Parents Poll: Your Kids Internet Usage

How involved are you with your children’s online viewing habits? Are you engaged when it comes to their Internet activity? Are you checking their smart phones routinely? Are you monitoring what sites they are surfing? Are you intimated and don’t know where to start? Do you not feel you need to review their usage? How can you turn over a new leaf in 2012?

Lytro: New Camera Technology

The technology of taking a picture hasn’t theoretically changed in over 100 years until now. Lytro has reinvented the camera with the light field capturing method. The site says, “Lytro camera captures the entire light field, which is all the light traveling in every direction in every point in space.” You will never take a bad picture again (unless your eyes are closed). You never have to focus.

A light field is the amount of light traveling in every direction through every point in space. Conventional cameras cannot record the light field. Lytro camera processes the light so you can always have beautiful pictures.

One consumer testing the camera said, “The shots are about timing and the ability to refocus after the picture is taken. I don’t need to worry about adjusting focus, I could focus just on the timing.”

http://Lytro.com

Thanks to Mike Kimmel for the find.

Bookmark Apps in App Store?

Dear Apple,
Please add the availability to bookmark apps in the app store. When surfing through the app store you can send yourself the link but you can’t bookmark it. The ability to create a wishlist of apps you’d like to purchase would be helpful. I would imagine it would also increase sales.
Thank you,
Marc

Animoto, Mr. Roboto

Are you looking for a quick way to create a quick video slide show? Animoto turns your photos, clips, and music into videos that are worth sharing. I had a holiday card sent using animoto that I thought was pretty good.

http://animoto.com/

What Would You Do For Five Dollars?

Looking for a quick way to make 5 bucks? Remember the days were you were “triple-dog-dared” to sing like Louis Armstrong in the middle of class? Now you can take your talents online and generate a profit.

A new website called FiverR lets you buy or sell personal services for the low price of five bucks. The market place is categorized by graphics, video, social marketing, travel, writing, advertising, music & audio, fun & bizarre, tips & advice, business, technology
and programming for example.

The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5.
http://fiverr.com/

Find A Grave

Where is your loved one buried? Where is your favorite celebrity’s monument? Recently I was searching for funeral information and I stumbled upon a website that keeps track of where graves are located. Yes, I realize Find A Grave is quite morbid, however the site serves as a useful tool and way to pay tribute. For example, here is Steve Jobs burial location.

http://findagrave.com

What Are People Searching For?

Get the top 20 most searched terms being searching for on Google. Drill down on a specific search term to discover blog entries, articles and search volume index. At this time, trends go back as far as the week of May 15, 2007.

What are the hottest terms on Google today?
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends

Chrome Web Store

Don’t have a smart phone? Are you jealous of all your friends that constantly talk about apps? You don’t have to squirm anymore when the topic of app envy comes up with the Chrome Web Store.

If you download Google’s web browser Chrome, you can add on a bunch of free apps which are equivalent to all those mobile apps. Education, Entertainment, Family, Games, Lifestyle, News, Shopping, Social and Weather are just few categories available in the Chrome Web Store. Download free games like Angry Birds and Battle Dawn.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/

Internet Traffic Report

Ever wonder what the traffic on the Internet looks like? Cyber Monday has traditionally been one of the highest peaks of traffic the Internet sees annually. If you are ever wondering why traffic seems slower than normal, check out the Internet Traffic Report.

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/

Fast Facts About Kids Online

The other day I landed on the Parent Further project which focuses on raising successful children. I discovered some interesting facts about your kids online.

Did You Know?

• Kids educated with online safety take steps to keep safe online.
• One out of five teenagers go online with cell phones.
• One half of all teenagers post their real age on social networks.
• 25 % of 13- to 15-year-olds think it’s unsafe to post personal stuff online.
• Two out of five teenagers are exposed to pornography online.
• Two out of three teenagers say that cyberbullying is a huge problem

Read full story at Parent Further