#NuggsForCarter Breaks All-Time Retweet Record

#NuggsForCarter Teen reaches all-time retweet record.

Last month, Wilkerson accepted a challenge from Wendy's official fast food Twitter account to get 18 million retweets in exchange for a year's supply of chicken nuggets.

Carter Wilkerson 16, of Reno, a student at Manogue High School, started the legendary social media campaign in early April when he tweeted: "Yo @Wendys how many retweets for a year of free chicken nuggets" as a joke. Wilkerson said at the time that he didn't really expect a reply.

#NuggsForCarter, reached the top of the Twitter game Tuesday morning with the most retweets ever, surpassing previous record-holder Ellen DeGeneres.

And he'll get his chicken nuggets, plus $100,000 to a national charity.

   
On Tuesday, Wendy's announced that #NuggsForCarter passed 3.4 million retweets. "That's good for the nuggets, and $100k to @DTFA," Wendy's Twitter account said.

.@carterjwm is now the most retweeted tweet of all-time. That’s good for the nuggets, and $100k to @DTFA. Consider it done. #nuggsforcarter pic.twitter.com/k6uhsJiP4E

— Wendy's (@Wendys) May 9, 2017

The DTFA is the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
GuinnessWorldRecords Twitter account also congratulate Carter.

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Saturday Night Nicki Minaj Was Telling Her Fans That She Would Pay College Tuition If They Have Good Grades

Need some help paying your college tuition fees or student loans? Nicki Minaj can help!

Saturday night, the award-winning rapper was on Twitter telling her fans that she would pay international airfare for contest winners (who would get to spend time with her at the Billboard music awards in Las Vegas) when a US student popped an important question: “Well you wanna pay for my tuition?” Surprisingly, Nicki not only agreed but she also extended the offer to her other fans in need!.

The only catch was that Minaj needed verification of 4.0 GPAs and confirmation from their schools. Throughout the evening, the rapper helped a total of 30 current and former students with their college tuition, students loans, and other education-related fees.

Was never really a fan and to be honest I didn't think much of her. This has just proven how wrong I was. She's fantastic.

But this is something that even the richest people in the world don't do ... Now I have developed a lot of respect for her!.

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Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Provided Data Access for a Surveillance Startup Marketed to Target Activists

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, VK, Google's Picasa and Youtube were handing over user data access to a Chicago-based Startup — the developer of a social media monitoring tool — which then sold this data to law enforcement agencies for surveillance purposes, the ACLU disclosed Tuesday.

Government records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) revealed that the big technology corporations gave "special access" to Geofeedia.

Geofeedia is a controversial social media monitoring tool that pulls social media feeds via APIs and other means of access and then makes it searchable and accessible to its clients, who can search by location or keyword to quickly find recently posted and publicly available contents.

The company has marketed its services to 500 law enforcement and public safety agencies as a tool to track racial protests in Ferguson, Missouri, involving the 2014 police shooting death of Mike Brown.

With the help of a public records request, the civil rights group found that Geofeedia had entered into agreements with Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for their users' data, gaining a developer-level access to all three social networks that allowed them to review streams of user content in ways that regular users of the public cannot.

The Denver Police Department recently signed a $30,000 annual deal with Geofeedia.
Here's what the major tech giants offered Geofeedia:

• Facebook allowed the company to use its "Topic Feed API" that let Geofeedia obtain a "ranked feed of public posts" centered around specific hashtags, places or events.
• Instagram provided Geofeedia access to its API (Application Programming Interface) that is a feed of data from users' public Instagram posts, including their location.
• Twitter provided Geofeedia with "searchable access" to its database of public tweets. However, Twitter added additional contract terms in February to try to safeguard further against surveillance, and when found Geofeedia still touting its product as a tool to monitor protests, Twitter sent Geofeedia a cease and desist letter.

Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have all moved to restrict access to Geofeedia after learning about the tool's activities when presented with the study's findings.

Above all, the companies articulate their role as a home for free speech about important social or political issues.

Yet there is a severe disconnect between these positions and the data access they have provided.

