So here we have the story of a Canadian woman whose insurance company used photos gleaned from her Facebook page to attack her claims of depression.

Regardless of whether you think she was or wasn’t really depressed, it’s an interesting reminder…

Not having children, this isn’t something I spend a lot time worrying about. But there was a story in the New York Times this weekend looking at the sensitive subject of posting photos of kids online. Specifically, does that make them…

When Jack Dorsey - cofounder of Twitter - was in St. Louis last month, he mentioned this new venture he’s been working on since stepping down as Twitter’s chief executive. (He’s still chairman.)

So far, he’s hasn’t said a whole lot…

Friend of mine from New Jersey was in town this weekend to see a Rams game with me. (Really, you’d think I could have come up with something a little more entertaining.) We started talking about how much his wife…

Well, it looks like the folks at Facebook have figured out what to do with all those status updates we carefully craft. They’ve developed an index of national happiness - relying on key words that, hopefully, indicate what sort of mood…

Interesting story over at Ars Technica about an anarchist who was arrested by the authorities over his use of police scanners and social media site Twitter. Seems Elliot Madison was listening in on police activity and then passing along the information,…

Doubt this is going to be catching on in many places, but the world may have just had its first street named for a Twitter account. This, according to a story at Wired.com.

It’s actually something something of a stretch, given…

Went out today to listen to one of St. Louis own stars in the world of technology speak at Webster University.

Of course, not a lot of people realize this, but the guy who came up with the idea for microblogging…

There are all sorts of studies out there showing our waning interest in e-mail. Or, I guess I should say, young people’s waning interest in e-mail. They, of course, would much rather communicate through text messages and through the communication…

Well this is a good bit of news for Facebook and supporters of social media. According to this Reuters story, the social networking giant has surpassed 300 million members and is now making enough money to cover its own expenses.

Facebook…