Here’s how deeply cell phones have worked their way into the American family: One-third of parents purchasing phones are buying for a child between the ages of 5 and 10. That’s according to a report card released this week by Asurion, a company that sells mobile protection insurance. The company also found that nearly half  [ Read More ]

Classrooms in 2015 are full of gadgets, apps and devices that their teachers (let alone parents), did not grow up using themselves. Kids learning on these tools will most likely be using different technology when they’re grown up. In the meantime, every click, swipe, grade, and decision feeds into a giant pool of data that  [ Read More ]

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Daniel Spagnoletti did what any parent would do when he came home and found his 15-year-old daughter missing.  He panicked.  “There’s no bigger fear, period,” he said. But the panic became sheer terror when he grabbed the iPad sitting on her bed. “They had left a detailed, very descriptive conversation on the  [ Read More ]