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Children were sent sexual, racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic messages, a BBC investigation finds.
Peter Mellow's insight:
Watch out parents, check what your children are playing. it may look innocent...
Peter Mellow's curator insight,
May 15, 2020 7:39 PM
Watch out parents, check what your children are playing. it may look innocent...
Peter Mellow's curator insight,
May 15, 2020 7:39 PM
Watch out parents, check what your children are playing. it may look innocent...
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Customers will now have to be told how likely they are to get certain in-game items, says Apple.
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Waiting rooms, restaurants, car rides, wherever: When asking nicely for peace and quiet doesn't work, just sigh, fire up one of these apps, and hand over your smartphone or tablet.
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Australia's #1 site for finding the best gift card promotions and sales
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Never pay retail for iPad Apps every again. Buy some iTunes cards when they are on special and save money.
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March 17, 2014 7:41 AM
Don't pay full price for iTunes apps again. Use this website to see where you can get cheaper iTunes cards.
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April 26, 2014 2:54 AM
Never pay retail for iPad/iPhone apps ever again. Buy some iTunes cards when they are on special and save some money.
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If Australians require even more cricket glory this year they could look no further than Cowzat.
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Are you looking for some good learning games to improve your kid's mathematical capabilities? I have some new titles to recommend for you. The apps below mix fun, gaming and learning in such a way that kids get to learn some basic math notions without having to go through the painful and explicit process associated with learning Math. Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
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In the expanding world of early childhood education and technology, not all apps are created equal. Several Australian studies into preschoolers and tablet computers are under way and have found the devices can be an effective learning tool if used appropriately. But the problem for parents is distinguishing between apps and overcoming their own natural concerns about children and technology.
Via Penny McIntyre, Peter Mellow
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"Rocket Speller is a fun iPad app designed for students in Kindergarten through grade two. The purpose of the app is to help students learn to spell words simple words that are three to ten letters long. As students progress through the levels of the app they get stars. After they get three stars students pick out the parts they want to use to build a rocket ship." Via John Evans
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Whether your child is waiting for the doctor or relaxing on a long car ride, the following educational games are some of the best.
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A NEW iPhone app developed in Melbourne aims to help children with nutrition and anxiety issues via interactive stories.
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If there's one toy guaranteed to captivate toddlers this Christmas, it's the iPad. What's more appealing to a tot than blinking lights, fun sounds and touch screens that allow them to move things with the swipe of a tiny, sticky finger? Via Peter Mellow
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With so much of what we consider normal on indefinite hiatus, the allure of Fortnite is hard to ignore.
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The World Health Organization will add “gaming disorder” to its International Classification of Diseases in 2018.
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Playing video games for a short period each day could have a small but positive impact on child development, a study by Oxford University suggests.
Scientists found young people who spent less than an hour a day engaged in video games were better adjusted than those who did not play at all.
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August 5, 2014 2:55 AM
As in most things in life, moderation seems to be the happy medium. :) -Lon
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In-app purchases have become a thorny issue for customers in Apple’s ecosystem. Earlier this year, Cupertino settled with the US Federal Trade Commission over incidents where minors made in-app purchases – in some cases exorbitant ones – without the knowledge of their parents.
But if you (or someone you know) has been bitten by one of these inadvertent purchases, how can you go about recouping your money? If visions of paperwork and annoying forms are swimming before your eyes, don’t sweat it: Apple’s made it pretty easy to put in your request without even leaving your computer.
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We review five of the best new apps for primary school aged kids.
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Hundreds of "free" smartphone games targeted at children fail to warn parents about potentially costly in-game purchases, and many parents are still unaware how to disable them, the competition watchdog has warned.
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Perfect, shiny screens can give children a false sense of intimacy without risk. Via Penny McIntyre, Peter Mellow
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It is quite easy to imagine a world where an iPad is more powerful than a home console
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Apps fail to alert parents about the information they collect and share about their children.
