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Live Twitter XSS It's one of these days where I just had one of these "Oh no..." moments when I logged into my Twitter account and suddenly a message box with my cookie popped up. Apparently, there is an actively exploited XSS vulnerability on Twitter. From my first preliminary analysis, you'll have to hover over a link to activate it and so far I have just seen some proof of concepts from people I follow. Update (14:05 CEST): This vulnerability is confirmed to be exploitable with no user interaction automatically. Update 2 (14:13 CEST): It is possible to load secondary JavaScript from an external URL with no user interaction, which makes this definitely wormable and dangerous. Update 3 (14:24 CEST): Worm code for this vulnerability has been posted on IRC, making the rounds. Update 4 (14:36 CEST): Worm is live already... Update 5 (14:59 CEST): It appears Twitter now properly escapes links, that specific vulnerability seems closed.

Twitter Search MSN Collection of Internet sites MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is an American web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95.[2] The Microsoft Network was initially a subscription-based dial-up online service that later became an Internet service provider named MSN Dial-up. The recent website and suite of apps offered by MSN was first introduced by Microsoft in 2014 as part of a complete redesign and relaunch.[4] MSN is based in the United States and offers international versions of its portal for dozens of countries around the world.[5] Microsoft Internet Start [edit] From 1995 to 1998, the MSN.com domain was used by Microsoft primarily to promote MSN as an online service and Internet service provider. Since then, MSN.com has remained a popular destination, launching many new services and content sites. Rebranding of services Subsequent redesign

With the Arrival of Twitter’s 'Buy' Button, Is It Time to Move Into Social Commerce? Following pressure on social platforms to demonstrate their validity as powerful sales channels, Twitter recently started testing its "Buy" button. The button, which is embedded in tweets, lets users make purchases directly on Twitter and through its mobile app. Rather than users being redirected to a retail site, Twitter’s “Buy” button provides the ultimate one-stop social-media shop. Twitter now joins other companies like Facebook that are trying to prove that a return on investment can be achieved through social commerce. Related: Facebook's 'Buy' Button Will Change How Brands Sell Online Social media has widely been known as a tool for building brand awareness and as a display-marketing vehicle rather than a social commerce platform, but companies like Facebook and Twitter are trying to change that perception. With the “Buy” buttons, Facebook and Twitter are elevating the focus on ROI by targeting the most important metric: the number of people who purchase the products. 1. 2. 3. 4.

HOW TO: Retweet on Twitter Retweeting is an integral part of the Twitter experience. The retweet (or "RT") allows Twitter users to share the best links, tweets, and gems they find from others using the service. But for beginners, it's not immediately obvious what retweets are, or what tools to use to make retweeting easier. This HOW TO article not only covers the basics of retweeting, but also highlights some of the best web and mobile-based tools for retweeting and tracking RTs in real-time. 1. Retweeting is how Twitter users share interesting tweets from the people they are following. - The Twitter user @benparr tweets: I just heard that Apple is releasing new iPods in July! 2. Once you've gotten used to retweeting and seen some excellent retweets in your Twitter stream, you may want to track retweets on a larger scale. Here are some of the best web-based tools for tracking retweets: Retweetradar: Retweetradar [@retweetradar] is a web tool for tracking the most retweeted and trending content on Twitter. 3. 4. 5.

Hashtags Hashtags Introduction Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag. Hashtags were developed as a means to create "groupings" on Twitter, without having to change the basic service. hashtags.org provides real-time tracking of Twitter hashtags. How To Use Hashtags Start using hashtags in your tweets, preceding key words. Finally, track other tweets on the subjects you're interested in (ie: those containing the appropriate hashtags) by browsing/searching at Hashtags.org, TwitterGroups, TweetChat, TweetGrid, Twitterfall, etc. Use of hashtags Hashtags were popularized during the San Diego forest fires in 2007 when Nate Ritter used the hashtag "#sandiegofire" to identify his updates related to the disaster. Suggestions and tips CamelCase Example uses Further reading (In rough chronological order) Known issues

Facebook launches On February 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook, a social media website he had built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. By the next day, over a thousand people had registered, and that was only the beginning. Now known simply as Facebook, the site quickly ballooned into one of the most significant social media companies in history. Today, Facebook is one of the most valuable companies in the world, with over 2 billion monthly active users. The origins of Facebook have been highly scrutinized (including in the critically acclaimed 2010 film The Social Network), but the exact source of the idea remains unclear. Over the course of his sophomore year, Zuckerberg built what would become Facebook. From there, Facebook spread across the world, becoming not only an incredibly valuable company but also one of the most important institutions of the early 21st Century.

New Twitter Gets New Search - ReadWriteCloud Parsing Twitter Usernames, Hashtags and URLs with JavaScript Updated 10/05/2011 As part of an AIR project that I have been working on with my good friend Rob, we came across the need to parse a number of URLs within the text of a Twitter post. This may not sound too easy at first, but thanks to the prototype property available on JavaScript objects, our task was a relatively simple one. The prototype object of JavaScript is a pre-built object that simplifies the process of adding custom properties or methods to all instances of an object. You simply need to specify String.prototype before your method definition. e.g String.prototype.trim = function() { return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");} With this in mind, we can add methods to our String class, at runtime, that will allow us to manipulate the text string that is passed back in a Twitter JSON packet. The Goal To auto-magically parse different types of links within a text string. Demo The demonstration simply takes a test string and outputs it to the screen using JavaScript. See the demo in action.

Timeline of social media From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This page is a timeline of social media. Major launches, milestones, and other major events are included. Overview[edit] Timeline[edit] (*) Such launches are not initial launches, but rather relaunches. See also[edit] References[edit] The "traditional retweet" : the key to conversation & visibility Updated Sept. 3, 2013 Ironically, the most important feature on Twitter is one that Twitter itself did not develop, and has never adopted: the traditional retweet. It was developed by the customers, on their own, and not by the company. And amazingly, to this date Twitter itself has never incorporated it, although doing so would be as easy as pie. My advice to all Twitter users is that you should not use what Twitter calls a "retweet". The true, traditional "retweet" is the life blood of Twitter, and what has set it apart from other similar "microblogging" services. Here's how to do a traditional retweet if you're accessing Twitter at twitter.com: 1. 2. I.e. it should start out like this: "RT @Username " [Easier way: If you're using Firefox or Chrome as your browser, you can use the "Classic Retweet" button supplied by Jon Pierce's add-on "Classic Retweet 1.0". It may be even easier if you're using a Twitter "client" or application. What's wrong with the thing Twitter mislabels a "retweet"

Twitter Alerts - TweetBeep.com Myspace Social networking website Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace; also myspace and sometimes my␣, with an elongated open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music.[2] It also played a critical role in the early growth of companies like YouTube[3] and created a developer platform that launched the successes of Zynga, RockYou and Photobucket, among others.[4] From 2005 to 2009, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world.[5][6] History[edit] 2003–2005: Beginnings and rise[edit] The first MySpace users were eUniverse employees. 2005–2009: Purchase by News Corp. and peak years[edit] After the acquisition, MySpace continued its exponential growth. By October 2006, MySpace had grown from generating $1 million in revenue per month to $30 million per month, half of which came from the Google deal.