This episode of Black Mirror sucks.
In the ultimate backhanded compliment against her own son, mommy blogger Katie Bower took to Instagram to wish her child a happy sixth birthday, and to lament the fact that “his photos never got as many likes.”
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5 ways we can teach kids how to handle romantic rejections
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View More 5 ways we can teach kids how to handle romantic rejectionsGoogle’s parental control software Family Link expands to teens
Google’s parental control software for mobile devices, Family Link, will now help parents of teenagers, too. The company announced this morning the addition of new features aimed at parents of children over the age of 13. Perhaps the most controversial choice Google has made with this expansion is that teens can choose to turn off […]
View More Google’s parental control software Family Link expands to teensLittle Baby Bum has billions of views on YouTube — and just sold for millions
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Did you know that a near hour-long collection of children’s nursery rhymes set to 3D animation is the 20th most popular YouTube video ever?
The video, with over 2 billion views and counting on the site, was created by the YouTube channel Little Baby Bum.
And the husband-and-wife duo behind the popular channel just sold Little Baby Bum, likely for millions of dollars.
The exact sale price is confidential, but a social media marketing firm told Bloomberg that the London couple likely made between £6 million to £8.5 million ($7.8 million to $11.1 million).
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YouTube is taking some extra steps to give parents more control over what their children watch.
In a blog post today, YouTube announced two updates to their YouTube Kids app to improve user experience for the millions of children and parents who use the app.
The biggest update, which YouTube first introduced in April, is the rollout of parent-approved content. Android users around the world can handpick every video or channel their child is allowed to view through the YouTube Kids app (this ability is forthcoming soon to users on iOS devices).
Now, with a single settings change — simply click “approved content only” on each child’s profile — parents can make sure their children only watch the content that they’ve manually selected. Read more…
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View More YouTube lets parents handpick videos their kids can seeYouTube Kids adds a whitelisting parental control feature, plus a new experience for tweens
YouTube Kids’ latest update is giving parents more control over what their kids watch. Following a change earlier this year that allowed parents to limit viewing options to human-reviewed channels, YouTube today is adding another feature that will give parents the ability to explicitly whitelist every channel or video they want to be available to […]
View More YouTube Kids adds a whitelisting parental control feature, plus a new experience for tweensMore Alexa ‘blueprints’ arrive, offering customizable voice apps for families and roommates
Earlier this year, Amazon rolled out a new feature that allowed Alexa device owners to create their own custom skills using preconfigured templates. Today, Amazon is expanding Alexa Blueprints, as the service is called, to include a handful of new templates designed for families and roommates. These include a chore chart template, a house rules […]
View More More Alexa ‘blueprints’ arrive, offering customizable voice apps for families and roommatesAmazon’s children’s book subscription ‘Prime Book Box’ opens to all in the U.S.
Amazon today publicly launched a new perk for Prime members with young children, with the broad release of the new subscription-based “Prime Book Box” service. The $22.99 per box offering ships Prime members in the U.S. a curated selection of kids’ books every 1, 2 or 3 months, at up to 35% off the list […]
View More Amazon’s children’s book subscription ‘Prime Book Box’ opens to all in the U.S.A majority of U.S. teens are taking steps to limit smartphone and social media use
It’s not just parents who are worrying about their children’s device usage. According to a new study released by Pew Research Center this week, U.S. teens are now taking steps to limit themselves from overuse of their phone and its addictive apps, like social media. A majority, 54% of teens, said they spend too much […]
View More A majority of U.S. teens are taking steps to limit smartphone and social media useAmazon’s Echo Dot Kids Edition gains new skills from Disney and others
Amazon is today rolling out a set of new features to its Echo Dot Kids Edition devices – the now $70 version of the Echo Dot smart speaker that ships with a protective case and a year’s subscription to Amazon FreeTime, normally a $2.99 per month subscription for Prime members. Now joining the Kids Edition’s […]
View More Amazon’s Echo Dot Kids Edition gains new skills from Disney and othersMessenger Kids rolls out passphrases so kids can initiate friend requests themselves
Facebook is making it easier for kids to add their friends on its under-13 chat app, Messenger Kids. Starting today, the company is rolling out a new feature that will allow kids to request parents’ approval of new contacts. To use the feature, parents will turn on a setting that creates a four-word passphrase that’s […]
View More Messenger Kids rolls out passphrases so kids can initiate friend requests themselvesAmazon Rapids, the chat fiction for kids, is now free
Amazon Rapids, the chat fiction that encourages kids to read by presenting stories in the form of text message conversations, is now going free. Previously, Amazon had been charging $2.99 per month for a subscription that allows unlimited access to its story collection, which now numbers in the hundreds. First launched in November 2016, Amazon […]
View More Amazon Rapids, the chat fiction for kids, is now free