Tag Archives: Parental

Testing Apple’s New Screen Time Parental Controls: First Came Tears, Then Frustration.

September 6, 2018 Comments Off on Testing Apple’s New Screen Time Parental Controls: First Came Tears, Then Frustration.

“Don’t set the time limit. I can be reasonable!” pleads 9-year-old Tazio, looking up from his iPad. It’s not always fun owning an iPad that a parent can remotely shut off. Also not easy: Trying to parent via new digital “Screen Time” controls. Coming soon to an iPad or iPhone near you, Apple’s iOS 12 adds menus, buttons and bar charts to help monitor ... Read More »

Samsung Marshmallow Parental Control App Launched for Android

May 2, 2017 Comments Off on Samsung Marshmallow Parental Control App Launched for Android

Samsung on Sunday launched its new parental control app, called Marshmallow (no connection with Android 6.0 Marshmallow except the name), which is meant to encourage children into developing healthy smartphone usage habits. The South Korean company says that the smartphone management app is based on self-control and rewards the children with gifts based on smartphone usage. Interestingly, unlike some other ... Read More »