Mother-in-Law’s Email to Bride Goes Viral: Would you want her?

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Here at OSM we pride ourselves on bringing you all the latest developments in the tech and social media word but occasionally we like to bring you news on viral videos, or social media blunders. Today we have news of an email that a prospective mother-in-law sent to her son’s future bride and … [Read more...]

Twitter Email Notifications New Options: Rolling Out Now

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Within the last two days we’ve reported on Twitter setting up a London office and also that a purchase of Tweetdeck had been finalized in a $40 million deal. Now we have more news about Twitter, this time about new options for Twitter email notifications. … [Read more...]

Yahoo Mail Outage: Is It Down For You?

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Free e-mail systems are as popular as ever with Google Mail, Hotmail and of course Yahoo mail however it would seem that Sony aren’t the only ones featuring network issues as many people have been complaining about the Yahoo Mail service and both are down for different reasons … [Read more...]

Survey: What Can You Give Up For Week, Could It Be Facebook?

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Since its arrival back in February 2004, Facebook has increased dramatically in terms of user numbers. In January of this year, wikipedia stated that the site had more than 600 million active users. As well as subscribers being able to find and add friends to their lists, the site allows users to … [Read more...]

Cyberstalking On The Rise: Social Networking & Email Suffer

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Although for many people, the use of social networking is harmless fun and a way of communicating between each other, uploading of photos and joining events and groups of interest, there are a percentage of people that are using the sites as well as email to harass individuals. … [Read more...]

Gmail Slip Up Accidentally Erases some Users Emails

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If like us and you hold a Gmail account then as soon as you turn on your computer your first point of call should be to check your account, it would seem that a slip up from Gmail has resulted in some users accounts having their emails erased. … [Read more...]

Deleted Contacts On Gmail: Restore Them And Delegate

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If you have recently had a mass contact clear out on your Gmail account and have looked back and thought you were too hasty when deleting someone, then you can get a second chance with a new restore option that Google has added. … [Read more...]

Facebook look to expand with email service- How will it compare?

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With the feisty wars we have nowadays between the likes of Facebook and Google you cant blame them for wanting to get into each others business. We have heard for a while now about the search engine's supposed social network Google Me, and now we are getting word that Facebook are planning their … [Read more...]

Google: Used street view to collect our personal details and passwords

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The search engine giant Google has caused a lot of anger and controversy around the UK today, as it has been revealed by BBC's Newsbeat that they have been "accidentally" collecting our personal information via unsecured Wi-Fi networks. An investigation has been launched to get to the bottom of … [Read more...]

Report: 1 In 5 University Students Use Hacking

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Online social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube are all increasing in user numbers by the day, and competition is rife as to who will take the top spot. The sites act as a tool for people to connect to one another and to find out the latest news from around the world. … [Read more...]

Barack Obama: Causes E-mail teen to recieve life U.S ban

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A teen from the U.K has been banned from entering American soil for life after sending U.S president Barack Obama an abusive E-mail. Bedfordshire resident Luke Angel was angered after a recent 9/11 documentary leading to the sending of the message in which he called Mr. Obama a pr*ck.According … [Read more...]

Email vs Social Network Marketing: The Stats

Email vs Social Network Marketing- The Stats

We all know that how we conduct our business has not changed much over the years, as the most important thing that you need to do is market your brand. However, how we approach has certainly changed. Going back five years the best way to do this was with email campaigns, but now most of us use … [Read more...]

Facebook and Windows Live Messenger: Outlook integration

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Microsoft has just made an announcement today, that it has now integrated both Facebook and Windows Live Messenger into its Outlook. This now means that the streams of millions of Facebook users will be brought into people’s inboxes all across the world!! … [Read more...]

Google Wave Extensions: Gallery Unveiled

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Google aims to offer you the best features with their Google Wave program, this is evident with these latest extensions gallery. For those who have not given Wave a go yet – you are missing out on a browser-based app that is something in middle of an email with IM, throwing in document sharing for … [Read more...]

Twitter Phishing Attacks and Hacked Accounts – Trust And Safety

Twitter Phishing Attacks and Hacked Accounts - Trust And Safety

Twitter users have been coming under phishing attacks for some time now, but the micro-blogging website has begun their fight back. Twitter users will certainly be happy about this news – but what have they got planned to combat this very serious problem? … [Read more...]