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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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

million) to build a challenger bank for teens. The startup plans to generate revenue from interchange fees as well as partnership with brands and a reward system. Overall, 260,000 teens have pre-ordered a card already. French startup Vybe has raised a $2.9 million funding round (€2.4 Parents can also view transactions.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2014

iUrban Teen. iUrban Teen is working with students to spark and fuel the fires of innovation within tomorrow's tech leaders. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.” This is where the iUrban Teen program comes in. iUrban Teen Leadership tech leadership'

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

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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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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The Verge

MARCH 23, 2022

The teenager is apparently based about five miles outside of Oxford University, and Bloomberg says it was able to speak to his mother for ten minutes through a “doorbell intercom system” at the home. The teenager’s mother told the publication she did not know of allegations against him.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced this week that it's collaborating with a few online platforms on a tool to help teens and others stop their intimate pictures from being shared. The measure intends to take a more preventative approach versus typical reporting systems. Read Entire Article

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Save $15 Get Deal Whether you're looking for a tablet for your teen or something ultra-portable to accompany your travels, Amazon's Fire 7 tablet is a solid pick. Sonos Ray Opens in a new window Credit: Sonos Sonos Ray soundbar $179 at Amazon $279 Save $100 Get Deal Most TV's sound systems don't quite live up to their impressive pictures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

Startups pitching: 1 – TeenUP : learning video platform teens-2-teens to unlock the teenagers’ potential and personality @TeenUP12. 5 – Pigpug : AI neurofeedback brain training system for kids with ADHD and ASD @PigPugHealth. And you can join the startup pitches on Clubhouse here. On twitter the hashtag is here.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 12, 2013

This company is the first to have developed a platform that app designers can use to create mobile applications that can be used across all major operating systems. – Daniel Brusilovsky , Teens in Tech Labs. If I had to choose a startup to invest in this year, it would have to be Codename One. Front Street Media.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

During an attack, hackers must first gain access to a police department’s email systems. London police have since arrested seven teens in connection with the group. Fake emergency data requests are becoming increasingly common, as explained in a recent report from Krebs on Security.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Current began its life as a teen debit card controlled by parents, but later expanded to offer personal checking accounts powered by the same underlying banking technology. Teen banking service Step raises $100M Series C, announces Steph Curry’s investment. MrBeast is also an investor. mo) service.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens. Their goal is to cut teen suicide rates in half by 2028. Learn more about Porter’s Call. Robbie’s Hope. They’ve made it their mission to stop the suicide epidemic that’s taking the lives of their friends. Impacting: Mental health.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The WSJ did its own experiment to see how TikTok’s algorithm can potentially promote this kind of harmful content — its findings may explain TikTok’s sudden decision to alter the way its video recommendation system operates.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

That could be useful if you’re lending your car to a teen driver, for example, and you can revoke the keys later at any time. Other carmakers already offer digital keys that have similar functionality, but they’re separate apps, not baked directly into Apple’s operating systems, with all of the advantages that can provide.

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Candid

JANUARY 8, 2025

In a generation very well-documented to be suffering with anxiety, Half the Story is at the leading edge of the digital well-being movement for teens. There are great organizations already doing the work of cultivating and promoting leadership among girls around the world, such as GirlUp and Shes the First.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Eventually, there will be a peer moderation system and after that we will add a bit of machine learning.”. Some teens post videos because explaining a concept is the best way to know for sure that they understand it perfectly well. Up next, Revyze is going to expand to more countries and more educational systems.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Facebook’s internal research about Instagram’s negative effects on teens—the main topic of Tuesday’s hearing—has particularly stoked anger towards the company and led for calls to publish more research for independent experts to evaluate. We’ve spent the past 24 hours debriefing how we can strengthen our systems against this kind of failure.

