Everyone likes something for free, particularly when they’ve already splashed out a significant amount of money. So it is with tablets, be they iPads, Android devices, Kindles or other models. The hardware itself isn’t that cheap, but you’ve invested in it so your child gets to grips with new technology, […]
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Decluttering experts are often telling us to eradicate unused items from our homes. This includes large gadgets, particularly in the kitchen, which take up space on worktops or in cupboards and go virtually unused from one month (or even year) to the next. Worse, it can be tempting to buy […]
The popular mobile app which runs alongside CBeebies – Playtime Island – has just had a makeover, and now includes new games from their favourite characters. It’s live now on the Apple App Store and Google Play, and from next week on the Amazon Appstore. It includes three fun new […]
Young kids, even toddlers, using mobile phone and tablet apps is considered by many to be fairly normal in today’s society. Developing apps for kids is becoming big business, and is definitely (if you’ll pardon the pun) a growth industry. Apps are often tied in with popular TV shows and […]
You’re a good parent and you’re keen to learn about the latest and greatest mobile apps, software, Internet services and online communication tools so you can keep your kids safe and secure without being seen as over-protective or overbearing. Yet you keep reading things in the mainstream media about phone […]
Are you and your family struggling to use the Internet because it seems to be running slowly? Do the problems only seem to occur intermittently? Has the broadband worked fine and reliably in the past, and you are sure nothing has changed, yet all your devices are struggling to stay […]
Welcome to this week’s roundup of family-related technology news. It feels very much like a ‘for-against’ week. Some stories highlighting some of the negative aspects when tech is badly or excessively used, while others reveal the positive benefits of tech for children’s education and development. Jump to a story using […]
A mobile game design which won a competition organised by the CBBC programme Appsolute Genius has been released. Designed by 12-year-old Alex, a budding game designer, and developed by Aardman Animations, “Escargot Escape Artistes” is an auto-runner game set in the Eiffel Tower. The app follows the adventures of ‘Le […]
Welcome to this week’s roundup of family-related technology news. This week we look at articles about the threat of child exploitation via social media and messaging apps, the problem of parents oversharing details about their kids, how to be a balanced tech role model, and the effect of affluence on […]
Welcome to this week’s roundup of family-related technology news. This week we have problems for Facebook, concerns over YouTube Kids and a net-connected Barbie, life-saving technology for developing countries, STEM/STEAM toys, and the Masterpiece software for Osmo. Jump to a story using the link below or just scroll down to […]
The UK-based Apps Playground web site, which reviews and rates child-friendly mobile apps across iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone, has launched its first iBook – “100 Best iPad Apps for Kids”. Based on extensive research and in-depth reviews by the site owners’ two children, it pulls together the 100 […]
A 12-year-old boy, twice banned by his father from using Facebook, has created his own social network designed exclusively for children. GromSocial was created by Zach Marks of Melbourne Beach, Florida, after asking his mother for permission to build a ‘safe’ site for his friends and siblings to use, and […]