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Study Shows Parents Out of Loop on Social Networking
Interesting survey results come from Common Sense Media, which suggest that social networking is changing the very nature of childhood.
Google Talks Online Child Safety
By Chris Crum
Google is part of the "PointSmart ClickSafe Task Force," which is an organization that was set up to help keep kids safe online. This week, the task force released its Recommendations for Best Practices for Online Safety and Literacy, which it has been working on for nearly a year.
Staples Utilizing Facebook For A Worthy Cause
By Frank Reed
How about a nice ‘feel good’ story to take you into the weekend? The news in the Internet marketing industry has been focused on negative numbers, downturns and dire forecasts for quite a while now. Personally, I get a little worn out by it. It’s good to be reminded, however, of just how potentially life altering (a little hyperbole never hurt anyone) the use of social media can be.
Children On Social Networking Sites
By Andy Beal
Pssst. Hey kid! Want to earn a quarter? Tell your friends about this cool new video game, and it’s yours.Silly? Not really. Not when you consider a new survey out of the UK that suggests 49% of kids aged between 8 and 17 have a social media profile.
Ofcom Finds Kids Sneaking Around Social Networks
Social networks are practically crawling with kids, according to a new report from the UK's Office of Communications. What's more: the children are often on them in violation of the networks' rules, and their parents pay little attention.
Byron Review Will Affect UK's Game Ratings
By Doug Caverly
Late last year, the British Prime Minister asked a clinical psychologist to look at the risks the Internet and video games pose to children. Dr. Tanya Byron has now come back with several suggestions that the government has said it will follow.
GoFish's New Ad Network Angling For Children
By Doug Caverly
Young children and teenagers might not have jobs, but they inevitably have money. GoFish intends to capitalize on this fact with a new ad network focused on online youth entertainment.
MySpace Safety Efforts May Backfire
By Dave Taylor
For someone who isn't 17, I have to admit that I spend a fair amount of time digging around in MySpace and trying to understand how all the pieces fit together. Indeed, MySpace help is an an important element of my tech Q&A blog too (where I offer tech support and, specifically myspace help).
MySpace's Principles for Social Networking
As promised, MySpace makes a big announcement today about “Internet safety.” And no, it has nothing to do with not tripping over your power cord. Naturally, MySpace’s Internet safety announcement is about increasing privacy and safety for its minor members. ReadWriteWeb reports that the updated features will include:
One Laptop Per Child Loses Intel
Intel announced they are leaving the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project. OLPC produces low-cost laptops for developing nations. Fighting and differences between the two couldn’t be bridged. It was six months ago Intel and OLPC founder Nick Negroponte announced they would work together to produce the laptops.
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