Beyond the agreements with Geofeedia, we are concerned about a lack of robust or properly enforced anti-surveillance policies. Neither Facebook nor Instagram has a public policy specifically prohibiting developers from exploiting user data for surveillance purposes. Twitter does have a “longstanding rule” prohibiting the sale of user data for surveillance as well as a Developer Policy that bans the use of Twitter data “to investigate, track or surveil Twitter users.” Publicly available policies like these need to exist and be robustly enforced. Here is what we’re asking of the social networks:

• No Data Access for Developers of Surveillance Tools: Social media companies should not provide data access to developers who have law enforcement clients and allow their product to be used for surveillance, including the monitoring of information about the political, religious, social views, racial background, locations, associations or activities of any individual or group of individuals.
• Clear, Public & Transparent Policies: Social media companies should adopt clear, public, and transparent policies to prohibit developers from exploiting user data for surveillance purposes. The companies should publicly explain these policies, how they will be enforced, and the consequences of such violations. These policies should also appear prominently in specific materials and agreements with developers.
• Oversight of Developers: Social media companies should institute both human and technical auditing mechanisms designed to effectively identify potential violations of this policy, both by the developers and end users, and take swift action for violations.

The government should not have preferred access to social media speech for surveillance purposes. We are confident the companies agree. Facebook and Instagram have already cut off access to Geofeedia and Twitter should do the same. It’s also time for all three of the companies to live up to their words by taking the additional concrete steps.

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Tesla to unveil solar roof with integrated battery and charger at October 28th event

Tesla is planning to unveil a solar roof product for buildings at an event on October 28th in San Francisco, according to a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The solar roof would be the first new product to come out of the SolarCity/Tesla merger, though that transaction has yet to close.

Musk says the solar roof will include a Powerwall battery and a Tesla charger. The solar roof was the first item in Musk’s "Master Plan, Part Deux" for Tesla, released back in July. The goal is to combine batteries built at the Tesla Gigafactory with SolarCity’s panels to create an all-in-one solar product.

SOURCE: Elon Musk (Twitter)

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Edward Snowden Tweeted ‘Don’t use Google Allo'

Edward Snowden has warned people not to use Google’s new chat app, because it lets the company read everything that they say.

Google has finally released its new chat app after showing it off over the summer. It comes with a robot that watches everything people say and then stores it for later analysis, using that data to improve the app itself.

But that also means that chats are stored on Google’s servers indefinitely, and are able to be read by it. The company had initially indicated that the messages would only be stored temporarily, limiting the possible impact of any data breach and retaining some privacy for users.

But it now appears that Google won’t be doing that after all. Instead it will keep hold of all conversations.

Google will use that data to improve parts of the app, such as its smart replies feature. That will allow the app to read through conversations and try and work out how people talk – it can then use that data to suggest what they might want to say to their friends.

Google does allow people to switch into a different mode, called Incognito, where conversations will be end-to-end encrypted so that they can’t be read by Google. But that isn’t turned on by default and leads most of the app’s features to break, turning it into just a conventional chat app.

Making the change does probably keep Google on the right side of the law. By keeping track of all messages, Allo conversations will be accessible by law enforcement with warrants – something that can’t happen on apps like iMessage or WhatsApp, both of which have run into trouble over not being able to give up information to authorities.

All of those problems led Mr Snowden to send out a flurry of tweets telling people not to use Allo.

“Free for download today: Google Mail, Google Maps, and Google Surveillance,” he wrote. “That's #Allo. Don't use Allo.”

Free for download today: Google Mail, Google Maps, and Google Surveillance. That's #Allo. Don't use Allo. https://t.co/EdPRC0G7Py

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 21, 2016

Snow then also reply a tweeted question of what message service should used.. he answered "Use Tor. Use Signal."

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Twitter removes character limit for media content and quotes

Twitter's long-anticipated announcement goes live today: photos, videos, GIFs, polls and quoted tweets will no longer count towards the 140-character limit. The company is also testing out some new changes to the way @-replies function on the service

While the feature is still rolling out to all users today, a small group of users might also notice that when replying to a tweet, the @names at the beginning will no longer affect the number of characters remaining. (But it's still unclear for now whether you'll be able to keep adding on usernames until you eventually build a never-ending Twitter canoe.) As part of this trial run, Twitter is also testing a way to get rid of the ".@" convention, so that tweets beginning with an @username will be broadcast to all followers, rather than behaving like a reply.

