There are many books on social media in the market. Here are some books which I would recommend you to read.

The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social by Jay Baer and Amber Naslund

The NOW Revolution, authored by Jay Baer has evolved as a great speaker in the social media space and his speeches provide fruit for thought on social business. Combining his knowledge with Amber Naslund, former Vice President of Social Strategies for the most popular social media monitoring software Radian6, The book defines how social media impacts businesses in real time. It explains you how to thrive and sustain in the competitive business world with the hedge of social web.

Twitter Power by Joel Comm

The book describes straight forward techniques used by Mr. Joel Comm to do good tweeting. The book showcases real case studies of business houses on the frontier of the Twitter revolution, to help you design and implement your own social networking strategies.  It describes about the good practices to earn respect and influence on Twitter. In this book, The celebrity author Mr. Joel Comm suggests some methods of getting targeted followers though some simple techniques the author used to succeed in his internet. Twitter is much respected in Social media arena. So Joelcomm’s twitter power needs to be respected as a straightforward book which throws light to many emerging tweeples and respects the policies of twitter as well and so it sold a million copies all over the world and I also proudly owns one copy. In short it is a higly recommended resource for all who seeks good practices in twitter.

Facebook has been calling for computer geeks and ex-hackers to come and solve their privacy issues and find the loophole in their security system to make their database more secure. Hackers can find chinks in any company’s armor very easily due to their IT skills and for Facebook, a huge social networking platform, protecting its privacy is very important. Those who do find those chinks and help Facebook make their system stronger, will be rewarded with $500 and their names will be included in the “helpful hackers” list. Mobile spy apps have been a nuisance for a while, and the intrusion of android spy and other malware is what Facebook is looking to counter.

Good Cop Bad Cop

One might find an irony in the fact that Facebook is using hackers to counter hacking into their system. The only difference between these hackers is that they are the “good” kind. Like those criminals that help the police find other criminals by acting as spies? Yes, these guys are exactly like that. Therefore, as the bad types of hackers try to enter into the security system of Facebook, the good ones will come together and work to make is as strong as possible, straightening out any kinks in the system so it could not be penetrated by any hacker or infected by any malware. Thus, cell phones on which Facebook is used would be saved from viruses and malware and the website could be used by users with maximum ease. Mobile phone spy apps are being increasingly targeted so that they can be removed completely.

No Biggie In Employing Criminals

It has become a common practice that hackers are used by companies for solving security issues. They employ hackers to attack into their system so that they could make their security base stronger and find out the loopholes in that way. Similarly, Facebook is getting the good guys to do this job after making It clear to them that they would only work within ethical boundaries and not use this opportunity for their own “evil” means. Facebook has also clarified that it will take time into considering the hackers’ reports and thus these faults will be publicized at a later date.

Once In A Lifetime Opportunity

It is a great opportunity for hackers or IT professionals to get a shiny star on their CVs as working for Facebook and helping such a big social media site to make its security system better is a big deal. Apart from the handsome $500 bill, having their name added to the helper’s list is going to earn the hackers valuable recognition; therefore, educated or not, experienced or not, if one proves himself in this Facebook initiative, it is going to really benefit him career wise.

Facebook’s Not The Only One

Apart from Facebook, many companies like Microsoft and Australian app developers have already hired very well known hackers who have committed hacking crimes in the past. An example is of George Hotz who hacked the PlayStation 3 console. He was sued by Sony but was hired by Facebook recently. Facebook is hiring such criminals and mega minds of the hacking world to build strong fortresses around its system. The fact that criminals are welcomed by such big companies with open arms shows how desperate they are to use these smart minds to protect their security and database. There are already 115 people signed up for this Facebook initiative and keeping the prize in mind, the number is surely going to increase to a great level

A guest blog by Jane Andrew. Jane Andrew is the author of mobile spy and android spy technology. She provides tips, tricks about cell phone security and privacy. You can also follow her on Twitter @janeandrew01 to get the latest tips about cell phone and computer security.

Mobile phone users are increasingly becoming more vulnerable to malware and viruses from social networking sites. This is because all their data is available on a very popular site for the professional and hackers to use illegally. Since there is so much traffic in the cyber world, viruses travel fast and most of the time infect users without them even knowing.

It is very unsettling that one can’t know which sites are safe and which aren’t, or which applications are actually viruses. In a moment, a user can lose all her information, photos, videos, credit card numbers and etc. All would be easily available for the hacker to use in any way they want. However, does one stop using social media sites and continuously live with fear of being made a victim of malware? Not at all. Here are some tips that users should follow in order to avoid such instances:

Talking to strangers – not a good idea

To avoid being hacked or having your software infected with a virus, make sure you don’t talk to strangers on the internet. This is the easiest way a user can get hacked. It is easy for spyware professionals to extract users’ private information just by pretending to be an “18 year old teen looking for a friend” online. If you still want to make new friends on the internet, make use of applications like Glancee and Highlight that are specifically designed for this purpose.

This tip is especially for teens and children as they usually are unaware of the rules of social networking. Though parents can use parental monitoring software to make sure their children are not vulnerable to any malware or viral activity, it is best that children are made aware of the dangers of handling social media on their own.

Boost privacy settings

It is often the case that most people do not change their network settings to increase protection on their private data. Some people do not even know how to secure their privacy by changing their settings on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. These sites also keep changing their settings and thus depending only on default settings make users more vulnerable to being hacked. Therefore, on Facebook, users should limit their photos and videos to be viewed only by friends and remove themselves from being searched on Facebook. This will ensure a level of security and one’s information will not be made public. Likewise, on twitter, the ‘protect’ option should be used for all tweets.

Better safe than sorry

The most important tip is to be aware. Protect yourself and your children from being vulnerable to malware and hackers by being in the loop about social networking sites. If parents know about their children’s activities on the internet, the applications or games they download and the new weird suspicious friends they make online, they would be able to save their children from these dangers; of course, parental monitoring software helps in doing this too.

Users should be careful while downloading new software, updates etc. and check beforehand if these applications are safe or not. With various technology experts and bloggers on the internet, it is now very easy for users to do so and keep their data secure.

Author Bio

Jane Andrew is the author of monitoring software for computer and parental control software. She provides tips, tricks and news about computer and internet security. You can also follow her on Twitter @janeandrew01 to get the latest tips about computer security.