Happy Halloween from Sgrouples!
The day has finally come! The one day a year when children gorge themselves on fun size candy bars and some grown ups gorge themselves on – well – not so fun size amounts of adult beverages. (Trick or...
View ArticleDo You Need to Change Your Passwords? The Worst of 2012
Tech website Memeburn recently released a list of the 25 Worst Passwords of 2012. While some of you may be pondering how dumb someone would have to be to make their password – well – “password,” others...
View ArticleThe Petraeus Scandal and Why the CIA Needs Sgrouples
Unless you’re living under a rock (and you’re obviously not – it would probably be difficult to get WiFi), you’ve heard some semblance of the national news that is the Petraeus scandal. To make a long...
View ArticleSNL Agrees With Sgrouples on Petraeus Scandal
This week’s episode of Saturday Night Live featured a lot of content on the same subject. And with so many people talking about it, how could they not – ahem – poke fun. In this clip from their...
View ArticleAre Your Social Media Posts Putting Your Family At Risk This Holiday Season?
“He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake!” Every kid knows these lyrics. For decades parents have used the song...
View Article5 Reasons Why You Need Sgrouples in 2013
2012 was an unprecedented year for social media and online privacy. Ever since ye olde days when Al Gore invented the Internet, user privacy and data collection has been a massive concern. And, not...
View ArticleUse Sgrouples for Your New Year’s
As we all play with our new toys, look back on 2012, and look forward to a festive night of fun, remember that Sgrouples is the perfect vehicle for all of your celebrations! The last night of the year...
View ArticleSgrouples’ Simple Privacy Policy Might Please Randi Zuckerberg
This morning it was reported that Randi Zuckerberg, sister to Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook fame, grew increasingly upset after a picture that she had (supposedly “privately”) posted to her personal...
View Article5 Sgroupulus New Year’s Resolutions That Will Protect You Online
We’re one day into 2013 and everyone has a resolution – your brother wants to get buff, your mom wants to put something in her “thankful jar” everyday, and you’re trying to figure out what can...
View Article7 Online Privacy Predictions for 2013
As we’ve discussed before, 2012 was a great year for online privacy. Policy has finally started catching up with technology, aggressive data collection tactics used by large corporations fell under...
View ArticleHow Sgrouples Fits Into The Social Media Hall of Fame
This week, baseball writers across America sent in their votes to elect 2013′s class of Hall of Famers. And the lucky few to go down in baseball lore were… No one. In a strange twist, no one was...
View ArticleSgrouples Releases New UI!
Sgrouples has undergone the BIGGEST development of its existence! We’ve listened to all of your feedback and made some updates to the user interface that will make your Sgrouples experience even more...
View ArticleShould Have Used Sgrouples: Teacher’s Job in Jeopardy Over Public Photo
Good Morning America recently reported that Ohio teacher, Melissa Cairns, is in danger of being fired after posting a picture of her middle school math class with duct tape over their mouths. The...
View ArticleSocial Media News, Week of 1/28: Facebook to Kill Cookie?, Women Arrested for...
Stay tuned to the Sgrouples blog every Monday for your weekly social media news! How ex-targeted-social media revenge got a woman arrested, how innocent duct tape photo put a teacher’s job in jeopardy,...
View Article10 Common Mistakes to Avoid That Will Keep Your High School Students Safe Online
As an ongoing part of our Practice Safe Sharing Campaign for high schools, we’re raising awareness about common issues that face teens and high school students in this increasingly digital age. We...
View ArticleShould Have Used Sgrouples: Manti Te’o Hoax Edition
By now, most people have probably heard the story: superstar linebacker loses his grandmother and his girlfriend in a span of 24 hours and continues to play in their honor, becoming one of America’s...
View ArticleAre Passwords Soon to Become a Thing of the Past?
Our new Intern Blogs series is brought to you by Sgrouples‘ very own college internship! Today we have a post on the future of passwords from David Watson: A soon to be published research paper in IEEE...
View ArticleShould Have Used Sgrouples: #FreeCrunkBear Teacher in Trouble Over...
23-year-old math teacher, Carly McKinney, in Aurora, Colorado is in hot water over some pictures and comments posted to her public Twitter feed. These include semi-nude photos and jokes about the weed...
View ArticleSgrouples in FORBES: Sgrouples is the Next Generation
People are always looking for the “next big thing,” and we’ve always thought it was Sgrouples. Now Forbes thinks so, too! Darcy Travlos claims Sgrouples may “represent a possible next generation in the...
View ArticleHow Your Online Reputation Can Affect Your Chances of Getting a Job and Even...
Our new Intern Blogs series is brought to you by Sgrouples‘ very own college internship program! Today we have a post on the online reputation from Menlo College graduate Ruel Rivera: Just about...
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