Sgrouples Online Privacy Blog

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I'm thinking that you are curious...maybe you're looking for a place online to call home; maybe you want to share privately with the people you really care about; or perhaps you're fatigued by all the social network hoopla and want a simple all-in-one solution. Well then this site is at your service! I'm Kelsey, your Sgrouples blog manager and I'm here to help you just as Sgrouples exists to make your life easier, more effective, and to save you time. Read more...

Nick May 9, 2013

9 New Social Networking Sites That Could Change the Game

In case you haven’t heard, the Facebook was recently the first social network to break the 1,000,000,000 users mark. That’s 1 billion…with a “B.” While Facebook in undoubtedly the king of social networking as we know it, over the past 2 years we’ve seen a plethora of new social networking sites jump on the scene. [...]

Filed Under: Opinion/Pop Culture, Privacy and Social Media Tips, Sgrouples Tagged With: Geolocation, mobile social network, myspace, new social networking site, new social networks, nextdoor, path, Pinterest, private social network, scruples, sgrouples, social networking privacy, solomo, web2.0 7 Comments

Nick Trenchard May 9, 2013

Ashton Kutcher Talks Online Privacy at TechCrunch Disrupt NY

Ashton Kutcher took a break from the small screen to introduce his new A-Grade fund with partner Guy Oseary at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in a panel discussion with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. The panel started off the interview by settling the rumor that Kutcher’s investment firm was raising a $100 million valuation for their future [...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Online Safety, Opinion/Pop Culture, Sgrouples Videos Tagged With: Ashton Kutcher, ashton kutcher investments, ashton kutcher techcrunch, ashton kutcher twitter, guy oseary, Mark Weinstein, online big brother, sgrouples, social media privacy, techcrunch disrupt ny 2 Comments

sgrouplesbloggers April 3, 2013

Social Media News, Week of 4/1: No Need to Fear Monger Over The FireMe! Site, How to Spot a Social Media Poser, Facebook Ad Trial Privacy Fears, Fargo Arson Threats, and Reuters Social Media Insight.

Stay tuned to the Sgrouples blog every Monday for your weekly social media news! A Fargo man got Facebook arrested over posting arson threats against his boss, Facebook’s new “retargeted” ad trials and the privacy risks that come with them, FireMe! fears dispelled, a nifty infographic about social media posers and a report by Reuters [...]

Filed Under: Sgrouples Tagged With: facebook, Facebook Ad, FireMe!, sgrouples, Social Media, social media poser, TechCrunch Leave a Comment

Eileen Chu March 29, 2013

Facebook Cracks Down on Instant Chat Security

Our new Intern Blogs series is brought to you by Sgrouples’ very own college internship program! Today we have a post on Chat Security and Online Predators from Jessica Montevago, Chico State University. This past summer, Facebook installed scanning software to its database that searches your private chats for any suspected criminal activity and reports [...]

Filed Under: Intern Blogs, Sgrouples Tagged With: chatting, facebook, instant chat security, online predators, Online Privacy, Privacy, sgrouples Leave a Comment

sgrouplesbloggers March 27, 2013

Social Media News, Week of 3/25: Children’s Online Privacy Concerns, Cop’s Racists Post, Safer Social Networking Tips, Data Scooping, and 5 Brands that Effectively Engage Through Infographics

Stay tuned to the Sgrouples blog every Monday for your weekly social media news! The Associated Press and Reuters poses interesting questions on the state of social media data and our online privacy, a Florida got fired over racial slurs she posted on her personal Facebook page, PCWorld has 12 simple steps for safer social [...]

Filed Under: Sgrouples Tagged With: facebook, Facebook Fired, Google, sgrouples, Social Media, social media news, social media privacy, Social Networking, twitter Leave a Comment

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Welcome to the Sgrouples blog!

Practice Safe Sharing

9 New Social Networking Sites That Could Change the Game

Ashton Kutcher Talks Online Privacy at TechCrunch Disrupt NY

Social Media News, Week of 4/1: No Need to Fear Monger Over The FireMe! Site, How to Spot a Social Media Poser, Facebook Ad Trial Privacy Fears, Fargo Arson Threats, and Reuters Social Media Insight.

Facebook Cracks Down on Instant Chat Security

Social Media News, Week of 3/25: Children’s Online Privacy Concerns, Cop’s Racists Post, Safer Social Networking Tips, Data Scooping, and 5 Brands that Effectively Engage Through Infographics

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