If you're tweeting through one of Twitter's official apps, the usernames you are replying to will appear in the heading of your compose window instead of being listed in the body of your Tweet. So, if you're using an outdated app, Twitter says tweets might look a little weird or cut off for awhile. Finally, there's no word yet on that rumored feature allowing users to attach longer text blocks.

Say more about what's happening! Rolling out now: photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and Quote Tweets no longer count toward your 140 characters. pic.twitter.com/I9pUC0NdZC

— Twitter (@twitter) September 19, 2016

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Apple is paying to tweet with no intent tweeting

Apple joined Twitter back in 2011, but it left its account inactive until yesterday morning. Apple's Twitter account lit up with a new avatar, background photo, and verified status, ahead of the company's iPhone event next week. Apple kept its account clear of Tweets for most of Friday, until a promoted tweet started appearing later in the day referencing the event next week. However, the tweet didn't appear on Apple's timeline, and the company still has 0 tweets.

It's a move that means Apple is paying to tweet without tweeting, as the company has still not issued a public tweet despite joining the service five years ago. Apple's promotional tweet is also designed to trigger an automatic tweet reply to anyone who retweets it, meaning the company has actually tweeted more than 20,000 times without ever actually tweeting, kind of.

September 7 at 10 a.m. PT
Watch the event on https://t.co/yLa2e4Xr2R.
RT for a reminder on event day. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/e9MHNkLeoi

— Apple (@Apple) September 2, 2016

Apple's tactic is clearly centered around this single promotional tweet for now. Apple has also purchased a custom hashtag emoji for Twitter, alongside its auto responder. It will be interesting to see if Apple attempts to maintain its minimalist approach to design and Twitter by continuing with paid tweets after its media event next week.

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Megaupload founder wants a livestream of his entire hearing

Megaupload creator Kim Dotcom is in the fight of his life as he appeals his possible extradition to the US, and he wants everyone to know it. He's requesting that the Auckland, New Zealand court hearing his case should let him livestream the hearing on YouTube. Dotcom and his lawyer Ira Rothken argue that this is the definition of a "public interest" case. Megaupload's abrupt shutdown over allegedly facilitating piracy, and the resulting criminal action, supposedly had a far-reaching effect on the internet.

The hearing judge is seriously considering allowing the stream despite the late notice, and you may learn about the decision within a matter of hours. Whether or not it happens is another matter. The US is reportedly opposed to a livestream, possibly because it could reveal sensitive information. Dotcom's defense has offered to delay the stream by 10 minutes to prevent any details from getting out, though, so arguments for secrecy might not hold much water.

source: Kim Dotcom (Twitter)

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Hackers target Leslie Jones of Ghostbusters, post nude photos to her site

This marks just the latest incident in a summer in which Jones has been at the center of a number of online attacks. Ever since the female-led Ghostbusters project was announced, those involved with it have dealt with harassment from a variety of trolls who think it's reasonable to verbally abuse other humans because of a movie.

Leslie Jones, the Ghostbusters and SNL star who has fallen victim to a hack that compromised her personal photos and info.

According to Variety, Jones' website was hacked and nude photos from her iCloud account were published to its front page. Images of her passport and driver's license have also been shared. Jones has yet to offer an official comment on the situation (either on Twitter or anywhere else) but her personal website is currently down entirely.

About a month ago, notorious troll Milo Yiannopoulos led a host of like-minded idiots in an organized Twitter attack on Jones in which she dealt with a huge stream of racist comments. Jones briefly left Twitter, but the company stepped in and permanently banned Yiannopoulous. Jones returned to the platform shortly thereafter


source: Variety

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Twitter targets extremism, suspends over 235,000 terror accounts

Over the last year, Twitter has been suspending accounts for promoting terrorism. The social network had already made it public that 125,000 accounts were suspended between mid-2015 and early 2016. Twitter  has suspended 235,000 accounts since February for promoting terrorism, the company said in a blog post today.

