by ChildProtectOnline on August 6, 2010
Thinking about buying your kids a new Android smartphone? You are not alone – Android phones and Android device sales are increasing dramatically.
The CEO of Google recently told reporters that:
There are now a million Android devices sold every five days and that number continues to grow.
More than 200,000 Android devices are being activated daily!
Google has doubled the Android run rate in 4 months.
The growth explosion is being attributed to the Motorola Droid X which is being marketed strongly by Verizon. He also was excited about the Samsung Galaxy line which is being sold on all networks in the US and in over 100 countries, more than doubling Android’s footprint.
At these rates, Google is selling 18 million Android devices a quarter and outselling the iphone…. One of the reasons for this is the incredible rate of innovation in the Android market.
As for Android phones sold in the second quarter of 2010, the top 5 were the Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, HTC Hero, and the HTC Droid Eris [click to continue…]
by ChildProtectOnline on August 2, 2010
Cyber Bullying Meets Mob Mentality
How would it feel to be 15 years old and have the entire world literally turned against you? How would it feel to have large groups of people that you have never met absolutely hate you and inflict a relentless stream of cruelty at you?
You really can not answer the above questions unless you have lived through it. You could ask Phoebe Prince, Ryan Halligan, or Megan Meier (may they RIP), but they are no longer living. They took their own lives after relentless cyber bullying attacks. In the view of many these children are heros and we will not let their passing be in vain….
Anyone who thinks that Cyber Mobbing and Cyber-Bullying is not real, or that those who are victims of it are somehow not tough is unbelievably naive. To those I ask [click to continue…]
by ChildProtectOnline on July 23, 2010
Parental Control Filters For Kids Smartphones
As smartphones such as the HTC EVO, Droid Incredible, Nexus One, and other Android and iphone based phones enter the market, children are using these devices at increasingly younger ages. A recent Pew study found that 58% of 12 yr olds now own a cell phone, which is up from 18% in 2004. And, not surprisingly, a Nielson study found that in the 2nd quarter of 2008, in the USA alone, the amount of texting was greater than the amount of voice calls. In the 14-42 age group, 45% access the internet with their phones, and this number will continue to increase.
Parenting And Mobile Devices
This presents a new challenge for parenting — it takes a large portion of a child’s social interaction out of the awareness of parents [click to continue…]
