Posted by admin on March 11th, 2010 in Driving, Parenting, cell phones
Over at TeensandTech, I am reviewing a new cell phone app that allows parents to monitor their teen’s texting while driving. Although I’ll have the occasional technology – related topic on Tangerinetimes, for the most part I’m writing about those issues at my new blog, TeensandTech. Since there are so many teen-related topics to discuss [...]
Posted by admin on January 17th, 2010 in Community Involvement
As you all may know, the social media world has been on the ball raising money to help the earthquake victims of Haiti. As of Thursday night (January 14th) the Red Cross said it collected nearly $35 million dollars via it’s “Text HAITI to donate $10″ campaign – see @RedCross. Red Cross expects donations [...]
Posted by admin on August 18th, 2009 in Communication, Facebook, Technology
It looks like people are realizing social media usage isn’t always appropriate. I’ve told my teens over and over that it is impolite to text while they are having a conversation (group or individual) with someone else. I’ve also tried to point out how rude it is to talk on the cell phone or text [...]