Yubo, previously known as Yellow, is extremely popular among teens. A number of controversies erupted as soon as it started getting a large number of tween and teen users. It mimics adult social media & dating apps like Tinder and has been called out for being a dating app for teens. Parents, teache
Do you fancy talking to strangers? Do you like to socialize with people who are completely unknown to you, probably from the other side of the world? There’s a possibility that you are saying yes; why not right? But would you be okay with your twelve year old chatting with a complete stranger? Needl
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. No event in the near past has called for more extraordinary measures, than the enigmatic Covid-19 virus that has, apart from shattering lives and livelihoods, torn the fabric of normalcy in every walk of life.The difference between the current si
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
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
The way teenagers communicate seems to be evolving all the time with a slew of new words being added to their vocabulary almost every other day. We know that it might be hard for you, as members of the previous generation, to understand how your children communicate these days. That’s why we have cr
Just a few weeks ago the World Health Organization announced that infants under 1 year old should not be exposed to electronic screens at all. They also say that children between the ages of 2 and 4 should not have more than one hour of “sedentary screen time” each day. In a world full of screens, a
