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Study reveals some teens receive 5,000 notifications daily, most spend almost two hours on TikTok

TechSpot

Mott Children's Hospital (via Insider). It tracked the screen time of 203 Android users – Apple doesn't share this type of data with researchers – aged 11 to 17 for nine days via an app. The new study comes from Common Sense Media and the University of Michigan C.S. Read Entire Article

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Instagram internal research: ‘We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls’

The Verge

It’s a hugely important question, especially with Facebook planning to launch a version of the app for children. As one slide from an internal Facebook presentation put it: “We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.” (The Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for kids under 13

The Verge

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri confirms that a version of the popular photo sharing app for children under 13 is in the works, BuzzFeed News reports. Instagram’s current policy bars children under 13 from the platform. Children’s health advocates criticized it as harmful for kids and urged CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discontinue it.

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Youth mental health startup Somethings launches with a $3.2M raise led by General Catalyst

TechCrunch

I still look back on all the time that I spent as a teen, crushed by stigma and afraid to talk about mental health with my friends and family,” says the Stanford grad. Teens, often with the support of their parents, are matched through the Somethings system with mentors who have similar backgrounds and situational experiences.

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Family tracking app Life360 to acquire wearable location device Jiobit for $37M

TechCrunch

Popular family tracking app Life360 is investing in hardware. The company this morning announced the $37 million acquisition of Chicago-based Jiobit , the maker of a wearable location device designed for use by families with younger children, pets, or seniors.

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How to use your Echo with two Amazon accounts

The Verge

You can add up to four teens age 13–17 (who can shop on their own with parents approving the purchases). You can also add four children age 12 and under via the Amazon Kids Plus plan, which costs $4.99 a month for Prime members) for up to four children. Select “Add Adult” (or “Add a Teen” or “Add a Child”).

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

NTEN

Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree. When it comes to destinations, Hitwise USA, which tracks online traffic, found horseracing sites to be the number one online category for people over 55. But there is still the issue of income.