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A Cool Blog Feature?
How cool would it be to have a live chat feature on your site? These are found frequently on business websites for sales or technical support. In fact, my daughter works for AT&T Wireless sales using live chat software. I recently found a site that sales software to install on your site so that you can have live chat. I’ve been thinking that would be a neat way to interact with your readers – what a way to connect! Would you go by your favorite blogs and hang around to chat with your favorite bloggers? … Read entire article »
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Review & Giveaway: Shidonni
Last week I told you about one of my daughter’s favorite online communities – All Star Buddies. This week I’ll be focusing on websites and software that we’ve found enjoyable in our home. Today’s choice – Shidonni. “Shidonni is a virtual world for children, ages 5 and up, based on the idea of drawing animals and caring for them, but with a 21st century twist. Visitors to the site receive a blank canvas where they can draw an animal and create a background for that animal to play. After drawing their virtual pets, children play with them as they magically ‘come alive’. Children then care for, feed and play games that incorporate their animals as main characters.” As soon as I read this description I knew that this had great potentiol, and I … Read entire article »
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Review: All Star Buddies
Cameron is constantly on the search for new sites for her to play games on that I will ok and one of those sites that have received my stamp of approval is All Star Buddies. This is a site for sports fans – and with Cameron playing softball and sometimes basketball, it is one that Cameron can enjoy. All Star Buddies is a sports-themed virtual world where kids can play their favorite sports in the comfort of home (and you don’t have to worry about balls breaking your precious treasures). The town in All Star Buddies is Varsity Heights. The characters are in the shapes of animated sports balls: … Read entire article »
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Review: McAfee Family Protection
Mom Central recently contacted me to let me know that I had been selected to review the software McAfee Family Protection. With a nine year old that is on the Internet every chance she has and has her own computer, I was super excited to try this. After reading these statistics, I was not just excited, but relieved: 42 percent of youths report exposure to pornography (Internet Safety Technical Task Force, December 2008) 1 out of 17 kids have been harassed, threatened, or bullied online (www.netlingo.com) 43 percent of parents do not know what personal information their children have posted on the Internet (Virtual Parenting Report, March 2009) What is McAfee Family Protection? McAfee Family Protection is the easiest, most complete way to keep your children safe online. Designed to empower parents to say “yes” … Read entire article »
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