A group with ties to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hijacks the credibility of news organizations in a misleading ad that supports a bipartisan immigration overhaul bill. The ad, featuring Sen. Marco Rubio, attributes several quotes to media outlets, but the quotes come from opinion pieces written by backers of the immigration bill.... Read more»
The Gang of Eight debuted their immigration reform bill; New York dairy farmers, religious leaders and tech industry leaders including Mark Zuckerberg weighed in on the debate; Mexico faces law enforcement challenges and business opportunities.... Read more»
A preliminary study by a UA graduate student suggests using Facebook can boost the cognitive ability of seniors over 65 by up to 25 percent.... Read more»
For the past nine months, we’ve been following how political campaigns use data about voters to target them in different ways. Now, members of the campaign are starting to open up about what their team actually did with all that data.... Read more»
If you’re a registered voter and surf the web, one of the sites you visit has almost certainly placed a tiny piece of data on your computer flagging your political preferences. That piece of data, called a cookie, marks you as a Democrat or Republican, when you last voted, and what contributions you’ve made.... Read more»
Which would you rather have: an invisibility app, or a see-into-the-future app?... Read more»
Interviews with political pollster Margaret Kenski, plus the the Reporters’ Roundtable with Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News and Mark B. Evans of TucsonCitizen.com, along with the Weekend Watch.... Read more»
On Sunday night, Republican CD3 congressional candidate Gabriela Saucedo Mercer posted a snide comment on her Facebook page, comparing food stamp recipients to animals. Perhaps her “base” loved it. Others did not.... Read more»
Last month, I was searching for a peppy song on Grooveshark, and up popped two ads for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. It turns out the campaign wasn’t advertising to Grooveshark listeners or a capella fans. They were targeting me.... Read more»
Anyway, Facebook shares will be priced at $38, valuing the company at $104 billion.... Read more»
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has privacy activists, tech companies, security wonks and the Obama administration all jousting about what it means.... Read more»
Emergency alert systems put into place after the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings have evolved into multi-platform tools to share critical information during emergencies.... Read more»
Women are flooding Rick Perry’s presidential campaign Facebook page with angry comments over his efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.... Read more»1
The United States Army says that geotagging on social media sites such as Facebook and Foursquare puts soldiers’ lives at risk.... Read more»
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has again topped Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s billionaires.... Read more»
On a Facebook page dedicated to spring break in Western Arizona’s Lake Havasu City, perhaps it isn’t surprising to see a featured picture showing a young woman sporting a bikini top, bellybutton ring and Mardi Gras beads, her arms raised in celebration.... Read more»
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