Kris Holt
Based in Montreal, Kris Holt has been writing about technology and web culture since 2010. He writes for Engadget and Tech News World, and his byline has also appeared in Paste, Salon, International Business Times, Mashable, and elsewhere.
Tweeting requests for rides is part of the new sharing economy.
On Aug 15, 2013 by Kris Holt
Spam Twitter account merchants are driving a $460,000 black market.
On Aug 14, 2013 by Kris Holt
Heath Joynson cheated taxpayers out of more than $1,900.
When Al Qaeda solicited "media development" ideas from Twitter, it was never going to turn out well.
The Legal and Administrative Information Directorate tried to link to a terror financing policy.
On Aug 13, 2013 by Kris Holt
At least the cops had a sense of humor about it.
Pirate Browser users plan to beat government and ISP website filters.
JelloApocalypse has 99 problems, and YouTube accounts for every single one of them.
How one little quadcopter got a sweet and surreptitious view of this couple's engagement.
Twitter hopes to "play an active role" on Internet freedom, free speech, and government spying.
On Aug 12, 2013 by Kris Holt
The tags #lesgaysdoiventdisparaitrecar (“Gay people must die/disappear because”) and #TeamHomophobes trended on Twitter over the weekend.
Gaga's Little Monsters are reporting every instance of the leaked song they can find.
The Pirate Browser is a bundle of the Tor routing client and Firefox Portable browser without "bundled ad-ware, toolbars or other crap."
On Aug 10, 2013 by Kris Holt
Vine just had its moment.
On Aug 9, 2013 by Kris Holt
"Before Vine, none of us had met," Paul Zenisek wrote on the campaign page. "Vine has been a life-changer."