Tag Archive for ‘kids’
App that maps happiness = “Mappiness”
Mappiness is a free app for your iPhone. It’s part of a research project at the London School of Economics that is interested in how people’s happiness is affected by their local environment — air pollution, noise, green spaces, and so on. If you are interested – click here to learn more!
Generation Z Kids and the Corporate Disconnect
While companies have come a long way in terms of embracing the Internet and new media – they still are decades behind what Generation Z kids will expect from their future employer. We decided to see just how far apart Generation Z kids are from the corporate environment they will soon enter – and have [...]
Crackdown on Internet Usage in China
We have been reporting for quite sometime that children are addicted to the Internet. Chinese authorities have now gone one step further and ordered online video game operators to allow parents to monitor their children’s playing sessions as part of a nationwide crackdown on the growing problem of Internet addiction. The Ministry of Public Security [...]
New app identifies adults posing as children
With more and more children online, we are increasingly seeing software aimed at protecting them. The newest mobile phone application helps identify adults posing as children. The software, Child Defence, enables children to scan web chat on their mobile phones to check the age of people they are messaging, reports the Daily Mail. The software [...]
We record every move our kids make – are we going too far?
We have recently posted a blog covering Mobile Minder that monitors our children’s online activities. And now, we are writing about recording what our kids do behind the wheel. Are we going too far? According to IBN Live – an insurance company is offering parents the chance to place a video camera in cars driven [...]
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