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Yikes! Turns out LinkedIn was compromised and 6.5 million passwords were stolen. The popular business networking site said a member of a Russian online forum hacked the popular networking site and uploaded the passwords to the internet. It is believed that no user names were uploaded and that the hacking attempt was meant to

A Disney Cruise employee named Nelson has become internet infamous after allegedly stealing a passenger’s iPhone and using it to take several photos. Thanks to Apple’s Photo Stream feature, the owner of the phone, Katy McCaffrey, was able to grab Nelson’s snaps of himself, his friends and his girlfriend. She then uploaded them to

Terminally-ill Australian Shaun Wilson-Miller, 17, has become an internet sensation after accidentally posting a heartbreaking and inspirational farewell message to the world on YouTube. Shaun, who has been told by doctors he does not have long left to live after his body rejected a second heart transplant, was only trying to post his tragic

This video is by Camron Wiltshire who says he was travelling last year through Europe, “blindly, not knowing a single person or where I would stay, amazing strangers opened up their homes and lives to me in beautiful acts of kindness. The most memorable of strangers was French activist and We Are Change Paris

  YouTube‘s Partner Program, previously opened only to producers of very popular content, is now open to all content creators from the 20 countries where the program is available. To become a YouTube Partner, you need to enable your YouTube account and successfully monetize at least one of your videos. Make sure you own

Life is a beautiful thing! Time-lapse video of a pregnant mom and expecting father encapsulates nine-months in just under two minutes.

KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. HOW TO HELP: Visit: http://kony2012.com Donate to Invisible Children: https://stayclassy.org/checkout/set-donation?eid=14711 For info on Invisible Children: http://invisiblechildren.com

Today I received an e-mail from Frugal Dad that contained a link to a very interesting info-graphic. The graphic explains “how smartphones are overtaking many point-and-shoot cameras in popularity” and “examines the tension between ‘citizen journalism’ and traditional photojournalism.” It’s the authors hope that “citizen journalists with smartphones can become a driving support to

For the networking of course! I added almost 100 followers on my Twitter account during and shortly after attending Podcamp 2012 in Halifax last Sunday. Most of these are local which adds to the value. Excellent event and this is just another reason to keep an eye on it next year. Here’s a grab

Podcamp is here once again and I’ll be updating this post as the day goes on. 2012 is the fourth year the popular event is taking place in Halifax and this year’s line up of events looks very promising. Podcamp Halifax was founded by Ryan Deschamps, Jon McGinley and Craig Moore and first launched