June 29, 2009

Know Any Silver Surfers? Get Them Online!

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Surfing the Internet is great exercise for the aging brain, says a new study according to The Week . Physicians and scientists have long adv...
June 23, 2009

The Red Flags of Cyberlove

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It's another installment of "Lessons from the Online Dating Front." That's right, real life stories again from the good, t...
June 18, 2009

America's Texting Champion

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OMG!!!! WSJ's Andy JORdaN witnesses the crowning of AmErica's top txtr. LOL! CUL8R , Erin
June 16, 2009

10 Tips for Safer Instant Messaging

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Last week I talked about 10 Tips for Safer Chatting and I received dozens of emails from parents saying "my kids tell me they don'...
June 15, 2009

10 Tips for Safer Chatting

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In the 21st century online cyber safety has become just as important as personal safety in the real world. Don't believe me? How about t...
May 27, 2009

Power Texting: There's a Time and a Place

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Sending short text messages from mobile phones have become arguably the most popular method of instant communications among teenagers and yo...
May 26, 2009

Goodbye Baby Boomers, Hello GenXers

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It was recently reported in Time magazine that in 10 short years, more than 40% of the work force will be Independent Contractors. Not only ...
May 17, 2009

Lessons from the Online Dating Front

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Dating can be bumpy. Everyone agrees that unless you met your partner organically and had chemistry from the start, you've got a series ...
May 11, 2009

Tuned In or Tuned Out? There's a Time and Place for Texting

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A friend was telling me how he longs for the day when he'd see a woman sitting at a restaurant table, alone with her coffee or cocktail,...
May 3, 2009

Coping Skills: Because We All Know, Spam Sucks :-(

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31 years ago this week, the first spam , an invitation to a computer demonstration, was sent to users of Arpanet, the Internet's predece...

Caught Facebooking or Twittering at work? It'll Make You a Better Employee

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Caught Facebooking or Twittering at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Inte...
April 28, 2009

Why Twitter is Sinking Some Relationships

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In the age of Twitter, it may be necessary to lay down some rules - such as, don't let your personal gadgets interfere with your persona...
April 13, 2009

Do you think the net is dumbing us down?

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Recent research suggests that men and women use the Internet differently. The results strengthen stereotypes that men are visual and focused...
April 9, 2009

5 Times You Shouldn't Text

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As seen in Cosmopolitan magazine, firing off too many text messages can kill a budding relationship. Casual electronic notes have become a ...
March 31, 2009

Three-Quarters of the World's Messages Sent by Mobile

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According to TNS Global, 74% of the world's digital messages were sent through a mobile device in January 2009, a 15% increase over the ...
March 27, 2009

Sexting: 14 -year-old Girl Arrested for Porn

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In a bizarre case in New Jersey, a 14-year-old girl was arrested and charged with child pornography after posting nude photos of herself...
March 23, 2009

I'm Here to Make You Feel Better

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Meet Bandit-II a "socially assistive" robot being developed at the University of Southern California. Robots can already perform ...
March 17, 2009

Becoming Web Dead: How to Erase Your Online Identity in 10 Steps

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Because what happens in Vegas, stays online . I've talked to you before about your digital doppelganger and your digital footprint , no...
March 10, 2009

Privacy and Google

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It's not a winning combination. First came the use of Google search engine results as evidence in court to convict a man of murder beca...
March 2, 2009

Lessons from the Online Job Front

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Checking out job sites? Surfing around looking for possible new career opportunities? Don't become the victim of an online scam in the p...