Open Books: Sony & Google Take On Kindle
Update November 4, 20113: Try the new Kindle Paperwhite for $119. Read about it. Sony’s electronic book reader is up against the Amazon Kindle. The key to the Kindle’s success is that it is paired with the largest book store in the world, where most people...Comparison of Social Media Sites
Posts over the last few weeks have talked about using social media for sharing the gospel and staying connected with friends. But how do you decide which social media site(s) to use? Below is a quick review of each of the major social platforms. Facebook Primarily...Parents Urged to Text Their Teens
By Marc Haddock Deseret News, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 Have you texted your teen today? Many parents who reach out to their kids on their own technological turf may find they improve their communications, said Charles D. Knutson, a BYU computer science professor, at a...Protect Your Child’s Privacy Online
See the site Protect Your Child’s Privacy Online for good ideas for parents in keeping their children safe on the Web.LDSTech Site
This month was the year-and-a-half birthday of the Church’s LDSTech Web site. The purpose of LDSTech is threefold: To communicate to the public about how technology is being used at the Church. To encourage community discussion, support, help, and feedback about...
Use of Social Networks
Social networks continue to climb in popularity around the world. The study “Power to the People: Social Media Tracker” found that the percentage of US Internet users with a social network profile grew 16% from 2008 to 2009. Today, 59% of active Web users (those with...Pornography: The Perfect Sin
I blogged recently about Covenant Eyes filtering and accountability software. I just watched a video about it (embedded below), and the first part of the video makes a great point: pornography is the perfect sin. Imagine creating the perfect sin: one that would tear...Educational Resources on Overcoming Pornography
Yesterday, I blogged about Covenant Eyes accountability and filtering software. You may also be interested in reading their article Addressing Pornography Temptations in Your Church.
Covenant Eyes: Freedom from Pornography
I’ve blogged previously about resources in overcoming pornography. Here’s another great program that I think has merit. Surveys show at least 70% of men and 21% of women struggle with online pornography. Covenant Eyes is a Christian-based program to help...Wearable Mobile Computers
Earlier this year at the TED conference, Pattie Maes from the MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group showcased a prototype of a next-generation wearable computer interface that allows people to display and interact with the Web on any surface – including...More Kids Online
Nielsen Online reports that nearly 16 million kids (ages 2-11) in the USA are online users, almost evenly split by gender, and their numbers are growing faster than total Internet users—and faster than the increase in the number of US children. Even though the US...
What is a Twintern?
This morning Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) tweeted about A Day in the Life of a Twintern. The article immediately caught my eye since it’s a story about Pizza Hut’s first official “twintern” – Alexa Robinson. As a twintern – “an intern in charge of their companies’...
Teen Mobile Phone Use
Access to mobile phones: 77% of teens in the USA had their own mobile phone in late 2008, 12% had no phone, and 11% borrowed someone else’s mobile phone on a regular basis, as shown in the chart below. Texting: Over the past 2 years, the average number of texts sent...Sign Up for News Text Alerts from LDS Church
You can now receive LDS Church breaking news text alerts from the Church Public Affairs Department on your mobile phone from Newsroom.lds.org. To sign up, text the word ldsnews to 29222 (United States and Puerto Rico). If you’re outside the United States, text the...Follow on social media