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Filed under: Internet Lingo, Social Networking, Articles of InterestAn article I read recently points out some of the unwritten rules of Facebook status updates. Your status update should be something of interest, it suggests...
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Filed under: Internet Lingo, Social Networking, Technology, Articles of InterestSwitched.com recently had an article giving some good (and cheeky) advice about being friends with family members on social networking sites such as Facebook.This has been talked about on the SafetyClicks Blog It...
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Filed under: Technology, Safety News, Articles of Interest, SextingThis article by Intelihealth gives some basic statistics about teens and texting: * Nearly 80% of teenagers own cell phones, up 36% from 2005...
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As you have probably noticed, the SafetyClicks Blog now has a new home at http://blog.safetyclicks.com Please update your bookmarks with our new Web site address...
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Filed under: Internet Safety Tips, Sharing Info Online, Social Networking, Articles of InterestAccording to this article from examiner.com, the top five social networking sites (based on number of users) are:MySpace (263 Million users)Facebook (250 Million users)Friendster (90 Million users)Tagged...
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Filed under: Internet Safety Tips, Sharing Info Online, Social Networking, Parental Controls, Articles of InterestTwitter, the 140 character long blog site, has some new tools that you might or might not know about. The one that caught my eye is Where.com's GPS Twitter...
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Filed under: Social Networking, Technology, Parental Controls, Articles of InterestThe Internet is a source of many great things...
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Filed under: Cyberbullying, Articles of InterestIn August, a teen from the UK who posted a death threat on someone else's profile, was the first to be arrested for cyberbullying in Britain.According to the report, the accused had been harassing the victim for many years...
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Filed under: Internet Safety Tips, Sharing Info Online, Social Networking, Parental Controls, Articles of InterestTwitter, the 140 character long blog site, has some new tools that you might or might not know about. The one that caught my eye is Where.com's GPS Twitter...
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Filed under: Social Networking, Technology, Parental Controls, Articles of InterestThe Internet is a source of many great things...
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Filed under: Cyberbullying, Articles of InterestIn August, a teen from the UK who posted a death threat on someone else's profile, was the first to be arrested for cyberbullying in Britain.According to the report, the accused had been harassing the victim for many years...
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Filed under: Cyberbullying, Articles of InterestThe AP reports that a Missouri woman has been accused of cyberbullying, allegedly posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist on behalf of a teen. The teen began getting phone calls and emails from interested parties...
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Filed under: Internet Safety Tips, Technology, TV & Video, Parental ControlsVerizon recently announced several new features for their Verizon FiOS DVR customers. One that peaked my interest is that you can modify parental controls for the TV and DVR from a web-enabled cell phone...
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Filed under: Internet Lingo, Social Networking, Definitions, Articles of InterestInternet / text lingo is an ever evolving language that somehow spreads to teens like wildfire.Susan Avery, senior editor at ParentDish.com, told the Wall Street Journal that she has observed parents becoming more...
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Filed under: Technology, Safety NewsLike many parents, my biggest fear is of something happening to my kids...