online privacy

If you've been hearing the buzz about Instagram web profiles, we've got the scoop. As you know, there are a plethora of amazing things we have seen done with Instagram , aside from the awesomeness of its photo app, of course. We've featu…

I'm not big on sharing kid photos on Facebook--I find my privacy settings magically change too often--but I'm also not great at queueing photos in emails to send to family and friends, either. This results in irritated people who are tir…

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about many different ways to connect kids with their grandparents . While I covered the big ones like Skype, Facetime, Google+ and others, I just discovered a new one that is solely designed for connecting you…

When my kids get home from school, they're not always the most forthcoming in describing their days to me. (Although I do know a lot about recess.) I miss their daycare days, when I would get full reports from their caregivers on funny t…

After we posted instructions on how to get your personal information off Spokeo , we received numerous comments and emails from our readers with concern about having to share your email address in order to remove yourself. While we under…

With back-to-school in full swing, I'm sure many of you already have hordes of photos on your phones chronicling those first exciting days. For those friends and family near and far who are anxious to see how Samantha's entry into 2nd gr…

If you're a Google Mail user like us, then you've probably received a few notifications this week about some upcoming changes to Google's Privacy Policy . While you don't necessarily need to take any action when it comes to your privacy …

Well one thing is clear about the new changes on Facebook--none of it is clear! At least according to our community, who bombarded us with questions on our Facebook page and our Cool Mom Picks Twitter account his past week, at our reques…

So, you may have gotten wind of a huge change to Facebook called a Digital Timeline this week. Let's be honest -- anyone who's been on Facebook more than four seconds, has learned not to be surprised by changes to the social network, fro…

It doesn't seem like a week goes by without Facebook making more changes to its privacy settings. The company gets a lot of flak for seemingly loosey-goosey privacy policies, but the forthcoming changes (and there are a lot of them) may …

It seems everyone is jumping on the location-based bandwagon, these days. But the big question has always been whether Foursquare is right for parents. For me, the answer is yes, but the safety issue is key. This is where some common sen…

There were so many great tech products for families that came out of the Consumer Electronics Show this year like the kitchen of the future , cool home security systems that don't look at all like security systems, even smart appliances …