Tic Tok, China & Your Child
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 by NewsCorp for $580 [...]
A Wired Family Update: Your Child & Twitch
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 twitch and its [...]
Instagram & Self-Esteem
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 [...]
A Wired Family App Update: Live.ly
By: Stephen J Smith Well, just when you thought the world had enough live broadcast apps — another has surfaced among the middle school set — and that app is [...]
Angry, Unfiltered Words: The Digital Tattoo
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 – and in the moments [...]
A Wired Family App Update: Musical.ly
Musical.ly is an interesting app that is one of the fastest growing programs in the iTunes app store. It allows users to create sometimes intriguing videos while lip syncing [...]
How To Secure Your Privacy Settings On Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & Vine
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 so many [...]
What’s In A name: Apple, Microsoft & the New Peach App
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 when the honeysuckle and [...]
Today’s Headlines: 4Chan, Katy Perry & PewDiePie
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. The attacker had posted [...]
A Wired Family App Update: After School
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 available to college students with a [...]