Kris Holt
Based in Montreal, Kris Holt has been writing about technology and web culture since 2010. He writes for Engadget and Tech News World, and his byline has also appeared in Paste, Salon, International Business Times, Mashable, and elsewhere.
Instagram finally lands on Android
More than 1 billion photos have been shared—and 5 million are being added daily—on Instagram.
On Apr 3, 2012 by Kris Holt
Canadian woman sues Facebook over photo in ad
Debbie Douez liked Cool Entrepreneurs, but she didn’t want her photo used in an advertisement for the Facebook group.
Another twitter user to be jailed for racist tweeting?
U.K. authorities have already sent one Twitter user to jail. Is another on his way?
On Apr 2, 2012 by Kris Holt
Al-Qaeda Web forums suffer sustained outage, baffling experts
At least five sites have been taken down, leading to speculation about a cyberattack.
TV host Noel Edmonds confronts Facebook troll
The Deal or No Deal host hired a firm to track down the creator of the Facebook page, “Somebody please kill Noel Edmonds.”
Jail was “too much” for student who sent racist tweets
The former human right commissioner for the Council of Europe spoke against the punishment on Friday.
Activist disables Facebook account to protest lack of gender options
Sunil Babu Pant has pledged to deactive his account until Facebook offers a third gender option to profiles
On Mar 30, 2012 by Kris Holt
The winning formula of “Anchorman”—from Sex Panther to Brick Tamland
Take a statistical trip to Pleasure Town.
School defies judge’s order and still bars girls from graduation because of bikini pictures
The school in the Philippines apparently blatently ignored a judge’s order to allow the girls to graduate.
Caught in a cop car—no escape from reality
Maybe he’s just a poor boy and needs no sympathy. Well, easy come, easy go.
Judge says Facebook bikini photos not grounds for graduation ban
Showing some skin on Facebook shouldn’t get you kicked out of your own graduation, a Philippines judge has ruled.
On Mar 29, 2012 by Kris Holt
With “Anchorman 2” announcement, @RonBurgundy joins Twitter
I don’t know how to put this, but it’s kind of a big deal.
Google set to launch its own commenting system, report says
A new commenting system is on the way, according to some reports.
On Mar 27, 2012 by Kris Holt
Taiwan woman commits suicide while chatting on Facebook
None of the nine friends the 21-year-old was chatting with at the time alerted authorities to the crisis.
Saudi television network hit by Facebook hackers
“The Syrian electronic army” was here.
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