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 […]
Teens Fighting Back Online against Predators and Scams
Over 20,000 Teens Fight Back Against Cyber-Attacks as Part of Online Community Habbo’s Safety Awareness Month 86% of Teens Say They Have Discussed Online Safety With Their Parents, while over 51% Say They Visit Chat Rooms at Least Once Every Day LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Habbo.com, one of the world’s largest and most popular online communities for […]
Teens turn to technology for dating abuse
Comment: You may think that the Americans are overreacting here. I tend to think these problems are very real, and teenagers just do not discuss them with parents or teachers for fear of embarrassment. MXit is a very good platform to start offering peer counselling. And hopefully in the near future, between ourselves, CSIR and […]
Online replaces telly and print for teens
This is not exactly news for me because I’ve been following these trends internationally from the annual reports published by the Centre for the Digital Future. Here’s the South African perspective. A recent survey by www.Sweet16.co.za found that more South African teenagers are spending time online than watching television or reading magazines and newspapers. This […]