ConnectSafely and After School partner to protect teens online

ConnectSafely and After School partner to protect teens online

ConnectSafely is pleased to welcome After School as our latest supporter and partner. After school is a social network app for both iOS and Android that fosters fun and creative online and offline experiences for America’s teens, in what the company refers to as...
Diagnose your car and track your teen driver

Diagnose your car and track your teen driver

By Larry Magid You’ve no doubt heard of OnStar, the feature in many General Motors cars that can offer emergency assistance, human assisted navigation, vehicle diagnostics and other features. The service, depending on the features you enable, costs between $20...
Your teen’s 'sext' went viral. Now what?

Your teen’s 'sext' went viral. Now what?

By Ali Hill, PhD Relationships are powerful. As human beings, our brains are hardwired for connection. We really need other people, and when some of the most intimate aspects of our relationships are shared digitally, the fallout from the loss of that all-important...
Facebook's suicide and self-harm prevention tools now global

Facebook's suicide and self-harm prevention tools now global

Click to listen to Larry Magid’s report on KCBS San Francisco Facebook is updating its resources for people who are contemplating suicide or self-harm and making it easier for people to help friends or family members who may be at risk of self-harm. The social...
Apple, Microsoft and Google teach coding skills to kids

Apple, Microsoft and Google teach coding skills to kids

By ConnectSafely At its developers conference on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Swift Playgrounds, a new iPad app to teach coding to kids. Apple describes Swift Playgrounds as “a revolutionary new app for iPad that makes learning Swift interactive and...