Pope Francis said on Thursday that technology company executives and investors must be held accountable if they put profit before the protection of children, including from easy access to pornography on the web…
Tag: children
How old should kids be when they get their first iPhone, iPad, or MacBook?
How does growing up with iPhones, iPads, HomePods, and other devices affect the cognitive, emotional, and social development of children?
Teens ‘not damaged by screen time’, study finds
There is little evidence of a link between the amount of time teenagers spend on devices…
Survey reveals what 8+ hours of screen time does to students’ grades
What effects can phone screen time have on students?
Groundbreaking study shows screen time physically changes kid’s brains
Smartphones, tablets and video games are physically changing the brains of adolescents…
Teens now prefer texting to face-to-face communication
Today’s teens prefer texting over in-person communication, use social media multiple times a day…
Children ‘at risk of robot influence,’ research study suggests
Forget peer pressure, future generations are more likely to be influenced by robots…
Apple CEO Cook has been using iOS 12’s ‘Screen Time’ and found he’s on his iPhone too much
Each person has to make the decision when they get their numbers as to what they would like to do…
Who’s really to blame for ‘smartphone addiction’, and who’s responsible for curbing it?
What happens to society when a creator’s creation gets away from them, when the creation can no longer be controlled by the creator?
How to keep your kids safe on their iPhones
Keeping kids safe in the real work is hard enough for parents…
Apple’s revolutionary iPhones vs. parents
When to allow children a smartphone has become among the most pivotal of parental decisions…
Can Apple save us from ourselves?
We have a smartphone addiction problem. Around 77 percent of American adults now own a smartphone…
Apple’s Mac already has a solution to iOS addiction
Apple is vexed with the problem of excessive customer satisfaction…
Apple defends iOS parental controls; plans new, ‘even more robust’ tools
Apple Inc. defended its record of providing parental controls and other protections for children who use its iPhones and other devices…
Two major Apple shareholders push for study of iPhone addiction in children
Two big shareholders of Apple Inc. are concerned that the entrancing qualities of the iPhone have fostered a public health crisis…
Has Steve Jobs’ iPhone destroyed a generation?
One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas…
How young is too young for an iPhone?
It’s not easy being a parent. Balancing your child’s wants and needs with what you feel is best…
Child psychologist: Giving iPads to children under two is ‘tantamount to child abuse’
It seems that the arrogance of modern technology (together with ruthless commercialism) knows no bounds…
Steve Jobs was a low-tech parent
I had imagined the Jobs’s household was like a nerd’s paradise…
U.S. FTC files in-app purchase lawsuit against Amazon
According to a US Federal Trade Commission report filed today…
After in-app purchase settlement, Apple pushed FTC to investigate Google Play Store
If Apple and consumer advocates have their way, Google may be next in the FTC’s crosshairs…
‘Deeply disappointed’ Amazon fights FTC over in-app purchases made by children
Amazon.com Inc is fighting U.S. regulators’ demands…
Children ‘unable to use toy building blocks’ due to ‘iPad addiction,’ teachers association warns
Rising numbers of children lack the motor skills needed to play with building blocks because…
Apple, Google face EU pressure to limit kids’ app sales
Apple will be told by European Union regulators to curb purchases by children…
Federal regulators are redesigning how your iPad works; U.S. FTC thinks it knows better than Apple
It’s early, but the Federal Trade Commission is going to be hard to beat for the regulatory overreach of the year…
Apple to refund at least $32.5 million to settle FTC complaint it charged for kids’ In-App Purchases without parental consent
Apple Inc. has agreed to provide full refunds to consumers…
Apple’s Cook settles with FTC over kids’ In-App Purchases rather than endure legal fight
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook told employees on Wednesday the company decided to settle…
Apple notifies parents of In-App Purchase settlement details
Apple has begun notifying the parents how they will be compensated…
Facebook explores access for kids under age 13
Facebook Inc. is developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old…
What’s happening in a toddler’s brain while using an Apple iPad?
For parents, their children’s love of Apple’s iPad raises a lot of questions…
In-App Purchasing lawsuit against Apple allowed to proceed
A group of California parents calling Apple’s in-app purchasing practices rotten…
Parents sue Apple over in-app charges
Apple is being sued by parents who claim the iPhone-maker…
Apple iPad ‘digital pacifier’ has parents buying this holiday quarter
One iPad isn’t enough – and that’s very good news for Apple Inc…
10 iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch apps worth getting for the kids
Interactive games, stories and learning programs to buy for the Apple device…
Study: 10% of UK kids under age 10 have an Apple iPhone; 50% of UK parents do not use parental controls
A survey commissioned by a security app developer that polled parents in the U.K…
Managing your kids’ iOS app purchases
Apple’s App Store makes it quick and easy to buy and download new software for your iOS device…
