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Will Ferrell Is Every Parent Texting During Dinner

October 25, 2017 by Katie Bridges Leave a Comment

We all do it. Just a quick check to see if anyone liked our last Instagram post. Maybe a quick scroll through Facebook to check what's happening while we wait for our coffee. Then suddenly, it's 3 hours later and we've looked at the entire internet. Whoops. We're a generation of smartphone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: #DeviceFreeDinner, dad, parent, Phone, PSA, smartphone, texting, Will Ferrell

Banning Smartphones For Kids Under-13? Good Luck With That

June 23, 2017 by Leslie Kennedy Leave a Comment

It’s amazing to me as a mom how very little frame of reference I have from my own childhood when it comes to making big decisions about my children. There is no greater reference gap for parents out there then when it comes to technology. The average family home didn’t have computers until I was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: Colorado, confiscate, smartphone, under 13s

What The Heck Is Snapchat And Why Are Our Kids Always On It?

September 15, 2016 by Scarlett Ballantyne 4 Comments

If you’ve got a teenager, you can probably look over at any time of the day or night and find them snapping selfie after selfie. I'd estimate that it happens about every 10 seconds. But what are they actually doing? Chances are, your kid is sending photo-type-texts to their friends via an App … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Technology, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: Selfies, smartphone, snapchat, Teenager

Closed: Be Smart with your Smartphone and Win! Congratulations Steve, Michelle and Carmelo!

August 13, 2013 by Leslie

It's that time of year again, back to school and the first item on every smart students mind is a new phone. The Huawei Ascend Y300 is a smartphone at a smart price. It's a perfect starter phone for anyone. The device leverages all the capabilities of 4G networks and runs on Android 4.1. It has a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: Ascend Y300, back-to-school, contest, Huawei, smartphone, win

Back To School and Smartphone Giveaway!

August 13, 2013 by Sonya 211 Comments

I don't know about you but I remember my tween BEGGING me for a mobile phone last year. He was ready. He was about to head off to grade 7 and was walking to school with his buddies. We had many discussions about what type of smartphone was suited for his needs. There are so many options out there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Ascend Y300, back-to-school, contest, Huawei, smartphone

Get Organized! and a Great Giveaway!

January 11, 2010 by Jennifer

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSEDI made a couple of fairly simple new year's resolutions this year; the first is to try harder to make it to my bus on time in the morning. The second is not to sweat it if I don't. I've been pretty successful at the second resolution, but much less successful at the first. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: new year's resolutions, organization, Palm Pre, smartphone

Talk to the Palm

July 8, 2008 by Jennifer

We're just days away from the launch of the iPhone in Canada, and the media buzz may have you thinking that it's the only smartphone in town. However, I've spent the last couple of weeks playing with the Palm Centro, which launched to much less fanfare last month in Canada, and I'm willing to say … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: smartphone, tech

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