A Polaroid instant printer for your smartphone

A Polaroid instant printer for your smartphone

By Larry Magid Kids and adults too are taking lots of pictures with their phones and now there’s a way to instantly print them out. I paired it via NFC with my Android phone (it also pairs via Bluetooth) and used the phone to snap some pictures from the regular...
A Parent's Guide to Ask.fm

A Parent's Guide to Ask.fm

Ask.fm is a social network on mobile devices and the Web that allows you to ask questions—to your friends or others who also use the service. People use Ask.fm to ask all sorts of things about life, religion, politics, books, pop culture, food, travel and much more....
Words moms don't want to hear

Words moms don't want to hear

By Trudy Ludwig There are certain words I don’t want coming out of any child’s sweet little mouth. You know the ones: nasty, demeaning words that slither their way out in venomous whispers; racist, sexist, and homophobic words coiled to strike at old and young alike...
Let’s not use 21st century technology with 19th century pedagogy

Let’s not use 21st century technology with 19th century pedagogy

By Larry Magid In a talk at the National PTA Conference in Charlotte, NC, Thomas Murray, State and District Digital Learning Policy and Advocacy Director for Alliance for Education, reminded me of what’s been bothering me for years. “We’re using 21st...
Google to remove revenge-porn images from search results

Google to remove revenge-porn images from search results

by Larry Magid Google  announced that it will honor requests from revenge-porn victims to remove links to their images from search results. So-called revenge-porn is a term for nude or sexually explicit images that are posted without the consent of the person...