14 posts and columns on teens

Survey: 37 Percent Of Teens Would Like An iPhone, Mom

in Mobile on April 6, 2011 at 7:20 am PT

Seventeen percent of teens living in the United States own an iPhone and 37 percent of those that don’t expect to buy one in the next 6 months. This according to Piper Jaffray’s biannual survey of American teenagers which charted rising interest for the device in the high school-age demographic.

Phone Carriers Tout Tool to Stop Texting and Driving

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.

Early Adopter: Techie Teens Review Jason Calacanis’ Launch Conference

in News on February 26, 2011 at 9:25 am PT

Early Adopter asked the three youngest attendees of Jason Calacanis’ Launch Conference to share their thoughts on the companies launched and on consumer tech, from their post-millennial perspective. They angstily obliged.

Teens Take Elders to Tech Boot Camp

in News on January 12, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Al Kouba, who lives in Bend, Ore., was told by his son in California that his family’s Christmas letter would only be posted on Facebook—not mailed. That’s when the retired systems engineer knew it was time to play catch up: “If you’re going to communicate with your family, you have to be on Facebook,” he says.

How Social Networking Influences Coming Out

in News on October 1, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

The suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi is shining a spotlight on the ways in which online social networking can complicate coming out for gay and lesbian youth.

How to Protect Your Child's Privacy Online

in News on September 20, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Websites popular among children and teens place more tracking technologies on users’ computers than do the top websites aimed at adults, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. But parents can take steps to limit their children’s exposure.

Sprint Nextel Adds Prepaid Cellphone Brand

in News on May 7, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Sprint Nextel Corp. is pushing even further into low-cost, prepaid cellphone service as the U.S.’s third-largest wireless carrier by subscribers fights to hang on to traditional contract customers. The carrier plans to launch a new and cheaper prepaid-cellphone brand, its fourth, in coming weeks and to start selling new, lower-priced plans from another of its prepaid labels.

Report Card? How About That Annual Report?

in News on May 6, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Here is one indicator of the allure of Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial culture: Diane Keng just launched her third start-up–and she is still in high school.

Teens Texting Even More Than Before

in News on April 20, 2010 at 10:46 am PT

Texting has far outstripped face-to-face communication, cellphone calls and all other ways teens communicate with their friends outside of the classroom, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. Texting has been widely popular among teenagers for some time, but the survey shows that its use has grown dramatically even in the past year.

Downloads for Apple's iPod Touch Hit a Milestone

in News on December 30, 2009 at 9:23 am PT

Despite the buzz surrounding electronic readers as the go-to holiday present on everybody’s list, the iPod Touch was a dark horse gift item that evidently made it into a whole lot of Christmas stockings. The number of apps downloaded for the iPod Touch surpassed those downloaded for the iPhone for the first time on Christmas, by a whopping 172 percent, according to the mobile applications analytics firm Flurry.