Warning over child ‘addiction’ to smartphones and gaming devices

  BY NICOLA ANDERSON – 23 APRIL 2013 More young children are showing signs of becoming “addicted” to gadgets such as smartphones and gaming devices, psychologists have warned. Children are having problems concentrating in school and have motor skills worryingly below their appropriate age because they are spending “hours” playing computer games each day. One professional […]

Research finds that video games hold both risks and rewards for children with Autism

 By Anthony John Agnello — April 22, 2013 One in 88 children in America have a disorder that falls somewhere on the Autism Spectrum according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These range from conditions like the high-functioning Asperger’s syndrome to pervasive developmental disorders. With autism diagnoses rising at an incredible rate in recent decades, it’s […]

Google launches tool to manage ‘digital afterlife’

 Users can decide what happens with their email and other accounts after they die. Google has launched a tool that lets users decide what happens with their email, Google Plus and other accounts after they die – or become inactive online for any other reason. Called “inactive account manager,” the feature lets users of Google’s […]

5 Ways Teenagers are the New ‘Mobile-First’ Generation

 It’s always a useful task to put some perspective onto the rate of technological change over the last decade or two. I have talked about Generation Y and the millenials in an earlier post, with the video of the toddler using an iPad with ease, but being dumbfounded by a magazine, illustrating perfectly how the children […]

Study: Google Searches Reveal Mental Health Patterns

 Search terms implied that people are 24 percent less likely to consider suicide in the summer, among other seasonal fluctuations that may be useful in epidemiology for illnesses that are difficult to track. LINDSAY ABRAMS APR 9 2013, 8:21 AM ET PROBLEM: Google overhyped the flu this year, which seemed to be a blow to the company’s claim that […]