Social media Archives

Social Media Convention Bringing Virtual Friends Together

November 27, 2018April 3, 2014 by Sandy Boyd

I can remember as a young adult being told to be careful who I spoke to online. You had to be safe and stay on your guard. We were told to never give people our name or give them any idea of where we lived. Back then the whole idea of picking a great username was basically to cover up your real name. Hence, fluffybunny 2987 was born. No, that wasn’t mine it was, um, a friends username…

Based on the information we were given at the time we just knew there were bad people on the other end of that internet connection…just waiting to get us! We were warned constantly about the dangers of talking to “strangers” online.

Feeling A Little Anti-Social? Then Cloak Is For You

January 23, 2017March 19, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

Social media is more popular than ever. Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare and Pinterest each have millions upon millions of users. One of the key similarities of these services is the ability to share your location with family, friends and even people you don’t even know. So what do you do when you’re out and about and you run into one of those people? Do you stay and chat even though you really don’t want to? Do you wish you could have seen them coming so you could avoid them?

Kids And Smartphones, How Do We Monitor Them?

January 23, 2017October 17, 2013 by Alex Hernandez

As a parent of a teenage daughter I know all to well how long and how much use her iPhone gets. While I would love for her not to be tapping away at her phone every second of the day, I also know that most of the responsibility and blame rests squarely on me. If I had not given her that phone she would not be nose deep in it 24/7. So how do I police her activity?