Ask Trish: September Digital Wellness Practices

Ask Trish: September Digital Wellness Practices

By Trisha Prabhu “Hi Trish. I want to build a better relationship with my devices, do you have some activities I can do?” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! I hope you’re all well and enjoying a wonderful end to August. (Yes…we are already at the...
Ask Trish: Phone Bans in Schools

Ask Trish: Phone Bans in Schools

By Trisha Prabhu “I’ve been hearing a lot about banning phones in schools. What do you think about it?” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! I hope you’re all well and having a great August. (For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the end of...
Beware of Scams When Shopping

Beware of Scams When Shopping

By Larry Magid This post first appeared on Mercury News. A friend of mine responded to an ad on Facebook for Bombas socks at a price that was too good to be true. It wasn’t true, and she never got the socks she ordered. Some ads that claim to offer a great price for a...
Podcast: Positive Play on PlayStation

Podcast: Positive Play on PlayStation

This week, Larry speaks with Catherine Jensen, vice president of Global Consumer Experience at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Larry and Catherine discuss PlayStation safety and privacy settings, ways that players can help each other, and the importance of...
Ask Trish: Internet Policy Update: KOSPA Passes The Senate

Ask Trish: Internet Policy Update: KOSPA Passes The Senate

By Trisha Prabhu Me, thinking to myself last week, “Omg! KOSPA passed the Senate. That’s a HUGE internet safety legislation update…one that I definitely have to share with Ask Trish readers.” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! I hope you’re all...
Podcast: Positive Play on PlayStation

Podcast: Navigating the Future of Self-Driving Cars

This week, we speak with Brad Templeton, who started his career as a software developer and, after writing about a dozen software packages, founded the world’s first .com. Brad entered the self-driving car space in 2007, and his website and blog, robocars.com,...