from Information Technology Services
Foursquare is a location-based social networking game. Use your smartphone or SMS (text message) to “check in”, share your location with friends, and collect points and virtual badges.
You can also bookmark information about places (venues) that you want to visit, read tips that others have posted, and post your own tips. You can even become the “mayor” of a location!
See what students are saying about Foursquare.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Our Shared Responsibility”. As part of this initiative, each month we’ll share with you an article provided by the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) that will help you educate yourself and your family on pertinent and timely cyber security topics. This month’s topic, “Social Networking Sites: How to Stay Safe”, is especially important as more and more people embrace these sites to keep up with family, friends, and colleagues.
Social Networking Sites: How to Stay Safe
The popularity of social networking sites–such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and others–has exploded in recent years, with usage in the United States increasing 93% since 2006, according to Netpop Research. The sites are popular not only with teenagers, but with adults as well: the number of adult Internet users having a social networking profile has more than quadrupled in the past four years, according the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
While there are many positive aspects of using social networking sites, (continue reading…)
Download the Social Networking Sites: How to Stay Safe PDF (54 KB) from MS-ISAC’s Cyber Security Tips Newsletter page.
