Back in the mists of time (the early nineties I think), concerned parents and social commentators used to talk all the time about how we were raising a generation of vegetables, glued to the TV, not conversing, not interacting with the world, but distilling all they knew of life and love from Neighbours. I bet [...]
Although changes were very necessary, the recent FTC amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) have sparked some confusion, and raised concerns that they will diminish innovative and educational content production. To quickly review: COPPA restricts the online collection of personal information from children under 13 years of age in advance of parent consent. It [...]
If there’s one thing I know about whiskey drinkers, it’s that they take their tipple of choice seriously. But back in 2004 when Jack Daniel’s lowered the proof of its whiskey, patrons may have been angry enough to take to forums, but they didn’t have social media channels on which to vent. Unfortunately for Maker’s [...]
Held recently in New York, the seventh Digital Kids conference is the largest gathering of professionals engaged in building online and mobile products and services for kids. Once again co-located with Toy Fair, Digital Kids is an annual pilgrimage for brands, licensers and marketers seeking to engage children online and on digital devices. [...]
Many companies at some point have innocently uploaded a photo on their social media page that they didn’t own, and shouldn’t have used, to the extent that it’s almost been seen as an online cultural norm. But this is changing. As technology gets more sophisticated, and people become more aware of the issues around copyright [...]
Did you know that Facebook is now strictly enforcing its ’20 percent text’ rule on images? Back in Dec 2012, Facebook tightened up a rule which had been around since the implementation of the Timeline. Previously, Facebook dictated that Pages shouldn’t use “calls to action” and “price and purchase information” in images (this is to [...]
Maybe this is the ultimate Valentine’s online card delivery? You get a message, you click on it – but now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t. A few seconds after viewing, pouf! it’s gone. Ah, the ephemeral nature of love … There may still be a few souls out here who haven’t heard of SnapChat, or its Facebook imitator, Poke. If [...]
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Today is the opening day of the 7th annual Digital Kids Conference in New York City. Brand owners, entertainment and media executives, marketers, producers, digital media directors and licensing professionals will be flocking to the event, and we’ll be live tweeting the latest in children’s digital engagement too. eModeration works with a number of high [...]
View the story “Vircomm13 Tweets – the outtakes” on Storify To check out the events of the day, go to the Virtual Community Summit 2013 website at http://virtualcommunitysummit.com. And watch this space for some serious analysis of 21st century community management to come.
Safer Internet Day (SID) is celebrated in nearly 100 countries around the world in February of each year. In Europe, an amazing total of 30 countries mark the day with support from the European Commission’s Safer Internet Programme. Safer Internet Day 2013 – the tenth edition of the event – will take place tomorrow on [...]