Did you know your opinions and photo are showing up in your friend’s Google search results? By default, if you rate a song from Google Play, a restaurant where you ate, a piece of technology you bought, or any other thing in the Google universe, the search giant now shares your photo and rating with [ Read More ]
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How to Stop Google from Using Your Photo in Ads
Comments Off on How to Stop Google from Using Your Photo in AdsNude selfies found at another Somerset County school
Comments Off on Nude selfies found at another Somerset County schoolBRIDGEWATER — For the second time this month, a school district in Somerset County has found nude pictures of students on classmates’ mobile phones, school officials say. A similar discovery was made in Bernards earlier this month. And the district’s response to the discovery in Bridgewater-Raritan schools this week mimics almost exactly that of the [ Read More ]
Long Island HS Students Challenged To Go A Week Without Cellphones
Comments Off on Long Island HS Students Challenged To Go A Week Without CellphonesCARLE PLACE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Students at one Long Island school went through withdrawal from Instagram, text messages, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr this week, but they learned they could actually live without their cellphones. As CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan reported, the unplugging experiment was held at Carle Place High School. Students in Ms. Melissa Mehling’s English [ Read More ]
Parenting In The Age Of Apps: Is That iPad Help Or Harm?
Comments Off on Parenting In The Age Of Apps: Is That iPad Help Or Harm?When it comes to media, parents all want to know: How much is too much for my child? Dr. Dimitri Christakis, a pediatrician, professor and father of two, has spent a lot of time thinking about the effects of media on young children. Christakis tells NPR’s Arun Rath that not all TV is bad. Some [ Read More ]
Facebook changes privacy settings
Comments Off on Facebook changes privacy settingsFacebook is tweaking its privacy settings to make it easier for newbies to share their posts privately. The social network, with over 1.2 billion members, says new sign-ups get confused and end up posting their initial status updates publicly, which is the default setting until you go in and change it. That’s about to change, [ Read More ]