The advent of social media has drastically changed the way people live in the modern world. Social media is only about a decade old, but it feels like longer - the impact it has made has been unprecedented.Social media has changed the culture and the way we live, for each generation from the Milleni
Early last year, Apple came up with a new page on its website addressing families about how safe their product is for children. With an intriguing headline - ‘You want to do what’s best for your family. So do we.’ - Apple’s new page implored parents to utilize the various tools that ensured their ch
What is Cyber Flashing? Cyber Flashing can be best described as an incident or multiple incidents where explicit or inappropriate media files are sent to your phone anonymously and without permission. This is most commonly reported amongst iPhone users. Using an application called AirDrop anyone wit
Existing Chromebook users will not be able to access HTTPS sites after 3:00 a.m. EST on October 24, 2019 because the previous Mobicip CA certificate has expired. Instead they will see one of the webpages below appear on their browser. Please do not be alarmed by these warning messages. To resolve th
(ATTENTION: This issue has since been fixed)Ever since iOS 13 released a few weeks back, several Apple users have complained that the Mail app doesn't seem to load/display new emails. This has been specifically observed in devices that have a global proxy or VPN set up to filter content.Here's a pos
Modernization has seen the rapid advancement of accessibility to a growing internet. Today, the internet is easily accessed via smartphones and kids are exposed to it at a very young age. Since kids and teenagers are easily influenced demographics, there’s a lot of concern about how the junk on the
For modern parents, one of the most vexing questions is the matter of screen time. How much is too much? And if your kids are getting too much, how do you cut down without sparking fights?If you don't want your kid thinking of you as an ogre who's constantly blocking them from screen time, it's impo
Gone are the days when we would frantically copy down notes from the blackboard before the teacher could wipe it clean. Children these days have it easy - they simply pull out their smartphones and snap a picture of the content on the board with their high definition cameras. Or, they are sent a pow
Online gaming is a world that we, as parents, can’t seem to wrap our heads around and yet, so many of our children seem to be immersed in the culture. And yes, it really is a culture! With thousands of participants across the globe, having their own inside jokes, rituals and habits around a game… th
The freedom and variety offered by the internet make it a notoriously attractive space for children of all ages. There’s always something to watch, someone to talk to. Adults sometimes find the sheer volume of information overwhelming. Children, on the other hand, feel like they’re skipping around i
Finsta, or Fake Insta, is a fake Instagram account created mostly by teens. It’s not to be confused with a secondary or business Instagram account. Finsta is simply a secret account teens use to share images with a smaller and more tightly knit audience. (If you guessed that you, the parent, would n
If you feel that the emotional distance between you and your children is ever growing, then you are not alone. This distance can largely be attributed to how smartphones and social media have taken over our children’s lives. For parents of digital natives, this baffling problem is new and seemingly
