Jun 23, 2016
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...
Jun 2, 2016
By Larry Magid There is a commonly held belief that we have little control over our online privacy. And, while it’s true that there are some privacy and security risks that are beyond our control, there is a lot we can do to protect ourselves. Let’s start...
May 11, 2016
By Larry Magid Sextortion usually involves a perpetrator (typically male) getting hold of a picture of someone (typically female) and threatening to widely share those images unless the victim gives them something they want. And that something is often more images...
May 9, 2016
By Sonia Livingstone Pre-school-aged children have taken to tablets like ducks to water. A while ago a video went viral showing an infant trying to ‘swipe’ a magazine with growing puzzlement – a magazine, it seemed, was an app that didn’t work. The image of children...
May 4, 2016
By Sue Scheff Two polls came out recently, and both confirm that our youth spend a lot of time online. The poll by Common Sense Media showed that 59% of parents believe their teens are addicted to technology. Among the teens themselves, 50% believed they were...
May 3, 2016
By Sonia Livingstone Children and youngsters spend more and more time online (as do we all), often alone or at least only in touch with others remotely through the Internet. This poses various questions for parents concerned about what their children now spend much of...
