Love-Seekers Beware: Online Dating Fraud Rose 150% Last Year

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Friday, February 10, 2012
TRENDING STORIES IN TECH & GADGETS Hipstamatic Releases Lens for New York Fashion Week Apple to Unveil iPad 3 in March and It Could Look Like This [RUMOR] iPhone, Meet Laser Blaster. Is This 2012's Hottest Toy? ALL STORIES IN TECH & GADGETS Love-Seekers Beware: Online Dating Fraud Rose 150% Last Year 3:32:13 AM Sam Laird Lonely hearts seeking love this Valentine's Day, be wary. Online dating fraud rose by 150% percent in 2011 as scammers and hucksters turned up the false charm and predatory trolling. That's according to data shared with Mashable by fraud... Tesla Motors Unveils Model X Electric Minivan/SUV [PICS] Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:51 PM Charlie White Tesla Motors has introduced the Model X, its third electric car, and like its brandmates, this one is an all-electric vehicle. Built on the same chassis as the four-door Model S, the Model X is a hybrid -- a cross between an SUV and minivan --... Longform iPad App Makes Web Content Readable [HANDS ON] Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:18 PM Sarah Kessler Most people who start this article won't make it to the end -- at least not in a way that they could pass a comprehension test. Studies have shown that the mere presence of a links in online text and the practice of jumping between digital... Microsoft: You'll Never Turn Off Devices Running Windows on ARM Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:02 PM Pete Pachal Microsoft described in detail Thursday exactly how Windows will work on ARM devices. The new strain of Windows, retooled from the ground up for low-power devices like tablets, will be identical to the regular desktop version in many ways, and... Hipstamatic Releases Lens for New York Fashion Week Thursday, February 09, 2012 4:02 PM Lauren Indvik In conjunction with New York Fashion Week, iPhone photography app Hipstamatic has released a cool-toned lens (i.e., filter) designed to capture the aesthetic of classic American beauty. The lens was developed in partnership with fashion... Yahoo's New Visualization Beautifully Shows What's Happening on the Web Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:00 PM Zoe Fox Yahoo has launched a new webpage that visualizes what's happening on the web in near real time -- and it's totally beautiful. The Content Optimization Relevance Engine (C.O.R.E.) HTML5 site hopes to show users the "behind the scenes" process... Who Really Invented the Web? Texas Trial Questions Tim Berners-Lee [VIDEO] Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:48 PM Pete Pachal Tim Berners-Lee, who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, testified this week in a Texas courtroom against a company that claims it has a patent on the same technology. The man who claims to have the patent on the "interactive web" is... Instagram Co-Founder's Girlfriend Launches Lovestagram for Valentine's Day Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:52 PM Zoe Fox Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger is about to receive one of the Internet's most thoughtful Valentine's Day ecards from his girlfriend Kaitlyn Trigger. Trigger, who has been dating Krieger since before he launched the hugely popular iOS app, is... DARPA AlphaDog Robot Steps Lively With 400 Lbs on its Back [VIDEO] Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:14 AM Stan Schroeder The typical soldier can only carry about 100 lbs. worth of gear, but not indefinitely. DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) new robotic mule, however, can carry 400 lbs. of gear and never get tired -- and it can do it with a... Apple to Unveil iPad 3 in March and It Could Look Like This [RUMOR] Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:52 AM Pete Pachal The tech world awoke today to a new batch of rumors about the iPad 3. First various sites reported on an alleged leak of some of the components of the tablet, then another chimed in to announce that Apple is planning a March unveiling for its new...		TOP STORIES TODAY Tesla Motors Unveils Model X Electric Minivan/SUV [PICS] Longform iPad App Makes Web Content Readable [HANDS ON] Instagram Co-Founder's Girlfriend Launches Lovestagram for Valentine's Day Microsoft: You'll Never Turn Off Devices Running Windows on ARM Yahoo's New Visualization Beautifully Shows What's Happening on the Web TOP TOPICS Trending 4,016 followers Social Media 60,978 followers Business 30,776 followers Apps And Software 639 followers Startups 7,891 followers Mobile 4,240 followers Twitter 48,885 followers Entertainment 2,821 followers Marketing 7,540 followers Dev & Design 452 followers
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