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UrbanSitter’s Social Babysitting Service Granted $1.75 Million in Allowance

Tricia Duryee in Social on January 23 at 7:00 am PT

UrbanSitter, which may become a high-tech version of “The Baby-Sitters Club,” now has a bigger allowance with which to operate.

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Phone Carriers Tout Tool to Stop Texting and Driving

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 25, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

If your teenagers have a car and a cellphone, chances are they’ve made a call or texted behind the wheel. Distracted driving is a big worry for many parents, but one start-up is betting that its technology will help alleviate some of those concerns. California-based Location Labs is selling a tool that detects when the phone is in a moving car and limits the owner’s ability to make calls and texts.

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Send Someone You Love the Gift of Google Tech Support

Voices, Associate Editor, All Things Digital in News on December 13, 2010 at 1:08 pm PT

A group of young Googlers (or maybe elves) pooled their 20 percent time and took teachparentstech.org live this morning. The site allows you to send a very user-friendly little email with a holiday greeting and the gift of some simple, directed tech support in the form of a short video. Check it out–you may never have to answer a 2 am phone call about resizing a photo again.

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Slow Fade-Out for Video Stores

Jessica E. Vascellaro and Sam Schechner, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 30, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Blockbuster Inc.’s bankruptcy last week has made it official: Technology is killing the video-rental store—and a piece of American culture with it.

Keep Tabs on Kids’ Social Lives

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on August 31, 2010 at 2:54 pm PT

Katie reviews AOL SafeSocial, a tool for parents that scans sites where kids are social networking for inappropriate language or friendships.

Online Help for Parents Who Volunteer

Pui-wing Tam in Personal Technology on June 2, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

By Pui-wing Tam.

Parents are opting for an online solution to organizing volunteer class time. And a host of volunteering and calendar apps have popped up on the Web to help them.

A Social Network to Grow On

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on May 18, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Katie reviews Togetherville, an online social network designed to function as a safe zone for kids under the age of 10 who want to interact online with their friends.

Walt’s Digg Dialogg with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

Walt Mossberg in Mossblog on December 2, 2009 at 11:27 am PT

Walt recently sat down to interview FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, and asked him the top questions submitted via Digg.com. Check out the entire interview right here.