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Month: May 2015

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Google gets kid and family friendly with Expeditions and Google Play update

May 30, 2015

Google kicked off its annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco on Thursday with a long list of announcements, and two are aimed at making the company’s products more friendly for kids, parents and classrooms. […]

Article

Students: The one group missing from student data privacy laws and bills

May 23, 2015

The one group missing in the conversation about student privacy rights is the very group existing and proposed laws are designed to protect. If you read the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 […]

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Podcasts and streaming music reach mainstream moment

May 22, 2015

It appears that both music streaming and podcasts are finally becoming a part of mainstream life, but that has taken more than 20 years of work. And some new changes to the most popular music […]

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Spotify adds video, podcasts and a running feature

May 20, 2015

Spotify, which offers a $10 a month music subscription service plus a free advertiser-supported music streaming service is adding new features including video clips, podcasts and a feature that uses your phone’s gyroscope and accelerometer […]

Article

On CNET News: ‘Asus chairman: Unlocked phones will unlock the US market for us’

May 19, 2015

“Asus is the world’s fifth-largest PC manufacturer, but wants to expand its presence in the faster-growing mobile business, where it has a minimal presence in the US. It hopes to change that by pitching attractively […]

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Most teens don’t use anonymous apps but here’s advice for those who do

May 14, 2015

A study published in April by Pew Research found that only 11% of cell phone owning teens use anonymous question and anser apps like Yik-Yak, Whisper and Ask.fm. Girls (13%) are more likely than boys (8%) to […]

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Flickr Now Compelling With Free Terabyte Of Photo Storage And Redesign

May 11, 2015

  It’s been years since I paid much attention to Yahoo’s Flickr but, with the new Flickr 4.0, it’s a compelling service that I’m pretty excited about. In fact, I’m so excited that I’m now […]

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Moral panic amidst French media reports of kids disappearing for three days in ‘Game of 72’

May 9, 2015

The French English-language news site, The Local, is reporting about a supposed game where “teenagers have come up with a new Facebook challenge that dares them disappear without a trace for up to three days […]

Article

Former Apple retail exec Ron Johnson launches Enjoy, a Genius Bar on wheels

May 7, 2015

Ron Johnson, who helped create Apple’s wildly successful retail stores, is now trying to reinvent e-tailing with a Genius Bar that makes house calls. When you order a tech product from Johnson’s new company, Enjoy, […]

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