- Teen 'Sexting:' Stupid and Illegal
By Larry Magid - Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:25pm PDT
"Sexting" is the practice of taking a sexually revealing picture of yourself, typically from a cell phone, and sending it to someone. Legal consequences aside, it's a dumb thing to do.... Read More»
- Tech Parenting Update
By Anne Collier - Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:19pm PST
There are more than 150 kids' and teens' virtual worlds live or soon-to-be live -- and all the videogame online services (Sony Home, Xbox Live, and Nintendo Wii's "Mii's") have avatars interacting in some semblance of virtual worlds.... Read More»
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- Software Keeps Teens From Texting While Driving
- By Larry Magid - Mon Jan 5, 2009 5:59pm PST
Texting while driving could be a disaster. Not only does it take your mind off the road but your hands and eyes too. But what seems obvious to me might not be so obvious to some teenage drivers.... Read More»
- Families Use Tech to Stay in Touch
- By Larry Magid - Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:28pm PDT
It should come as no great surprise that American families are increasingly using technology to keep in touch with each other.... Read More»
- Teens Pay Online Tribute to Engineer of Ill-Fated Train
- By Larry Magid - Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:10pm PDT
A group of teenage "railfans" have been posting video tributes on YouTube for Robert Sanchez, the late operator of the Metrolink train that slammed into a freight train near Los Angeles... Read More»
- News Flash! Teens Really Love Their Cell Phones
- By Larry Magid - Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:13am PDT
Cell phones are second only to clothing when it comes to a teen's social status, outranking jewelry, watches and even shoes.... Read More»
- Coming to a Phone Near You: Tinker Bell
- By Anne Collier - Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:42pm PDT
For socializers too young to drive, mobile phones are lifelines, and Disney has fresh plans to capitalize on that fact.... Read More»
- Texting for Parental Avoidance?
- By Anne Collier - Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:45pm PDT
According to an executive in Disney's U.S. mobile phone division, kids will let parents' calls go to voicemail, then text Mom or Dad about what's up.... Read More»
- The Cost of Your Family's Gadgets
- By Larry Magid - Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:56am PDT
Knee-deep in iPhone 2.0 fever, I’ve been thinking about the annual cost of using not only that device but all our other gadgets that require a subscription service.... Read More»
- Family Photo Sharing
- By Larry Magid - Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:32pm PDT
Now that most cell phones have built-in cameras, digital cameras are literally everywhere and always with us. Even those of us who don't think to pack our cameras when we leave the house probably have a camera, thanks to cell phones.... Read More»
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