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Google Gives Users a Way to Lock SafeSearch Syndicate content

Google has launched a new way to lock SafeSearch. What this accomplishes is, users will have to enter their password to change the setting, and Google Search results will be visibly different than when SafeSearch is not locked. Google demonstrates how to to lock SafeSearch with the following short clip:

Twitter is for Old People? Syndicate content

I heard a story on NPR yesterday where they talked to kids about social networks. The popular opinion (at least among the kids talked to for the piece) was that Facebook was "in" and Twitter was for old people.

PayPal Intros New Student Accounts Syndicate content

eBay-owned PayPal has launched a new way for teenagers to shop online with PayPal and in stores with the "Student Card," part of the "Student Account." The account comes with a number of capabilities for parental monitoring. Features include:

Study Shows Parents Out of Loop on Social Networking Syndicate content

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 Syndicate content

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.

Kids Spending More Time Online Syndicate content

In May, children aged 2-11 consisted of nearly 16 million, or 9.5 percent of active Internet users, according to a new report from Nielsen Online.

Staples Utilizing Facebook For A Worthy Cause Syndicate content

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.

Kids/Teens Drawn to Virtual Worlds, Not Marketers Syndicate content

What do you get when you cross a video-game with social networking? Virtual worlds – and they're no joke, particularly with younger generations who are immersing themselves in increasing numbers.

Kid's Brains Affected By Social Media Syndicate content

You may have thought that the headline should read “Social Media Changes Minds” because of all the wonderful things that social media adds to our lives (I’ll let you determine what wonderful things it does for you). But across the pond there’s concern that social media is actually changing the brains of young users.

YouTube, Disney, Top Video Sites For Kids Syndicate content

Initially, it's nice to think that kids and teens watching more online video at home than adults is because, with work and responsibilities and all that, adults just don't have that kind of time. But considering adults watch most of their online video at work, that half-hour less they spend at home watching belies that conventional wisdom.
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