GeekWire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

BrightCanary , a new Seattle startup that gives parents a better understanding of their children’s activity on apps such as YouTube and TikTok, raised a $4 million seed round. Parents download the company’s app and log into each service used by their kids. No software is installed on the devices used by kids.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As the school year kicks off and kids head back to the classroom (in-person and virtually), parents working from home are breathing a collective sigh of relief. While the transition back to school can be a positive time, it does pose its own set of challenges for parents in the cybersecurity field. Don't forget to prioritize self-care.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The most interesting thing is Apple’s new Family Setup service, which lets parents provision an Apple Watch for their kids to use. Even if you’re not a parent, the new Family Setup service is interesting because it gives us an idea of what a truly standalone Apple Watch could be. Family Setup is slightly different.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

“Zain will be remembered for his eclectic taste in music, his bright sunny smile and the immense joy he brought to his family and all those who loved him,” wrote Jeff Sperring, CEO of Seattle Children’s Hospital, in a message distributed to Microsoft’s executive team by Kathleen Hogan, the company’s chief people officer.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The tech leaders apologized to families who have been affected by these problems, highlighting how serious the situation is. This gathering of company executives, parents, and lawmakers was a critical step in talking about how to make the Internet safer for kids. Evan Spiegel from Snap Inc. This meeting wasn’t just a small thing.

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

Microsoft’s Xbox Family Settings App is a new way for parents and guardians to manage how their children spend their gaming time. Available in preview today on Android and iOS , the app lets parents keep tabs and set limits on how their children use Xbox One consoles and, to a lesser extent, Windows 10 PCs. Image: Microsoft.

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Venture Beast

JULY 28, 2020

Microsoft has launched its Family Safety app for Android and iOS, enabling parents to manage their kids' app usage and screen time across platforms. Read More.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Google has announced new family-oriented updates for Assistant and Fi, which can be potentially useful whether you’ve all been under the same roof for the duration of the pandemic or you’re making plans to visit for the holidays. Family Notes “stick” to the main screen of your display. Family Bell is receiving new sound effects.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

RELATED: Super Bowl ad roundup: Travolta sings T-Mobile’s praises; Google’s fix is in; and more tech spots The ad follows the relatable story of a family who adopted a dog during the pandemic, showing how life for the humans and the dog was much different with everyone working and schooling from home.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For the last nine months, ordinary consumers, including parents and patients, have found themselves in the crosshairs of these cybercriminals. A parent, already juggling work and family, suddenly finds an extortion email with a demand for money in exchange for not releasing intensely personal medical procedure photos and vital documents.

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2021

Jeff Bezos, left, and Lauren Sanchez show off the Mary’s Place Family Center, located in an Amazon building in Seattle, to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in a recent tour of the Mary’s Place family shelter that is attached to Amazon’s corporate headquarters campus in Seattle. Jay Inslee.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In the aftermath of at-home, online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents are struggling to reestablish screen-time boundaries for their kids. When school went virtual last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents’ carefully forged limits on technology went out the window. There is help available to parents.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

with Park’s immigrant parents among the family members cheering on the screens behind them. Park immigrated to Canada with her family at 4 years old. Park has shared personal stories about her family’s journey as immigrants, including a heartfelt open letter to her mom in May amid the wave of anti-Asian violence.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

According to recent news, the Clark County school district data breach has worried parents as sensitive information might be in the hands of bad actors. The district was the victim of a cyber assault two weeks ago, which naturally alarmed parents and pupils. They have developed a dedicated hotline line to help concerned parents.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 4, 2024

In this type of cybercrime, bad actors use technology to trick families into thinking a loved one is in danger or missing, demanding money in return for their safety. Perpetrators may threaten harm to the victim or their family, exploiting the emotional connection to increase the pressure on the victim to pay the ransom.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Parents frantically tried to reconnect, to little avail. My family opted to use our own computers, helping to ensure that enough laptops were available to the kids who needed them. Ad-hoc IT support: Facebook filled up with plaintive requests for IT help from overburdened parents. It crashed. Over and over throughout the day.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2021

Amazon toyed with yet another way of ingratiating itself into the lives of you and your family through an Alexa-enabled wearable for kids, Bloomberg reports. The goal seemed to be delivering exclusive Amazon Kids Plus content (formerly Amazon FreeTime Unlimited) while allowing parents to track and communicate with their kids.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A lot of my family and friends thought I was crazy back then but they think I’m a genius now. Family life : My family is full of doctors. My parents are both medical doctors and my brother is a dentist. There are different families of models, and different models work better for different use cases.

