Hijacked #NapaQuake Hashtag Turns Up Images Of Islamic Militant Slogans & Dead U.S. Soldiers
The Twitter hashtag #napaquake appears to be part of Islamic militants' latest social media strategy for spreading their propaganda across the Internet.
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The Twitter hashtag #napaquake appears to be part of Islamic militants' latest social media strategy for spreading their propaganda across the Internet.
A scientist from the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory told KPIX 5 that an experimental earthquake warning system worked, giving about a 10-second alert prior to the magnitude 6 South Napa quake that struck the Bay Area Sunday morning.
Users of the popular anonymous social media app Secret have been offering random confessions to their friends with the understanding that they won't know who it is, a premise that was shattered by hackers who demonstrated that Secret is not secret.
Councilmembers Kriss Worthington and Maxwell Anderson have called for a city ordinance that would require every mobile phone sold within the city to carry a sticker "warning consumers of the risk of brain cancer."
The maker of a popular line of wearable fitness-tracking devices says it has never sold personal data to advertisers, contrary to concerns raised by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer.
Two brothers who squatted on a Bay Area woman's Airbnb condo have finally left the premises.
SoundCloud will start paying artists and record companies whose music appears on the popular streaming site.
Twitter announced this week its commitment to deal with images of the deceased as requested by their family.
If you use your cell phone for work you could be seeing more money in your paycheck.
Cupertino will become the first city west of the Rockies to get AT&T's super-fast broadband Internet service.
Known for its annual music festival, the Coachella Valley in Southern California has emerged as a potential location for Tesla Motors to build its widely anticipated battery factory.
Google's IPO, a decade ago this week, launched the company on a trajectory that continues to reshape its business and much of the world in its orbit.
Drivers in the Bay Area, New York and other big cities say they are increasingly experiencing unwanted passengers climbing in the back seat of their cars.
A Texas mother tired of her child not responding to her text messages has created an app that would allow parents to lock their kid's phone if their calls are ignored.
Facebook has begun testing the addition of the word "[SATIRE]" in their related articles list under news postings, presumably for those who can't tell the difference.
