When you said that Yahoo may be the one to pull it off? What do you have in mind? That Yahoo will be successful in forming a social network for kids? What parental controls do you want to see on Google +? Implementing parental controls in an email set up is quite different than it is in a social networking case. How do you rate Facebook in this area?
Perhaps Yahoo is the company to pull it off. They do have a basic set of parental controls for email accounts - that's a start that even Google doesn't have for Google Plus.
Interesting, mtechie, since we're hearing opinions that Google + is really aimed at the adult crowd. As you know, there are those who think that Yahoo could be the great social network for kids.
My kids will be excited to watch the recorded versions of these maker sessions but I will not let them join Google Plus to participate live. I like the idea of live, interactive sessions, but not for children via Google Plus right now.
Hangouts have been great for the Developer Relations teams at Google but there simply aren't enough parental controls available for child accounts.
Even my 12 year old is over making things, for the most part. Makezine for kids seems to me to aim at a younger audience: and in fact they are recommending younger children participate by using their parents' Google+ log in (trying to elevate usage of those log ins beyond the current average of three minutes per month).
Congrats to the best-selling author who persuaded Facebook to allow him to register an account as Salman, rather than under his "real" but never used name, Ahmed Rushdie.
Based on reactions in Nicole's Newsfeed, everyone hates this version of Facebook. This should matter to Facebook now that there's a real competitor on the scene named Google+.
Facebook's "Improved Friends Lists" are rolling out, but they're very different from Google+ Circles. The latter are like private labels; you're the only one who sees them. The former are like rooms you can invite visitors to, where they see you and each other. Google's approach is better.
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