Cyberethics has to play an important role in keeping our children safe and sound around this new technology-driven space. It’s necessary that kids understand these digital ethics to flourish without tripping. Our electronic devices offer many appealing and entertaining features, but beneath all that treasured anonymity, there are a few dangerous threats lurking around. It’s […]
Tag Archives | tracking
Teen apps in focus: Everything parents need to know about Omegle
The first lesson that parents usually teach their kids is to never talk to strangers. And this parenting lesson is generic across generations and cultures for a good reason. In real life, it’s very much easily avoided, but when it comes to internet, it’s not that easy. Users are encouraged often to interact with anons. […]
Teen apps in focus: everything parents need to know about DOWN
It’s a universal truth—in a world that’s agglomerated with technology, much of our communications embrace it. So be it social interaction, or building relationships, it’s not shocking at all to see how even teens are using social media to explore their sexuality. And one such app that’s used for this purpose is DOWN. DOWN—what exactly […]
Trackmyfone 2016 app blacklist Part 2: apps to get rid off from your kids’ smartphones
In the first part, we discussed top IM and dating apps that parents should have their eyes own. They include Snapchat, Kik, Tinder, Blendr, Omegle and Down. Now, we need to discuss the “Anonymous apps”. These are the apps that can let users to post without revealing their identity. So this would mean that when […]
Facebook Is Funding a Nationwide Cyberbullying Research and It’s Amazing
There is an intense study being carried out in U.S. on cyberbullying. It’s not the first time that research has been done on this issue. But the important thing about this study is that it’s conducted by the Social Media Giant Facebook. The peculiarity of the situation can be understood from the fact that the […]
Bullying and Internet Safety: The Top Child Health Concerns of 2015
At TrackMyFone blog, we have been striving to ensure better digital safety of kids. It’s has always been our priority to promote and provide information and news that can help parents ace their kids online protection. We love that the topic is gaining influence and exposure nationwide. A national poll was conducted on children’s health […]
Selfie Trend Is Fatal And Is Now Statistically Proven—a Moment of Epiphany for Parents
So finally, its official— the selfie obsession is dangerous. For this year, death toll by selfie related accidents exceed that of shark attacks, as 8 people have been killed by shark attacks and 12 people were clinched by death from taking precarious selfies. Though it’s not the most viable actuarial report and provides no cause […]
4 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Needs To Take Labor Day Off
To all those hardworking entrepreneurs, who have invested all their sweat and fortune into the company they own today, we know you have dreamt of something big for your company and you sure will reach there one day. But is it a good idea to torment your mind and body by working 7 days a […]
Digital Safety Week: 7 Tips in 7 Days—#2 No-Phone Zones
Sleep is the cardinal aspect of a teen’s health and it’s even proven through studies that smartphones and computers interfere with the sleep cycle of humans. In fact, even if you send just one text or an email per week, it’s going to considerably increase the daytime drowsiness that’s experienced by teens. Studies also prove […]
5 Motivation-Killer Phrases That Managers Should Never Say To Employees
We have had a big last season addressing parental issues so I guess it’s time we shift the paradigm towards entrepreneurial issues. We at TMF blog focus to raise micro issues of a workplace that are usually concealed under the façade of temporary success. Many new entrants seem to fail because they ignore these micro […]