After about 4.6 million Snapchatters' usernames and phone numbers were exposed by a hack of a security vulnerability that the young social media company was repeated warned about, Snapchat has issued an apology and an update to its app.
Memo to all future public relations professionals (and this is coming from one): watch what you say on Twitter or any other social media site, because it WILL come back to haunt you. Just ask Justine Sacco, the former head of public relations at IAC (the parent company of such websites as The Daily Beast and OKCupid.com), who lost her job after a head-slappingly idiotic (and racist) tweet against Africans sparked a global outrage.
Growing up in the age of instant gratification and over-sexualized social media that promotes unrealistic perceptions of beauty, can be a disastrous formula for any young female, especially an impressionable Latina.
Microsoft has made it a priority to market the incoming Xbox One game console as one that will allow users to interact beyond just the gaming platform itself. In the latest move to revolutionize gaming, Xbox spokesperson "Major Nelson" has introduced fans to a an app on the Xbox One called the Friends App.