 "Daily suspensions are up over 80 percent since last year, with spikes in suspensions immediately following terrorist attacks," the company wrote. "Our response time for suspending reported accounts, the amount of time these accounts are on Twitter, and the number of followers they accumulate have all decreased dramatically."

The company said it's also expanded the team that works on flagging such content, and claims to have made progress on stopping accounts from starting again under a new handle. In a previous post from February, Twitter said it had suspended 125,000 accounts since mid-2015, brining their two year total to 360,000 accounts.

By Twitter’s own admission, quickly identifying accounts promoting terrorism can be a challenge, but the company reports that daily suspensions are up over 80 percent in the last year. The company also noted that suspensions tend to spike in the days immediately following major terror attacks.

Identifying behavioral patterns and implementing proprietary spam fighting tools have enabled the company to sharpen its response time, and ultimately Daesh traffic on Twitter has plummeted by 45 percent in the last two years. While algorithmic techniques account for approximately one third of account detections, the other two thirds is a product of around the clock efforts from dedicated Twitter teams.


source: Twitter Blog

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Twitter might be bring Night Mode to iPhone users

Twitter first added a night mode for Android users.. Now, it looks like Twitter might finally be adding night mode to its iOS app soon: it’s included in the latest beta build for iOS.

The setting is only available for beta users. The feature can be found in settings, where there’s a new night mode toggle option.

Night mode for iOS looks very similar to its Android counterpart with its navy blue color scheme. Unfortunately, there’s no way to automatically turn on night mode based on what time of day it is or based on your phone’s display brightness. I haven’t turned off night mode for Twitter on Android since it launched, and I think I’m doing the same thing for iOS. 

There’s no word when this feature will publicly launch, but given that it’s in its beta stage, we’re hoping it’ll be in the next major update.

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Twitter has permanently suspended Milo Yiannopoulos after Leslie Jones Ghostbusters abuse

Twitter has permanently suspended the account of Breitbart tech blog editor Milo Yiannopoulos, a day after the infamous internet troll helped incite his followers to send a torrent of racist abuse to Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones.

The expulsion of Yiannopoulos, who counted more than 300,000 followers on the service, comes just one day after he urged on a hateful mob that harassed ‘Ghostbusters’ actress Leslie Jones to the point that she quit Twitter.



Jones received a barrage sexist and racist messages from users, including fake messages made to look like they came from her account. With little way to fight back, she decided to quit the service on Monday “with tears and a very sad heart.”

  When Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responded to one of Jones’ tweets:

Milo then lost his verification badge (check logo), which Twitter typically gives to members of the media and celebrities, in January, which only seemed to amp up his interest in offending Twitter’s management and many who use the service.

Twitter I understand you got free speech I get it. But there has to be some guidelines when you let spread like that. You can see on the

— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

Twitter confirmed that Yiannopoulos would be kept off its service for good in the future, telling BuzzFeed that it would find any new account he creates in the future, and suspend it.

In a statement, Twitter alluded about to the abuse directed at Leslie Jones, but didn't refer to Yiannopoulos directly. "People should be able to express diverse opinions and beliefs on Twitter," the statement reads. "But no one deserves to be subjected to targeted abuse online, and our rules prohibit inciting or engaging in the targeted abuse or harassment of others. Over the past 48 hours in particular, we've seen an uptick in the number of accounts violating these policies and have taken enforcement actions against these accounts, ranging from warnings that also require the deletion of Tweets violating our policies to permanent suspension."

U.S. Internet giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. pledged to tackle online hate speech in less than 24 hours as part of a joint commitment with the European Union to combat the use of social media by terrorists.

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Facebook, Twitter and YouTube blocked in Turkey during coup attempt

The Turkish military has deployed in Istanbul and Ankara, and the government has apparently blocked social media in response to what is being reported as an attempted coup.

Turkey Blocks, a Twitter account that regularly checks if sites are being blocked in the country, reported at 11:04 PM Istanbul time that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were all unresponsive, though Instagram and Vimeo remained available. Access was restored after about an hour-and-a-half, according to the research agency Dyn Research.

