I live in San Francisco, a city so enamored of technology that people cross busy, four-lane thoroughfares with their noses buried in a smartphone. So you’d think that our digerati would be the first to equip their kids with the latest smartphones. But maybe not. I conducted an informal poll of local friends on Facebook [ Read More ]
Archive for July, 2016
When should you buy your kids their first smartphone?
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Apple makes new Swift Playgrounds coding tool for kids free
Comments Off on Apple makes new Swift Playgrounds coding tool for kids freeA new app called Swift Playgrounds is the “absolute best way to teach everyone to code,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. The app lets anyone with an iPad solve coding puzzles in a game-like environment, based on Apple’s Swift language, and grow to write more sophisticated code, like playful physics [ Read More ]
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How to hide from your parents on Snapchat
Comments Off on How to hide from your parents on SnapchatYes, it’s true. People over 35 are using Snapchat. In fact, it may be your mom, and she wants to be friends. What do you do? Is it game over to the precious social media platform that allows us to send chats, photos and videos that disappear in an instant? For a start, a dose [ Read More ]
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Snapchat sued for exposing children to smutty articles
Comments Off on Snapchat sued for exposing children to smutty articlesSAN FRANCISCO — A Los Angeles law firm has sued Snapchat, charging that the popular messaging site is exposing children to “harmful, offensive, prurient and sexually offensive content.”Mark Geragos of Geragos & Geragos says Snapchat’s Discover feature violates the Communications Decency Act, which requires internet services to notify customers that parental control systems are available [ Read More ]
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Hackers are using this nasty text-message trick to break into people’s accounts
Comments Off on Hackers are using this nasty text-message trick to break into people’s accountsTwo-factor authentication is a godsend for securing your accounts. It requires a second level of proof of who you are – typically a code sent to your phone – before you can log in. This prevents anyone from gaining unauthorised access to your account, even if they manage to get hold of your password. http://read.bi/28Om1z4
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