October 5, 2016
Musical.ly is a “video social network app for video creation, messaging, and live broadcasting” – and it’s the topic of a couple of my #AmberMacLive Facebook Live segments that you can find below (excuse the sound issue at the beginning of the first one – we get it fixed and… Read More
September 21, 2016
Gilad Beeri from Apollo Shield joins us to talk about how to keep drones from flying into restricted spaces (without destroying them). We also talk to retail futurist Doug Stephens about why Amazon is heading offline to connect with consumers. In Socially Speaking, we discuss when and why parents should… Read More
September 16, 2016
We love Instagram but, like many social media networks, it at times struggles with harassment, trolls, and other types of negative behaiour. To help combat some of the abuse that takes place in comment threads, Instagram has recently rolled out its new keyword comment moderation tool. This hides any comments (past… Read More
August 31, 2016
We talk to Mark Hocking about saying goodbye to master passwords for safer surfing, plus, Amanda Cosco from Electric Runway chats about being fashion forward with wearable tech (and how it could save your life). Finally, @Brittlestar shares his Flipagram love and why it could be the next big social… Read More
August 10, 2016
New review from New York Parenting – see Print section below! Thank you to all our media friends for your interest in our new “Outsmarting Your Kids Online” book. Below you’ll find where our “Safety Handbook for Overwhelmed Parents” has been featured (we’ll be updating regularly) and don’t forget to check… Read More
July 21, 2016
Pokemon GO has had an amazing launch, with more than 30 million people having already downloaded the game – and there are a couple of reasons that may be good. One thing I love about Pokemon GO is that it gets people outside and can help them be more active,… Read More
July 20, 2016
Privacy scarf founder Saif Siddiqui joins us on this week’s show to talk about ISHU, a scarf that disrupts flash photography in order to protect our privacy (listen to his full interview below). Plus, Joel Steel joins us to chat about taking trivia global with QuizJam. Finally,… Read More
July 18, 2016
I recently ran a contest in my weekly newsletter asking parents to share their online safety rules. Sam Title, CEO of The Coffice, emailed me his family’s 12 Instagram guidelines. He created this document to steer his 13-year-old daughter in the right direction. In Outsmarting Your Kids Online, we talk a… Read More
July 11, 2016
When Periscope first launched in 2015, there were numerous news headlines warning users (and those in their lens’ way) about the dangers of live streaming. As Motherboard explained in its March 26th post that year, “When you’re live streaming, you give away more than you likely would in… Read More
June 27, 2016
I went to King’s College for my Bachelor of Journalism degree and my brother lives in Halifax, so I’m super happy to be heading back to Halifax from 6:30-8pm on Tuesday, July 12th to speak about Outsmarting Your Kids Online! Catch me (for free) at the beautiful Halifax Central Library… RSVP… Read More
