After last week's Bullying Prevention Summit at the White House, parents are thinking more than ever about the dangers their kids face at school and online. Anti-bullying initiatives are everywhere, and for instances when parents can't control or monitor what's happening to their kids online or at school, Beyond Bullies is a great resource and support….read more

Today the White House hosted a Bullying Prevention Summit to launch its StopBullying.gov initiative and have discussions on policies and programs to prevent bullying. SocialShield co-founders Noah Kindler and Arad Rostampour were invited to contribute in the day-long meetings, along with members of the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Public Services as….read more

Teen Tech Week has been a big hit in schools and libraries since Sunday. We talked last week about what issues this initiative hoped to address, and now we're highlighting some specific public libraries in the news for their acknowledgement of this important week. With everything from Skype conversations with popular youth authors to Lego and Rock Band….read more

Facebook made big news recently with its plan to allow third parties easy access to user information including phone numbers, home address and email addresses. Back in January, when this new feature was first announced, there was immediate criticism from Facebook users, privacy experts and even congressmen. The feature was disabled for a while but is currently under reconsideration. Critics….read more

Facebook is often the go-to place online for different games and trends to take off, but some of them aren't always the most appropriate. One "game" in particular is called "Smash or Pass," and the stated Mission on one of its Facebook fan page reads: "To See Who Is The Hottest!" The concept behind Smash or Pass is….read more

Sometimes it seems as though Facebook really does do everything - from messaging services to reviving old games online to determining relationship statuses - and now it even features an app that can predict college application acceptances. AdmissionSplash is a new app on Facebook created by web development firm Splash Networks. With a database of….read more

Facebook already adopted its own form of email communication with Facebook Messages, and it now has its own kind of texting messaging too. Yesterday the social networking site announced its acquisition of group messaging service Beluga - the "solution to help groups of friends stay in touch on the move." In addition to group text messaging….read more

March 6-12 this year marks the annual Teen Tech Week initiated by the American Library Association (ALA). This national initiative targets teens, librarians, teachers and parents by highlighting the importance of safe and knowledgeable online practices. It also encourages teens to use nonprint library resources and to become "competent and….read more