Groupon Deal Strands Customers In Vegas [Social Networks]

Several Internet bargain hunters wanting to visit Vegas on the cheap found out the hard way that some deals are just too good to be true.

Several Groupon and Voice Daily Deals Users users bought round-trip bus tickets from Southern California to Las Vegas for $45. The price was great, but the trip was a mini disaster due to the negligence of LUX Ground Transportation, the bus company that provided the deal.

The problems started right at the beginning with many buses arriving hours later than scheduled or, sometimes, not showing up at all. When the buses did arrive, they brought their passengers safely to Las Vegas, but never returned to bring them home. Oops.

All's well that ends well, though. A shuttle from another company was called in to rescue these abandoned passengers. And Groupon eventually canceled the deal and refunded customer's money. LUX didn't fare as well. It appears the company was operating without a business license and has shuttered its doors now that the world's eyes are upon it. [MSNBC]

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This Sounds Like My Ideal Social Network [Video]

What's better than Facebook, or Google+, or Twitter, or any other social network you can join? How about: not that. Or more specifically, how about Not Google Plus, an antisocial network we can all get behind.

To help ease the transition, maybe just see if you can't get all your friend groups to stand around in actual circles the next time you Hangout hang out. Full video below:

[College Humor]

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Propeller May Be A Social News Reader From Google [Google]

Google is finally make strides in the world of social. Google + is gaining traction and the company is supposedly working on several new apps including a social news reader known as Propeller.

Propeller is supposedly a tablet application that'll run on Android or iOS. A few people have seen the app in action and they described it as "mind-blowing good." Nobody knows when it will launch, but it sounds interesting.[AllThingsD]

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A Social Network Based On Your Gastrointestinal Bacteria [Science]

MyMicrobes is a new social network that'll pair you up with people who share the same gut bacteria as you. Seriously. On the surface, its a crazy idea, but when you think about it, MyMicrobes could makes sense medically.

MyMicrobes hopes to bring together folks with the same intestinal flora so they can share digestive health questions and concerns. It would be a safe haven as there are only a handful of forums that deal with this topic.

Though intriguing, the process to join the network isn't for the faint of heart. To identify your gut bacteria, you 'll have to send in a stool sample and pay $2100 to have the bacterial DNA inside the sample sequenced for identfication. Once your in, you can start boasting about your latest bout of constipation and your favorite reading material for the commode. [Nature]

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Hackers Used Google to Steal Social Security Numbers from 43,000 Yalies [Hacking]

Hackers accessed personal information from 43,000 faculty, staff, students and alumni of Yale University all through Google. It's called dorking. Specifically, Google dorking. And it's scary easy what you can do.

Thieves found an unprotected FTP server containing the names and social security numbers of the 43,000 yalies by just using Google's FTP search function. Mike Lloyd, chief scientist at RedSeal a security firm, thinks that by having Google around, hackers don't even have to be that creative:

"Most victims are targets of opportunity. Chances are that anyone who got the data from Yale wasn't looking for Yale."

I thought I was good at the Google but these Google 'dorks' are even better. They've set up a whole database (which can be found here) that can be used to get started. As awesome and indispensable as Google has been to our lives, they need to patch up these holes pronto. [USA Today, Image Credit: Shutterstock]

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