
The Clock Ticks, The Tech Pile Grows
One pleasant advantage of having a few years under my belt, is the ability to drone on endlessly about my phenomenal, life-changing adventures in the
One pleasant advantage of having a few years under my belt, is the ability to drone on endlessly about my phenomenal, life-changing adventures in the
In an effort to give users a little more flexibility with how they respond to their friends’ missives, Facebook is testing a small set of
By now, most of us know that texting while driving is a seriously bad idea. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, texting while
I got a text from my twentysomething daughter the other day that responded to a message I had sent with a “hahaha.” And being at
The smartphone’s ascent from novelty to convenience to necessity has been swift. And as these handy little Dick Tracy-like devices have graduated to the latter
Are you one of those who’ve been staunchly steering clear of all those techy thingamajigs and touch-tablet whiz-bangs? You know, maybe holing up in your
Listen up, boneheads, and you might actually learn something. Now, if I were a particularly tone-deaf individual, I might actually think that the above sentence
We are awash in many, many screens. Tiny ones and pretty big ones, twirling-swirling-thingamajig ones. … All right, I’m no Dr. Suess, but you get
How do we set and keep reasonable and appropriate screen-time limits for our children? With the proliferation of screens everywhere—largely due to the explosion of
We live in a strange age, ladies and gents. It’s a time of Snapchat, selfie sticks and smartphones that come packing multi-megapixel cameras and infrared
Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>