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The Smoking Gun reports that Florida prosecutors accidentally distributed a photo of Trayvon Martin ‘s corpse and copies of his accused killer George Zimmerman ’s college records, material that Florida law deems confidential and exempt from disclosure. Prosecutor Angela Corey ‘s office mistakenly included the documents in supplemental discovery records distributed Thursday morning to a variety of media outlets including The Smoking Gun . The photocopied, black-and-white photograph of the deceased Martin, laying face-down on the ground, was one of three taken by an unnamed witness. After realizing the error, one of Corey’s aide sent out an e-mail emphasizing that the “photo depicting the killing of a person” was “confidential and exempt” in accordance with Florida state law. Zimmerman’s 61 pages of leaked college records, from his tenure at Seminole State College of Florida, include his application to the community college and his transcripts. The documents reveal Zimmerman’s poor gra...

Josh Constine is a technology journalist who specializes in deep analysis of social products. He is currently a writer for TechCrunch. Previously, Constine was the Lead Writer of Inside Facebook, where he covered Facebook product changes, privacy, the Ads API, Page management, ecommerce, virtual currency, and music technology. Prior to writing for Inside Facebook, Constine graduated from Stanford University... ? Learn More In what could blossom into an ecommerce opportunity, Facebook is testing a new “Mail A Postcard” feature powered by Sincerely that lets you choose one of your photos and have Facebook send it to a friend as a postcard — in real life . You can add a message that will appear on the back, and also mail friends prints of their own photos. The sender is charged a small fee, and Facebook is trying out a few different price points. Though built as a spur-of-the-moment Hackathon project, if Facebook rolls out Mail A Postcard it could give users a new reason to upload and i...

Here's a strange story from a Best Buy customer in Virginia that's a reminder to keep your personal stuff safe when using services. The customer, Sophia Ellison, went to the Geek Squad at the Fair Oaks Best Buy store in Fairfax to transfer data to her brand new iPhone, reports Neal Augenstein at WTOP The employee serving her offered to buy her old iPhone which had a cracked screen. So, he paid her $60 and promised to wipe it.  The next day, Ellison realized that her new iPhone 4S didn't have any of her photos, which included "suggestive" personal photos. When she called to complain, the Geek Squad worker called her back, and told her that he had put all her photos on a CD, and to go to his house to pick them up. Creepy. Here's what a Best Buy spokesperson had to say to WTOP. It looks like the employee has been fired: "First and foremost, we apologize to this customer for an unfortunate experience caused by what appears to be rogue action against our code...