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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. Can your organization replicate these kinds of results?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2021

For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country opened their doors each day to millions of kids and teens, literally and symbolically. By: Sara Leutzinger, National Director, External Communications & Content Strategy for Boys & Girls Club of America. Opening doors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

It also plans on partnering with teen-led businesses to enable them sell on the app, in addition to discount partnerships with brands that are popular with Gen Z. Our reward system “Zems (Zywa gems) and Zyons (Zywa coins)” rewards users for healthy financial habits and are currently used as a loyalty mechanism. Zenda gets $9.4M

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

There have been countless studies about the damaging effects of social media on mental health, particularly on teens. We want to normalize emotion and create a transparent system,” Smith said. “It Facebook knows Instagram harms teens. And yet, most of us just can’t quit social networking. This is normal.’” .

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2014

Now we''re thrilled to share the names of our three judges and our first nine confirmed coaches for the Idea Accelerator: Judges : Deena Pierott , Founder and Chief Innovator, iUrban Teen James Rooney , Senior Manager, Microsoft''s Technology for Good Program Sonya Watson , Advisor, Tides Foundation Coaches : Britt Bravo , Big Vision Consultant, Big (..)

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

When its systems “see that a teenager is looking at the same content over and over again, and it’s content which may not be conducive to their well being, we will nudge them to look at other content,” Clegg said. Instagram/Adam Mosseri. Instagram is testing a Take a Break feature.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

A well-designed performance management system will, in other words, help an organization become more effective at serving people and at raising money in an increasingly competitive market. Data systems have come a long way from unwieldy Excel spreadsheets and calculators. Designing A Successful Performance Management System.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 11, 2012

The startup recently announced an integration with Belkin’s WeMo system, which means that you can control real-world outlets and timers with triggers like SMS or email. Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen. IFTTT and Belkin Both Help. IFTTT provides a ton of different ways to automate online tasks we all deal with every day.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Less than a year ago, WildWorks, the makers of the kid’s virtual world game Animal Jam , launched its next big effort with a game aimed at Gen Z teens, called Feral. However, WildWorks had already signaled its interest in expanding beyond the kids’ gaming market with Feral, which it aimed at teens , not younger children.

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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. . So far, Ksana Health has one live product called the Effortless Assessment Research System (EARS), which is designed for institutions conducting clinical research.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

The new antenna system was specifically designed to increase performance inside schools, stores, high rises and other challenging signal environments. San Francisco-based Life360 made a name for itself over the years as an app that parents love, but teens hate.

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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. The creator also covers Stripe’s 2.9%

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2021

Hide teens’ accounts from adults who have engaged in suspicious behavior, such as being repeatedly blocked by other children. There was evidence that ads for smoking, weight loss and gambling were all being shown to teens ). So kudos to Instagram for taking the challenge seriously, and building systems to address it.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

For its part, Best Buy — which notched $47 billion in revenue last year — said the move is aimed at helping “break down the systemic barriers often faced by Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) entrepreneurs — including lack of access to funding — and empowering the next generation within the tech industry. ”.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

She testified before Congress that Facebook “repeatedly” misled the public about “what its own research reveals about the safety of children and the efficacy of its artificial intelligence systems as a role in spreading divisive and extreme messages.”.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The announcements follow a recent investigation by NBC News into a spate of deaths involving teens and young adults who were suspected of having bought fentanyl-laced drugs through the social network. It’s also ramping up actions against drug dealers on its platform, including improved in-app reporting tools and proactive detection.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Java, meanwhile, has become an important language for app development, particularly for smartphones running the Android operating system. He saw the potential of Java as a language and tried to expose Vineet to it.

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TechNode

JANUARY 20, 2025

Cognosphere, the US subsidiary of Genshin Impact developer miHoYo, agreed to a $20 million settlement over allegations of “deceptive marketing” in the games gacha system and violations of child privacy laws, according to an announcement by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last Friday.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

To accomplish this, the app uses something it’s calling “Ghost Protocol,” which is a system that utilizes zero-knowledge proofs on the end user’s device. To add protections around anonymity, Ghost uses a moderation system that automatically deletes any Ghost message (anonymous message) if at least two people report it.

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