Author Archives: Larry Magid

A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society has mostly good news about how teens approach privacy issues on social-networking services. While “teens are sharing more information … Continue reading →

Children’s book author Trudy Ludwig, who specializes in books “that explore the colorful and sometimes confusing world of children’s social interactions,” is working on an extraordinary project that deserves widespread support. She’s collaborating with illustrator Craig Orback on a 32-page picture book titled Gifts … Continue reading →

I recently wrote about Snapchat, the popular photo sharing app that allows users to share photos that will self-destruct from between 1 and 10 seconds after they’re viewed.  As I said in that story, there are many reasons people use … Continue reading →

by Larry Magid David Finkelhor, the director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire and a researcher for the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children, has written an incredibly useful article … Continue reading →

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News By Larry Magid We’re just a few weeks away from school letting out and — for lucky families — a chance to spend a bit of time together on vacation. Summer also … Continue reading →

Larry speaks with Connie Yowell, Director of Education at the MacArthur Foundation about Project:Connect Coders, writers, teachers and others concerned about making the web a better place for kids gathered in New York on Thursday for Project:Connect, a hackathon dedicated … Continue reading →

Click to listen to Larry’s 1-minute CBS News/CNET Tech Talk segment on Natick’s 1:1 program, including an interview with Natick High School principal Rose Bartucci Natick, Massachusetts, a town of about 33,000 people situated about 30 miles west of Boston, has recently instituted a … Continue reading →

Instagram recently introduced its new “Photos of You” feature that allows users to tag people in photos.  The  mobile photo app company, which was acquired by Facebook last year,  said in a blog post that it’s letting users add the “who” to their photos along with … Continue reading →

The original post was published in September 2010 but has now been updated here.