Today many in the tech world are remembering Steve Jobs, who passed away one year ago. GigaOM wrote a post with reasons to remember Steve Jobs while Mashable covered that "Remembering Steve Jobs’ Death Ignites Twitter Philanthropy". Today I remember Steve Jobs not because of the reasons the tech sites do, not because I am an Apple Fan girl (I am tech agnostic - I … [Read more...]
Social Shield: S.O.S. for Parents Trying To Understand Social Networking Terms
SocialShield Releases the Top Social Networking Terms Kids Don’t Want Their Parents to Know Sheds light on the latest lingo kids are using to hold illicit, risky or secretive conversations As a parent of a tween, I am well aware of the language and terms tween/tweens use to communicate with each other. But add on to that technology - and the dangers of their … [Read more...]
A Disturbing New Term: CyberBlackmail
I posted on TechMamas.com yesterday about this terrible news: Today I read in Techmeme then on the CNET site a report: "Teen gets 15 years for Facebook blackmail". Here are some details from that post: "Anthony Stancl, 19, plead no contest in December to two felonies, including repeated sexual assault of a child, according to the report. Stancle had been accused of … [Read more...]
CNET Report: Teen gets 15 years for Facebook BlackMail
**I took out the second part of this post - which I explain in a new post "A Disturbing New Term: CyberBlackmail". Click HERE to read that post.*** Today I read in Techmeme then on the CNET site a report: "Teen gets 15 years for Facebook blackmail". Here are some details from that CNET post: "Anthony Stancl, 19, plead no contest in December to two felonies, including … [Read more...]