Some residents of Turkey appeared able to access social media, likely via a VPN or some other anonymizing service. Anyone affected might want to try Tor Browser for Windows and Mac OS or Orbot for Android.

Mean while  UN condemning countries that intentionally disrupt citizens' internet access.

UN's previous statements on digital rights, reaffirming the organization's stance that "the same rights people have offline must also be protected online," in particular the freedom of expression covered under article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The resolution was passed by consensus last Friday, but was opposed by a minority of authoritarian regimes including Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia, as well as democracies like South Africa and India. These nations called for the UN to delete a passage in the resolution that "condemns unequivocally measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to our dissemination of information online."

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Pokemon GO is now officially available to UK and Germany Trainers

UK and Germany Trainers, the wait is over. #PokemonGO is now officially available to be installed from Google Play or iTunes.

Meanwhile there are bogus website  A.K.A satire website announce  fake release in the Philippines..  They change the original post "Few Days" to "few hours"

Though, with The Wall Street Journal reporting that Pokémon Go will launch Europe and Asia "within a few days." There's no official comment on this timeframe, with the WSJ citing "people familiar with plans for the game."

Fans' keenness to play is having a damaging effect though, with various malware-infected clones of the app popping up on the web and infecting users' smartphones. 

Trainers, only install Pokémon GO via the Play Store or App Store. Downloads from other sources may contain malware or viruses.

If you want legit post when and where officially available Pokemon Go in Asia Follow yung Official Twitter nila https://twitter.com/nianticlabs and https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp

Ayan hindi Satire site na pina-aasa ka LOL legit yan
Or Like and Follow my BLOG LOL

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was hijacked by hackers

The latest hacking of a high-profile Twitter account has occurred, and it's hit the company's CEO Jack Dorsey. After the hackers posted a few benign video clips, a tweet went up at 2:50AM ET saying "Hey, its OurMine,we are testing your security" and linking to their website. That tweet was quickly deleted, but it also linked to a short Vine clip which we've embedded below, and identical tweets continued to replace it. Hackers using the name OurMine have previously taken over some social media accounts of other CEOs, like Google's Sundar Pichai (via a Quora account) and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, but going after this CEO on his own platform -- he sent the first public tweet -- seems new.

All of the OurMine messages posted to Dorsey's account (which, as of 3:25AM or so appears to have been scrubbed of the hacker's tweets), came through from Vine. It's possible Dorsey had an old/shared password on his Vine account or somehow connected it to another service that was compromised, which could've given OurMine access and matches what we've seen in previous hacks.

Make sure you're using a unique password for every site



Source: @Jack (Twitter)

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Google testing new tool to check internet speeds straight from search results

For years Ookla has dominated internet speed test traffic, but Netflix recently unveiled a simpler option. Now,Google appears to be testing a new widget that lets users check their internet speed directly in search results.

As shown in this screen shot shared via a tweet from Moz marketing scientist Dr. Pete Meyers, a Google search for “check internet speed” returned the internet speed test widget with a “Run Speed Test” button.

Google is actually lagging in consumer speed testing, because in addition to Ookla and Netflix, rival Bing already shows speed test results straight from search. 

In a FAQ page, Google explains that its own test takes about 30 seconds and consumes 9.4 MB of data in the US. The Measurement Lab was first launched in 2009 with the aim of "sustaining the Internet as an open platform for consumer choice and innovation," according to co-founder and internet pioneer Vin Cerf.

Powered by Measurement Labs, Google’s internet speed widget seems to be in test mode, as it doesn’t display for all users entering the same “check internet speed” search phrase.

Looks like Google is testing their own internet speed test (query = "check internet speed") - not seeing it live -- pic.twitter.com/wjsPIlEbFv

— Dr. Pete Meyers (@dr_pete) June 27, 2016

You can try the query yourself, but it doesn't appear to be live for the majority of users. You'll likely get a similar result from Google's Measurement Labs "NDT" tool.

