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Seems like every day brings a new story revealing lapses in internet privacy. The Wall Street Journal has been steadily covering this issue in its series What They Know. In a related story today, Jeremy Singer-Vine and Anton Troianovski looked into data gathering in kid-friendly apps. I talked to Singer-Vine about his findings.
Though it’s administered on a much smaller scale than its parent Launch Festival, the Launch Education and Kids Conference should be…
This piece aired on KQED-FM. By Saleeha Bey When most people turn on their computer they go straight for Facebook,…
Turnstyle, a project of Youth Radio’s production company Youth Media International, is an online information service powered by creative, culturally…
When most people turn on their computer they go straight for Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube. They see pictures, words, and buttons… but I see the source code behind the screen.
This piece aired on KQED-FM. By Christina So I’m going to pick on you a lot.” That was the first…
The last time most video game players were excited about virtual reality was the 1990s. Before internet browsers were commonplace and game consoles were still actively marketed by the number of bits they could process, virtual reality held out the shimmering promise of the cyberspace envisioned by science fiction authors like William Gibson: the future was going to be accessed by way of immersive technology that would project digital avatars of ourselves into detailed virtual worlds.
Standardized testing week at the middle school where I was a teacher from 2008 – 2010, was a big deal. Signs went up in the hallways, “Eat a good breakfast!” and a hushed silence fell over the normally chaotic hallways.
The online video sharing site YouTube is this generation’s MTV. Artists like Gotye and Psy have found mainstream success when their videos go viral. Yet the site is dominated by amateurs covering other people’s songs – from toddlers chirping The Beatles to teens tackling Led Zeppelin.
