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Life 360: Testing Family Safety Apps With Teens (Part 2)

October 21, 2012 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Oct 21, 2012 Any parent who has ever ended up in a glorified game of ‘Where’s Waldo’ hunting for their offspring after temporarily ‘sliding off the grid’ with whereabouts unknown (homecoming, prom, … [Read more...]

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Will 2009 Uncover Price Fixing On the Backs of Texting Teens?

December 31, 2008 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

I don’t know about you, but this week's NYTimes article "What Carriers Aren't Eager to Tell You About Texting" written by local SJSU professor Randall Stross has me wanting to text him an … [Read more...]

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