News Talk KIT » facebook http://newstalkkit.com Sat, 25 May 2013 20:00:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Proposal Could Let Employers Gain Access to Worker's Social Media Outlet Accounts http://newstalkkit.com/new-proposal-could-let-employers-gain-access-to-workers-social-media-outlet-accounts/ http://newstalkkit.com/new-proposal-could-let-employers-gain-access-to-workers-social-media-outlet-accounts/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:51:19 +0000 Associated Press http://newstalkkit.com/?p=219426  

SEATTLE (AP) — A new provision could allow employers to ask for a worker's Facebook or other social media password during company investigations. The provision is a proposed amendment for a bill that bars employers from asking for social media credentials during job interviews. The

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/new-proposal-could-let-employers-gain-access-to-workers-social-media-outlet-accounts/feed/ 0 facebook Brian's Blog: Taking a Break From Facebook Is Understandable http://newstalkkit.com/brians-blog-taking-a-break-from-facebook-is-understandable/ http://newstalkkit.com/brians-blog-taking-a-break-from-facebook-is-understandable/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:26:47 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=208855  

A recent Pew survey tells us that 61% of Facebook users having been taking a break from the social networking site. I have continued to use it as usual, but I can understand why some are checking out.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/brians-blog-taking-a-break-from-facebook-is-understandable/feed/ 0 Rep. David Taylor Working for Lower Taxes and Less Government http://newstalkkit.com/rep-david-taylor-of-moxee-working-on-plan-for-lower-taxes-and-less-government/ http://newstalkkit.com/rep-david-taylor-of-moxee-working-on-plan-for-lower-taxes-and-less-government/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:45:39 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=201922  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representative David Taylor of Moxee is gearing up for the 2013 Legislative Session. Taylor is working closely with Rep. Matt Shay of Spokane and Rep. Jason O

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/rep-david-taylor-of-moxee-working-on-plan-for-lower-taxes-and-less-government/feed/ 0 wsdot Yakima Valley School Taking a Closer Look at School Security http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-school-taking-a-closer-look-at-school-security/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-school-taking-a-closer-look-at-school-security/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:21:30 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=199023 From our news partner KIMA Action News

YAKIMA VALLEY -- Yakima Valley schools are taking a closer look at security in response to the horrific shooting in Connecticut and the arrest of a Zillah man police say posted a possible school threat on Facebook.

They're not your everyday elementary school visitors, but this week, Gran

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-school-taking-a-closer-look-at-school-security/feed/ 0 kima Liberty Bottleworks is Looking for Sustainability Officers http://newstalkkit.com/liberty-bottleworks-is-looking-for-sustainability-officers/ http://newstalkkit.com/liberty-bottleworks-is-looking-for-sustainability-officers/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:22:46 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=197750 Liberty Bottleworks in Union Gap is looking for sustainability officers, people who are making a difference through environmental, economic or social sustainability. Co-founder Ryan Clark says if you are a big recycler or living green in other ways and promoting that kind of living at home or the office or at school then you may want to get involved

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/facebook-page-509hoesexposed-targeted-young-women/feed/ 0 kimatv County Sheriffs Recovers Donated Items Taken From Taylor Bridge Fire http://newstalkkit.com/county-sheriffs-recovers-donated-items-taken-from-taylor-bridge-fire/ http://newstalkkit.com/county-sheriffs-recovers-donated-items-taken-from-taylor-bridge-fire/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:50:59 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=173413 The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office said Thursday they recovered more than 200 items that were fraudulently taken from a Taylor Bridge Fire donation center. Our news partner KIMA Action News reports the county's Pro-Act Unit recovered the

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/county-sheriffs-recovers-donated-items-taken-from-taylor-bridge-fire/feed/ 0 kima tv I-Voted Stickers Gone Virtual with E-Voted Stickers http://newstalkkit.com/i-voted-stickers-gone-virtual-with-e-voted-stickers/ http://newstalkkit.com/i-voted-stickers-gone-virtual-with-e-voted-stickers/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:50:11 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=164317 Remember how people would proudly wear that ‘ I voted’ sticker on election day? Those have disappeared because of mail-in ballots. But... there’s a new e-version from the Washington Secretary of State’s Office

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/i-voted-stickers-gone-virtual-with-e-voted-stickers/feed/ 0 flickr Brian's Blog:You Know Your From Yakima When…. http://newstalkkit.com/brians-blogyou-know-your-from-yakima-when/ http://newstalkkit.com/brians-blogyou-know-your-from-yakima-when/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:05:06 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=146601  

When you grow up in a community, or have lived and worked in a community for a long time, there are lots of great memories about things in the past. People from Yakima are no different.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/brians-blogyou-know-your-from-yakima-when/feed/ 0 newstalkkit.com image No ID? No Problem – Bouncers Turn to Facebook for Age Verification http://newstalkkit.com/bouncers-turn-to-facebook-for-id-verification/ http://newstalkkit.com/bouncers-turn-to-facebook-for-id-verification/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 18:07:15 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98522 If you’ve ever been to a bar, you’ve likely had a bouncer check your ID to be sure you’re old enough to drink. But since IDs can be faked, some bouncers in the UK have a new screening method: they’re checking your Facebook account, too.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/bouncers-turn-to-facebook-for-id-verification/feed/ 0 Thinkstock/Dan Kitwood, Getty Images Yakima Getting Help From Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together Program http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-getting-help-from-walmarts-fighting-hunger-together-program/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-getting-help-from-walmarts-fighting-hunger-together-program/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:00:28 +0000 KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=126727 Walmart has announced a hunger effort that will generate more than 42 million meals and provide $2M in donations nationwide between now and April 30th. Yakima has been selected as one of 200 communities where unemployment rates are the highest, according to the Department of Labor

