Articles Tik Tok, China & Your Child By awiredfamilyMarch 19, 2019 For the past 10 years, I’ve been examining most of the apps teens are using. I’ve seen the evolution of MySpace and its purchase in 2005… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Videos A Wired Family Update: Your Child & Twitch By awiredfamilyNovember 10, 2018 In this video we will look at one of the fastest growing content and technologies being adopted by teens: video game live streaming platforms such as… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Articles Instagram & Self-Esteem By awiredfamilyMarch 9, 2017 By: Lucy Whittaker With all the seemingly flawless women posting filtered pictures of toned bodies in bikinis and full-on makeup transformations, Instagram can be a dangerous… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Videos A Wired Family App Update: Live.ly By awiredfamilyNovember 12, 2016 By: Stephen J Smith NOTE: This video was first published in 2016. Live.ly has been purchased and is now part of Tik Tok — which was… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Articles Angry, Unfiltered Words: The Digital Tattoo By awiredfamilyJune 1, 2016 Unless you’ve been living in a cave or a Tibetan Monastery, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the young boy that had walked away from his mother –… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Videos A Wired Family App Update: Musical.ly By awiredfamilyApril 20, 2016 Note: Musical.ly was purchased in 2018 and is now part of Tik Tok. However, much of the concerns for Musical.ly is an interesting app that is… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Articles How To Secure Your Privacy Settings On Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & Vine By awiredfamilyMarch 10, 2016 The question I get the most from parents and students generally relates to, “How do I adjust my privacy settings on social media”? Since there are… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Uncategorized What’s In A name: Apple, Microsoft & the New Peach App By awiredfamilyJanuary 12, 2016 I started my career in the technology business at the intersection of stuffed white shirts and T-shirts and jeans. That was in the spring of 1981… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Uncategorized Today’s Headlines: 4Chan, Katy Perry & PewDiePie By awiredfamilyOctober 6, 2015 For many Americans, the first we’d heard of the 4Chan site was following the deadly mass school shootings in Oregon on October 1st of this year.… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
Uncategorized A Wired Family App Update: After School By awiredfamilySeptember 16, 2015 Every year it seems that a new app surfaces and is adopted by teens and young adults. In 2004 it was Facebook — which was only… Read More Share this:PocketTelegramWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrEmailPrintTweetLike this:Like Loading...
