Beware of malicious links sent via DMs on Twitter

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I have received two suspicious direct messages (DM) containing links on Twitter within just one week. The first one was from a follower telling me there was a profile on Twitter that “is spreading nasty blogs around about you.” It sounded fishy to me. This morning I was greeted by a message sent by another follower that started with “Did you see this pic of you? lol.” The attention-grabber note had me curious. However, early … Continue reading

Tech Tool: New feature lets users email tweets directly via Twitter.com

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Sharing tweets with those who are not on Twitter has just been made easier when Twitter, earlier this week, introduced an email function to enable users to email tweets directly from Twitter.com. You should know that not every Twitter account has an email button, at least not yet. But it is coming soon. An article entitled Sharing Tweets just got easier posted on Twitter’s blog will tell you a bit more about when Twitter is … Continue reading

Of ‘Instant’ tools

‘instant’ has become quite a popular catchphrase on the Net since the past few days. I am sure you’ve heard of Google Instant that started making waves just a few days ago. Ever tried it yet? I tried a search on “how to cook nasi lemak” (one of my favorite foods) and voila! The results showed “About 73,000 results (0.25 seconds),” and the grey text had predicted the word for me. But that’s not just what … Continue reading