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-getting-help-from-walmarts-fighting-hunger-together-program/feed/ 0 School Forces Students to Delete Facebook Pages http://newstalkkit.com/school-forces-students-to-delete-facebook-pages/ http://newstalkkit.com/school-forces-students-to-delete-facebook-pages/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:30:54 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=84522 Schools these days seem to have no compunctions about policing students’ use of social media. An Indiana teenager was recently expelled for swearing in a tweet, and now a Brooklyn, New York school is forcing its charges to delete their Facebook accounts — or face expulsion themselves.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/school-forces-students-to-delete-facebook-pages/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images How Well Do You Know Facebook? http://newstalkkit.com/vip/q-and-a/quizzes/how-well-do-you-know-facebook/ http://newstalkkit.com/vip/q-and-a/quizzes/how-well-do-you-know-facebook/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:09:20 +0000 John Riggs http://loyalty.production.townsquaresites.com/?post_type=loyalty_qa_quiz&p=21214 Facebook: It's something most of us are a member of, it's something we use more than our email at times, but how well do you really know Facebook? Take the quiz and find out.

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/vip/q-and-a/quizzes/how-well-do-you-know-facebook/feed/ 0 flickr use GOIABA (Goiabarea) State Parks Expand Online Visitor Information With New Facebook And Mobile Website http://newstalkkit.com/state-parks-expand-online-visitor-information-with-new-facebook-and-mobile-website/ http://newstalkkit.com/state-parks-expand-online-visitor-information-with-new-facebook-and-mobile-website/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:16:43 +0000 KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=119894 In celebration of its 99th birthday on March 19, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission today announced the addition of two new online information sources for visitors – a new Facebook page and a recently completed mobile website that provides visitors access to information from their mobile devices while they are on the move

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/state-parks-expand-online-visitor-information-with-new-facebook-and-mobile-website/feed/ 0 vogeltalksrving.com The Pope Gives Facebook and Twitter a 'Like' http://newstalkkit.com/the-pope-gives-facebook-and-twitter-a-like/ http://newstalkkit.com/the-pope-gives-facebook-and-twitter-a-like/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:47:49 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=85973 No one can accuse Pope Benedict XVI of being old-fashioned, even if his beliefs on doctrine are strictly traditionalist. The Pontiff proved he holds his traditional views in a very modern social landscape by praising the usefulness of social media communication.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/the-pope-gives-facebook-and-twitter-a-like/feed/ 0 Johannes Simon, Getty Images Facebook Friends More Influential Than Real Friends http://newstalkkit.com/facebook-friends-more-influential-than-real-friends/ http://newstalkkit.com/facebook-friends-more-influential-than-real-friends/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:39:21 +0000 Dave Ettl http://newstalkkit.com/?p=105862 Here is a question for Facebook users ….How many friends do you have?  NOT the Facebook kind but the real life human kind?  Chances are you have a lot more of the cyber friends than the flesh and blood variety…and chances are cyber friends actually have more influence on you!  “Facebook blogger Eytan Bakshy, of the site's data science team said that "Social networking technologies like Facebook let us connect to hundreds, even thousands of people - and have fundamentally changed how people get their information.”

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/facebook-friends-more-influential-than-real-friends/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Facebook Friends Dumping You? It's Probably Something You Said [INFOGRAPHIC] http://newstalkkit.com/facebook-friends-dumping-you-infographic/ http://newstalkkit.com/facebook-friends-dumping-you-infographic/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:10:35 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=67000 If you recently lost a slew of Facebook friends, it probably wasn’t a glitch. Go back and look at your timeline because the chances are good it’s your own fault.

That’s what a new study from Nielsen seems to indicate anyway. The group surveyed about 2,000 adults to learn why Facebook users add and remove friends, and the results may surprise you.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/facebook-friends-dumping-you-infographic/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Men Fall For Facebook Scams More Than Women http://newstalkkit.com/men-fall-for-facebook-scams-more-than-women/ http://newstalkkit.com/men-fall-for-facebook-scams-more-than-women/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:25:13 +0000 Dave Ettl http://newstalkkit.com/?p=54186 Ok fellas, the ladies have us on this one...it's our hormones, our genetics, our caveman proclivities-whatever but we fall for it more than women.  Facebook Scams are the cheese bait to our male motivations...

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/men-fall-for-facebook-scams-more-than-women/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images 13 Year Old Tacoma Boy Interrogated By Secret Service http://newstalkkit.com/13-year-old-tacoma-boy-interrogated-by-secret-service/ http://newstalkkit.com/13-year-old-tacoma-boy-interrogated-by-secret-service/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 23:45:58 +0000 John Riggs http://newstalkkit.com/?p=7393 In Tacoma, a mom gets a call from her kid's school saying that the Secret Service was with the Tacoma Police Department and her son and they were speaking to him about what he posted on his facebook page.

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