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Mobile learning & edugames taking off worldwide 26 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
Whether it’s the chicken or the egg – the device or the edugames – fueling the growth isn’t completely clear, but “tablets are proliferating everywhere across the planet,” said Sam Adkins, head of res...
LinkedIn adds teens & university profiles 22 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
LinkedIn has always been the social network site that was closest to the “original” (or pre-Web 2.0) idea of networking – the professional kind. So, since a lot of people start thinking about callings...
The anonymity factor 18 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
A sidebar to the first and second parts to what has turned out to be a series on digital bullying & self-harm: Although anonymity has long been a source of safety, especially in political and human r...
Reflexive responses to digital bullying & self-harm not helpful 18 Aug 2013 | 06:39 am
Readers, as new information has emerged in the UK’s recent teen suicide case, I felt it might be useful to you if I gather together some insights, wisdom and context on “digital self-harm” from the pa...
Teens & social media: Parents’ other job 16 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
An interesting myth about social media is the one about tension between teen privacy and teen safety. Because of all the scary messaging about the Internet that has been in circulation for almost two ...
Most US teen Net users seek out privacy advice: Study 16 Aug 2013 | 02:48 am
Privacy in social media is important to US teens (and undoubtedly all teens). We knew this but just got further confirmation today from the Pew Internet Project’s new study, “Where Teens Seek Online P...
State of privacy illustrated (by a tech-literate law student) 15 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
Its creator, 27-year-old Brendan O’Connor calls it “CreepyDOL” (because it is certainly creepy). You could also call it Personal PI, since anyone with a portable, very hide-able little device like thi...
Highest social networking growth among Americans 65+ 13 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
No one thinks social media is kid stuff anymore, right? If they do, they should check out this CNET article that says more than 72% of US adults now use social network sites, that figure up from 67% j...
New MixBit app for video-sharing & remixing 12 Aug 2013 | 09:34 pm
The mobile video-sharing field just got a little more crowded. Of course there’s Vine and Instagram’s new video feature and Rounds more for video chat. But now there’s MixBit from the creators of YouT...
UK’s teen suicide tragedy: Problems, solutions 8 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
The UK has seen too much social cruelty this past week, and now tragedy as well, with the suicide of 14-year-old Hannah Smith. Though there has been plenty of news coverage and analysis already – link...
