks like Facebook. With the rise in popularity of geotagging photos with location data prior to posting on a social network, Facebook users may want to use groups to limit the amount of sharing among their entire friend's list and avoid using public posts when publishing personal information or location data.
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