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Researchers at Facebook took a look at friending patterns within families and discovered that teens — especially young teens — are more likely to friend their parents than the other way around. Facebook found that over 65% of friendships between … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Amazon has just fired another shot in its battle to convince families to buy its Kindle Fire tablet (starting at $159). The company just announced Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, which it describes as an “all-you-can-eat content service built from the ground … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Facebook announced on Monday that it is allowing users of its iOS and Android mobile app to automatically sync photos to their Facebook account so that they’ll be available to share as soon as you log on via a computer. But … Continue reading → Continue reading →

by Larry Magid This post fist appeared in the San Jose Mercury News By all accounts, the online holiday sales season got off to a good start. Tracking companies reported big increases for this year’s Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber Monday, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

By Larry Magid “Authority, given its common style, becomes increasingly incapable of commanding respect from the young for any reason save the fear on which is it ultimately based.” Michael Rossman “On Learning and Social Change,” 1972 I’ve been an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Years ago there was a public service announcement that aired just before the late night news: “It’s 11:00, Do you know where your children are?”  That ad was designed to alert parents that perhaps they need to pay more attention to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

  by Larry Magid A survey conducted by C&R Research and ConnectSafely.org, in partnership with AT&T, found that most teens don’t text while driving and that those who do might benefit from a bit of friendly persuasion from parents and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

by Larry Magid This post fist appeared in the San Jose Mercury News I’m writing from Baku, Azerbaijan, where I’m speaking at the Internet Governance Forum, a United Nations conference for representatives of governments, industry and nonprofit groups to discuss … Continue reading → Continue reading →

About two years ago, Anne Collier and I wrote A Parents Guide to Facebook, which we’ve revised a couple of times. But now new Facebook users will get a privacy primer from Facebook itself. On its blog, the company announced that … Continue reading → Continue reading →