Vaughn Walker will be one of the most popular Federal judge’s in the U.S. amongst the gay community, as he overturned Prop 8, this was what stopped same sex marriages. As you would imagine a number of celebrities have come out in force on Twitter to tweet their reactions.
Facebook has come under fire yet again, this time from an inter-ministerial committee in Pakistan, as there are still a number of ‘blasphemous content’ pages live on the website. The committee has been looking at a number of different options open to them to try and block the content.
Social networking such as the use of Twitter and Facebook may be a wonderful thing most of the time, it helps people communicate with the people they want to, brings people closer together and keeps you in touch with what’s going on in other people’s lives. That’s all well and good when your life is [...]
Over the last few years, law firms have turned to online channels and social media as a way of marketing themselves. However, with such a shift in marketing, the cost of online advertising has unfortunately gone through the roof. As reported by Aaron Schoenberger at thebrainchildgroup.com, the increased cost has unfortunately pushed many of the [...]
It looks like the people of Pakistan will now be able to start using the popular social networking site Facebook again, after an information technology official announced yesterday (Monday, 31st May) that Pakistan has now lifted its ban on using the social media service. As reported at redorbit.com, the move to lift the ban – [...]
So you’re at work, or of course at home, and occasionally (a lot,) using a social networking site such as Twitter or Facebook to keep on top of your social life but have you ever thought of the implications of doing so for your career, or the legal implications involved.
The saga of the Apple prototype iPhone 4G just continues to grow. For those of you who’ve missed it so far a brief summary is that the prototype was lost in a bar, and then bought by a parent company of the blog website Gizmodo, who published details and photos on the internet. Apple demanded [...]
We’ve come across an interesting article about how the use of social media will be an ever-growing presence in law cases over the next few years as it becomes more and more popular. We’ve certainly become aware of more cases recently involving the use of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media and it [...]
Worrying news arrives for parents out there who may have kids or teens using Facebook, with reports that one teenage son from Arkensas is suing his own mother for hijacking his Facebook account.
How do we know when file sharing is illegal? There are all kinds of complexities surrounding this issue and it’s become a bit of a minefield trying to get through it. Of course you may listen to a CD with a friend for example, but creating a backup copy, is that illegal and where exactly [...]