Source: Dr. Pete Meyers (Twitter), Google Support,  

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Twitter brings its go-live Periscope button to Android or iOS

You can now Go livestream for your Twitter audience! You don't have to switch apps to get started. As promised, Twitter's Periscope button is now available to everyone using its Android and iOS apps. When you're starting a new tweet, you can tap a "live" button in the media picker to hop over to Periscope (it'll offer a download if you don't already have the app) and start broadcasting.

Facebook also has Go Live for iOS app or Facebook Android app, but not this feature isn't available to everyone right now (available to all Page).

This is more about exposing newcomers to Periscope than catering to veterans, but it's still handy if you thrive on Twitter and want a quicker path to live video.

Ready to go live? Now everyone can tap a new button on iOS & Android to easily broadcast on #Periscope from Twitter! pic.twitter.com/tedpUN1QMA

— Twitter (@twitter) June 15, 2016

Source: Twitter, App Store, Google Play

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Hacker hijacks @Deray by redirecting Two-factor authentication texts from his Verizon phone number

While everyone freaks out over millions of Twitter accounts passwords floating around, the hijacking of yet another high-profile account shows that hackers don't necessarily need your password. Activist and former mayoral candidate Deray Mckesson was the latest to have his account taken over, with an attacker deciding to claim Deray supports Donald Trump. According to Mckesson, this happened even though the hacker didn't have his password, and he had two-factor authentication turned on for his account. In this case, the hacker went a step further, by hijacking his phone number with the help of Verizon customer service.

As detailed in a series of tweets, this morning someone called Verizon posing as Mckesson and apparently armed with the last four digits of his social security number. This person changed the registered SIM on his account to one they controlled, redirecting and SMS to their phone instead of his. After that, they just triggered a password reset on Twitter and waited for the authorization code to come in.

While @Deray was able to recover his account with Twitter's help (it's good to be friends with @Jack), for the normal user it might not be as easy. Unfortunately, even with extra security in place like this, social engineering of various types can still put your information at risk. Hackers used a similar message to take control of developer Grant Blakeman's Instagram page in 2014, and accessed a Gmail account for the CEO of Cloudflare in 2012 by redirecting his AT&T voicemail. Wired writer Mat Honan had his accounts and devices taken over when a hacker convinced Amazon to give up the last four digits of his credit card number, then used that information to get a new password for his Apple iCloud account.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who had his Twitter and Pinterest accounts compromised on Sunday.

So what else can you do to protect yourself? Unfortunately, many services still use SMS or phone calls to perform the second bit of authentication (using a one-time password powered by apps like Google's Authenticator removes your phone number from the equation), and when it comes to telephone and cable providers they largely don't support two-factor at all. Instead, they by default will verify account info over the phone using the SSN, as seen in this case, which is all too easily found by hackers.

Buzzfeed points out a recommendation recently published by the FCC's CTO: The major mobile carriers will allow you to set your own password that's required for account access. Sprint requires a PIN at account setup, Verizon can set up a four-digit billing password, T-Mobile will set up a customer care password if you ask, and AT&T lets you set one up via its app. Your internet service provider probably has a similar option, but you may have to request it there also.
 
Source: Deray Mckesson (Twitter)

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Twitter is experimenting with adding 'Moments' into user feeds

Twitter is testing adding Moments directly to your timeline. The feature that highlights trends and news items on the social network is appearing in a carousel post that can be swiped horizontally. While only an experiment right now, this early exploration of dropping into user feeds shows just how important the trending-topic element is to the company.

Both the iOS and the Android apps already have dedicated Moments buttons. By adding the feature to user feeds Twitter is hoping to get more traction out its curated topics. The company is continually adding features hoping to make the service more attractive to new users.

"Moments are awesome for catching up with the latest stories unfolding on Twitter. Because we're always working on new ways to bring the best content to our users, we're experimenting with showing recommended Moments in the timeline."

A small group of users in countries where Moments is already live (US, Canada, UK, Australia and Brazil), started seeing the test this afternoon on iOS and Android. 

The carousel of five topics appears similar to how 'While You Were Away" works. The "Recommended Moments" box can be dismissed with a tap and appears less frequently the more you're on Twitter. When a news item is tapped it expands to show you the event.

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