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What’s In A name: Apple, Microsoft & the New Peach App

I started my career in the technology business at the intersection of stuffed white shirts and T-shirts and jeans. That was in the spring of 1981 when the honeysuckle and Tiger Lilly’s that encircled...

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Jailbreaking & Rooting: All The Cool Kids Are Doing It!

Over the past few months I’ve seen more and more interest by teens to jailbreak or Root their phones. For most parents those are foreign terms. However, in reality your son or daughter knows someone...

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How To Secure Your Privacy Settings On Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & Vine

The question I get the most from parents and students generally relates to, “How do I adjust my privacy settings on social media”?  Since there are so many social media platforms — each with their own...

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Cincinnati Bell App Update: Musical.ly

Musical.ly is an interesting app that is one of the fastest growing programs in the iTunes app store. It allows users to create sometimes intriguing videos while lip syncing to their favorite songs....

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Managing Your Home’s Router & Network: Beam Me Up Grandma!

Recently I was speaking to a group of parents that were frustrated with the hoops they must jump through to manage their family’s wireless networks. So many households today have smart TV’s; multiple...

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OPERA: PARENTING, VPNs & PROXY SERVERS

Recently, Opera, the web browser developed by Opera Software announced that it would add a free VPN service to its latest version. This press release created a flood of questions about online privacy,...

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Angry, Unfiltered Words: The Digital Tattoo

Unless you’ve been living  in  a cave or a Tibetan Monastery, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the  young boy that had walked away from his mother – and in the moments that followed a firestorm of...

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Cincinnati Bell App Update: SnapChat’s Speed Filter

Recently an 18 year-old woman in Georgia, was allegedly using an app while driving three of her friends home in her dad’s Mercedes. The young woman apparently wanted to reach 100 miles per hour on her...

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The New Pokémon Go App: Remote Trap, Dead Body and Other Family Fun

  Just when you thought there was a lull in the onslaught of apps for your child’s device – out pops Pokémon Go. On the surface, this new virtual reality app is a fun and ingenious game that combines...

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Privacy: Fingerprinting, Stingrays and Stick Figures

The other day I pulled up behind a mini-van at a stoplight. I laughed at the stickers affixed to the driver’s back windshield: Hot Moms Drive Mini Vans; I’m speeding because my kid has to poop; If this...

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