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 several warnings on the site...
View ArticleVideo Chat Apps: CamFrog & Oovo Oh My!
Back in the 1980’s it wasn’t unusual for your boss to ask you to make a “Xerox” of a document. In fact, the use of the name Xerox as a verb forced the company to protect its copyright and continues...
View ArticleCincinnati Bell App Update: 4Chan
As I mentioned in my October 6th blog titled: Today’s Headlines: 4Chan, Katy Perry & DewPie most of us have not heard of 4Chan. However, it played at least a small role in the deadly mass school...
View ArticleJailbreaking & Rooting: All The Cool Kids Are Doing It!
Over the past few months I’ve seen more and more interest by teens to jailbreak or Root their phones. For most parents those are foreign terms. However, in reality your son or daughter knows someone...
View ArticleCincinnati Bell 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 to their favorite songs....
View ArticleOPERA: PARENTING, VPNs & PROXY SERVERS
Recently, Opera, the web browser developed by Opera Software announced that it would add a free VPN service to its latest version. This press release created a flood of questions about online privacy,...
View ArticleAngry, 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 that followed a firestorm of...
View ArticleCincinnati Bell App Update: Hot Or Not
Growing up can be difficult. Teens are almost by design concerned with how they look, sound and whether they fit in. Many of today’s apps don’t help – as many teens are rated by apps that score their...
View ArticleCincinnati Bell App Update: Tumblr
I’ve been using Tumblr to distribute my articles for about two years. However, I’ve spent very little time reading other people’s content… until recently… and that’s the purpose of this video. If you...
View ArticlePrivacy: Fingerprinting, Stingrays and Stick Figures
The other day I pulled up behind a mini-van at a stoplight. I laughed at the stickers affixed to the driver’s back windshield: Hot Moms Drive Mini Vans; I’m speeding because my kid has to poop; If this...
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