May 7, 2010 at 2:26 pm · Category Safety, news · Posted by Sara

Worried about your kids’ safety while they play with the brand new family iPad? You might choose Safe Eyes Mobile (which you can also use for your iPhone and iPod Touch).
The software acts as a filtered browser blocking all the inappropriate content. You can buy it on iTunes for $ 19.99.
via familycomputing
Tags: iPad, iPad for kids, iPod Touch, kids safety online, Safety, safety browsers, safety online
April 23, 2010 at 6:04 pm · Category Hi-tech gadgets, iPhone · Posted by Sara

Apparently MASH (Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House) is an evergreen! If you didn’t get tired to play it as a kid, you can now play it on your iPhone, iPod Touch or the iPad…if you’re among the happy few, of course 
MASH is available fo r$1 and it is featured as an App Store Essential.
You can customize your story and share your results with your friends via Facebook or email. Fun!
Tags: Apartment, House, iPad, iPhone, iPhone Apps, iPod Touch, Mansion, MASH, Shack
March 10, 2010 at 5:39 pm · Category Hi-tech gadgets, Videogames, news · Posted by Sara

EA Sports held a Season Opener event at this year’s GDC during which it released some news about the ongoing development of Active 2.0 (title still to be defined) for Wii, PS3, iPod touch and iPhone, coming a year after the first Active. It will feature an entirely new system “powered by new leg and arm straps with motion sensors, a heart rate monitor to capture intensity and a new online hub to track and share workout data.” No more information for now…are you curious?
via engadget
Tags: EA Sports Active, fitness, GDC, iPhone, iPod Touch, PS3, Wii
March 1, 2010 at 10:59 am · Category Hi-tech gadgets, news · Posted by Sara

An AdMob survey (you may read the pdf version here) was conducted between 5 to 16 February on 963 respondents consisting of 318 Android, 244 iPhone, 356 iPod touch and 45 webOS users, to discover usage percentages according to age and gender. According to the survey, men account for the 78% of 73% of Android device users. As for kids, 78% iPod users are below the age of 25 and in 65% are just 17 or even younger. Also, as for WebOs Palm, targeted at women, data show that it is again mostly men that use it (58%). See the chart of usage by gender after the break.
via engadget
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Tags: AdMob, AdMob survey, Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod touch for kids, webOs
November 10, 2009 at 11:20 am · Category Hi-tech gadgets, Safety, iPhone · Posted by Sara

Getting worried every time your kids grab your iPhone? Maybe you already know that iPhone (as well as iPod Touch) support parental control allowing you to disable a number of features. And after you set limits on browsing through Safari, the further step you can take for your kids’ safety is using a browser like Mobicip (an iApp available for free). Once you get an account on mobicip.com, you can select the level of filtering based on your child’s age group by school (contents and categories can be either allowed or blocked for elementary, middle and high school kids). You may even set shortcuts to websites that you consider useful for you child (such as Wikipedia, Britannica, HowStuffWorks, etc.) And if you’re not satisfied with Mobicip, there are two further browsers available: iWonderSurfWebBrowser and Safe Eye Mobile.
Tags: iApps for kids, iPhone, iPhone Apps, iPod Touch, kid-safe browser, kids safety, Mobicip, Safety, safety tips