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How to Install Parental Controls for Windows 11
If you’ve been paying attention, parenting and tech are a high priority at DaleDumbsITDown. There is an extensive ecosystem of safeties, dangers, and incredible information so family safety with tech is so important and should be a high priority in the home. We’ve...
Parenting Your Gamer: Six Basic Principles
Parenting Your Gamer: Six Basic Principles on Managing Your Kid's Gaming Behavior Trying to parent your child’s gaming behavior can be really difficult. Trying to parent your child’s gaming behavior can be really difficult. We wanted to share six of our favorite...
Screen Time Setup For Families For Your iPhone or iPad
Show me a child with a phone/tablet and no limitation, and I’ll show you a child that struggles with some type of addictive behavior. But, come on, even us adults will struggle if we don’t understand our limitations. That being said, let’s talk about Apple’s Screen...
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In-App Purchases: The Bill You Didn’t Want
You follow all the recommendations for your kids and technology – you monitor what games they are playing, you limit their time screen time, you block the online chats, but the one thing you forgot to keep an eye on is their ability to make in-app purchases....
Roblox, What’s It All About?
So Roblox seems to have taken over my grandkids time and attention. This interest took me on a...
Five Ways to Stay Safe with Facebook
People often ask me, Do you use Facebook? Is it safe? I have only one answer to that, of...
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College Scholarship Scams
Right now, many students in between their junior and senior years of high school are getting a head start on applying for college scholarships. The internet makes this process much more convenient for today’s students, and it provides them the ability to access...
Oh, Snap! It’s Time to Talk Snapchat!
Kids, teens, and young adults these days are all about capturing and sharing life's moments with one another. Whether it's what they ate for lunch, some funny thing their dog did, or their latest heartbreak, Snapchat offers an outlet to showcase their experiences,...
Twitching about Twitch
Livestreaming is taking over the world of online entertainment, especially for gamers, and the platform called Twitch is dominating the field. I’ve been twitching about Twitch as I just didn’t feel comfortable talking about it as I didn’t yet know the ins and outs...
Let’s Talk Tik Tok
As parents and grandparents, we all worry about the content kids view online, especially on their mobile phones, where we can't always look over their shoulder. Tik Tok is one of the most popular viral video platforms and one I am most concerned about. ...
Hacking Scams Are Showing up Stronger and More Creative Than Ever Before!
Remember the 'OLD SCHOOL' scams where you'd get an email from someone (usually based in Nigeria) who's made a fortune in the billions and who wants to bring the money into your bank account for some unknown reason? Well, there aren't too many Nigerian scams these...
I’ve Got Your Data, Your Business has Come to a Standstill, Now How Much Will You Pay?
Billions of dollars have been paid out in ransomware attacks. Last year showed attacks were at an all-time high, with over 184 million ransomware attacks. Small businesses are just as susceptible as large businesses. Hospitals, police stations, and entire...
Still Learning from the Pros
No matter how much IT and Security knowledge that swirls around in my brain, I still need members of my design and development team to keep me on track. Electric Edge Media dumbed down the importance of social media for me, helped me identify my audience, and...
Virtual Credit Cards. Are they really safer?
Is this for real? Yep, unique virtual card numbers for each online merchant does minimize your online shopping risk. But, let me be clear they aren't without risk, they just reduce risk. So how does this work? Well, virtual numbers that connect back to your...
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