The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

They predicted that, if “increasingly fewer teens are choosing Facebook as they grow older,” the company would face a more “severe” decline in young users than it already projected. And while Instagram remains incredibly popular with teens, Facebook’s own data shows that they are starting to engage with the app less. Declining numbers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Homebrew leads Z1’s effort to bring digital banking to Latin America’s teens. Kaszak led the latest round and was joined by existing investors MAYA Capital, Homebrew, Clocktower and The Chainsmokers. Going after new capital so soon was not on the company’s radar, Thompson said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Teens As Free Agents. One of things immediately struck me – the crowd was filled with younger people – teens, college students, and millennials who want to use the technology and do social change on their own terms. Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! ” Philantroteens.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. My guess is that is has something to do with the fact that African Americans and Latinos use their mobile phones regularly to access social networking sites, and there are a lot of African Americans and Latinos on MySpace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism and philanthropy and become Philanthroteens , teens with a passion for social change who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or not to be connected to Facebook. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Although kids all carry cell phones and use them constantly, they use them in a different way than adults tend to use them. For 15 years, the small staff of the HOWA Family Center has worked to enrich lives through mentoring for children, families and communities. read more

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The Verge

JANUARY 10, 2022

On Saturday, Android boss Hiroshi Lockheimer accused Apple of “using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products ,” after a Wall Street Journal report revealed how US teens have turned Apple’s iMessage into a social status symbol that locks Android users out.

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Medium Technology Section

MARCH 6, 2025

My intentions for this year. Continue reading on A Parent Is Born

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The most recent Pew Internet Project Internet and technology use studies show how immersed teens and young adults are in the online environment and how tied they are to the mobile and social sides of it. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 12, 2013

is a tech startup that helps connect people over the phone. – Daniel Brusilovsky , Teens in Tech Labs. Front Street Media has developed a system that makes mall shopping significantly easier by allowing you to check what each store has, and the best part is, it isn’t just a phone app. Clarity.fm. Clarity.fm

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Handwritten notes, phone calls, handshakes. I’m so sick of seeing that Facebook is doomed because teens don’t think it is cool anymore. Spoiler alert: all of those teens are on Instagram, and will likely graduate to Facebook when it becomes useful to them. You must follow trend predictions. Facebook is so 2013.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Current began as a teen debit card controlled by parents, but expanded to offer personal checking accounts last year, using the same underlying banking technology. The round also brought in new investors Sapphire Ventures and Avenir.

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The Verge

JANUARY 10, 2022

This has turned iMessage into a status symbol among US teens, creating peer pressure for young people to buy iPhones and sometimes leading to the ostracization of Android users. As another executive, Craig Federighi, put it: “iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones.”.

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Care2

MARCH 19, 2012

In one example that’s elegant in its simplicity, a staff member at a small organization observed that, while all the teens in a mentoring program carried cell phones and used them frequently, few would answer phone calls or emails.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Teens under 14 will be able to access Douyin between 6AM and 10PM, but won’t be able to use the app outside of that window, the company said. The app’s youth mode keeps it in line with the Chinese government’s new restrictions on access to video games for younger children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

We often hear the term “digital native” used to describe young people who don’t remember a time when phones were attached to the wall, but just because kids have only ever known a technology-rich world doesn’t mean they know how to engage with and through technology responsibly. An 8-megapixel camera on your phone?

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

The slip-up happened in mid-2021, with both companies falling for the phony requests and providing information about users’ IP addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses. London police have since arrested seven teens in connection with the group.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

You can add up to four teens age 13–17 (who can shop on their own with parents approving the purchases). Also, don’t confuse this with Amazon Household, the service attached to a general Amazon account, which allows two adults, up to four teens, and up to four child profiles to share an account. There are a few limitations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using? Qwerty Monsters.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

One small organization, for example, is using text messages to communicate with teens who participate in a mentoring program. A staff member observed that, though all the teens carried cell phones and used them frequently, few would answer phone calls or emails.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

It’s crazy how much web traffic is being served to mobile phones now. Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen. I think it is important for brands to have some rock-solid images that represent their company and what they do because a picture tells a thousand words. Vanessa Van Petten , Science of People. Mobile, Mobile, Mobile!

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Launching today with the help of these former teen heartthrobs, Scriber is a creator subscription company geared toward more established figures in entertainment (… like the Jonas Brothers). The creator economy is “ burning up ,” and the Jonas Brothers are cashing in. For this launch with the JoBros, fans will pay $4.99

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Digital Trends

JUNE 4, 2022

When my daughter was born 13 years ago, I never thought that choosing her technology platform would become one of those potentially life-altering decisions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Windows Phone) is a point-of-care smartphone application that addresses child mortality rates by lack of detection and availability of treatment for malaria. Khan Academy (Windows Phone, iPad) is a nonprofit on a mission to change education. Political Engagement and Activism. This app was developed as a Coding4Fun Community Project.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

It’s a move informed by two trends: passive data collection, and a burgeoning mental health crisis in teens and young adults. . The user would give a therapist a personalized code that allows them to access data collected on their phone.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Request their email, address, and phone number, but make the address and phone number optional. Say THANK YOU in big letters, followed by a sincere note of appreciation that says something like: “Thanks to you, more teens will be able to attend school and plan their careers.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In a time where anyone with a phone and a good idea could potentially become the next big thing, films stand out because they’re rare. Movies hold a unique place in culture. Not because they’re inherently better than books or TV, but because they’re rare and difficult to make.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You get everything from flight tickets to local phone numbers, to education loan in one place,” he said. “We Students going to the top colleges is just 10% of the potential audience,” explained Chaturvedi, who spent his teen years attending talks from startup founders and also made money by bringing more people to those talks.

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Kindful

MARCH 1, 2021

Purchase a t-shirt, bag, or phone case. Mission: Girls Write Nashville is a nonprofit songwriting mentorship program based in Nashville, TN, that cultivates empowered expression and positive community for teen girls. Headquarters in: East Lansing, MI. How To Support Helping Women Period. Make drawstring bags for discreet delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2015

These potential donors are teens (and pre-teens) with a passion for social change and who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or be connected to Facebook. But look out, get ready to reach out to Gen Z donors , sometimes called “ PhilanthroTeens ” or “ PhilanthroKids.”.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I could point to the Haiti disaster as the tipping point in cell phones -- for the increased engagement with donors, and more importantly, for the contributions of information from survivors. One was seeing two coeds standing on either side of the road at the Dartmouth Green talking on a cell phone to each other as I walked by.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

With the ubiquity of tablets and phones, kids are getting on the internet as young as six years old. As Instagram head Adam Mosseri notes in a statement included in The Journal ’s reporting: It’s not new and it’s not a secret that social-media companies try to understand how teens and preteens use technology.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011. First, 50 percent of respondents were aware of mobile giving, and six percent of those surveyed had performed a donation via their mobile phone at some point. Smartphone users outpaced feature phone users 59 to 46 percent in terms of awareness.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help. Phones also provide a reliable contact method for people who have no permanent address. It also uses Twitter to “find, counsel, and direct as many homeless people as possible to help.”

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2014

It becomes harder and harder to stop looking at email, stop texting, or stop checking your cell phone to see if you have a message or a new text.”*. As Psychology Today explains, “ Dopamine starts you seeking, then you get rewarded for the seeking which makes you seek more. Writing for Mobile.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

A competitor to Instreamatic is AdsWizz, which, instead of voice, allows users to shake their phones when they are interested in an ad. Some 55% of teens use voice search daily. But its interactions are obviously, therefore, more limited. According to Juniper Research , the voice-based ad market will grow to $19 billion in the U.S.

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