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GeekWire

MARCH 30, 2023

Washington has the most upside-down tax code in the country, where our lowest-income families pay up to 18% of their income in state and local taxes and people like myself and the other contributor to this article pay next to nothing. Below is Hanauer’s post — you can read McIlwain’s post at this link.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2021

Allen Family Foundation is giving an additional $1.4 We cannot overlook communities that are disproportionately burdened by the economic and social impacts of this pandemic,” Jody Allen, chair of the Allen Family Foundation, said in a news release. WA Food Fund / Philanthropy Northwest Photo). The Paul G. Pride Foundation ?

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Gizmodo

APRIL 7, 2021

Imagine if your parents were famous superheroes.and then the time came for you to follow in the family business. That’s the premise of Jupiter’s Legacy , a new Netflix series that just dropped an action-packed first trailer today. Read more.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

Microsoft is launching a new Family Safety app for iOS and Android this week. The software giant has been testing the app in recent months, and it’s designed to allow families to manage screentime and app usage. Content filters in Microsoft’s Family Safety app. Location sharing in Microsoft’s Family Safety app.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

” Patel (top left) grew up in Alabama, where his parents ran a hotel and the family lived in an adjacent apartment. where his parents landed after immigrating from India in the 1970s. His parents didn’t know much about new technology, but they bought Patel a computer. He’s a very nice individual.”

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

.” A job posting from May 28 , for a senior program manager on the Teams for Life group, sheds additional light on Microsoft’s plans, indicating that the goal is to “revolutionize the way friends and families communicate and collaborate.” ” “I have admired?

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

The current base speeds for high-speed broadband aren’t nearly enough for a moderately sized family working from home. Zoom recommends 3.8Mbps upload speeds for just one 1080p video, and the shift to remote schooling and work has forced many families to run multiple simultaneous streams.

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GeekWire

MARCH 15, 2022

The company launched in 2020 and has 4,000 adoptive families and more than 400 expectant mothers registered with the site. Quick found that both adopting families and birth mothers were at risk of exploitation. RELATED: After struggling to adopt a child, this founder launched a matchmaking platform for other families.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2022

” Hanley founded Tomorrow after he lost both of his parents unexpectedly. Ethos is interested in becoming a more comprehensive financial tool for families, who normally only interact with a life insurance company at the time of sale and when the policy needs to be enacted. That may change in the future.”

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Some people are easy to shop for, but others in your family or social spheres might be less forthcoming about their desires. There are gifts for gamers, aspiring podcast hosts, parents, board game connoisseurs, musicians, and much more.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 31, 2020

That’s the fitness tracking/challenge I put together for my family. I’m sure we are not the only parents who have struggled with getting the family physically active during the pandemic, and I wanted to do something about it. As a parent, I’m not new to tracking sheets, checklists, and calendar-based plans.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 24, 2020

” (2/2) We are committed to working with families, students, and community to continually refine remote learning and support high quality instruction no matter the circumstances. Remote learning is disproportionately harmful to kids who struggle with online learning and have less family support.

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Parents can now influence more of their kids’ music taste through Spotify. The audio streaming platform announced a new feature for Spotify Kids today called Shared Playlists, which allows parents to share playlists they’ve created with their kids. To share a playlist, parents have to access the PIN-protected area of the kids app.

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GeekWire

JUNE 2, 2020

Childcare crisis: Tech startups look to help working parents manage the messy new realities of life. As GeekWire reported last week , working parents are struggling to keep up as they try to work from home while taking care of their kids with schools closed, summer camps canceled, and few childcare options available.

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Galido

MARCH 20, 2020

By students having to learn from home, parents can help by encouraging things such as cooking, home economics, outdoor activities, and play. With so many schools closing, parents are now becoming their children’s teachers which means that flexibility is key. Flexible schedules. Express more creativity. Tips for home learning.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The app was previously only available to people aged 18 or older, and while minors will have to get their parent or guardians’ permission to use the app (and that parent-figure will have significant oversight), they’ll still be able to use some of the app’s most popular features.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

per month per family. .” It is free for the first 10,000 exercises; full access costs $5.99 This is Bamboo’s first subscription product. Bamboo also rolled out the Everyone Learns program, working with Oakland, Calif.-based Bamboo is led by CEO Ian Freed , a former technology adviser for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

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Vox

APRIL 22, 2024

Like most parents I know, I want to grab Hollis’s phone and throw it in the nearest toilet. Yet they loved the camaraderie of doing outdoor adventures with like-minded families, of non-school-approved vacations, and of snacks with no end. I see the signs in Hollis: She doesn’t want to go outside anymore. We need more data.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 20, 2021

They launched Magicall , a video calling app that allows children to play games and read books remotely with family and friends. It was community that helped the family through each challenge. They moved back to Minnesota to be with Amy’s family during the post-surgery recovery.

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