Earlier this week, Instagram released a new Map feature. It’s designed to share your location with nearby friends in real time and allows you to see posts tagged by friends or those you follow that are close by. While Instagram Maps may seem like a fun new feature that Mashable says could be “a handy…
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Hey Tweens! Here’s What My Tween Wants You to Know About Instagram
This post was written by my 12 year old daughter, Emily, who started on Instagram to follow my travels for work. She has grown up watching me use social media and wanted to share her perspective with parents and other kids. Lots of tweens these days are clamoring for social media and the most popular…
Important Conversations to Have with Your Kids About Instagram
Since Lisa Frame posted The Very Public Side of Private Instagram Accounts on this blog, we’ve received comments expressing reactions ranging from surprise to those saying that this is just another example of the lack of cross platform security that has always existed as data moves fluidly across social networks and sharing tools. The post…
The Very Public Side of Private Instagram Accounts
Today I found a social media privacy problem between Pinterest, IFTTT, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram. These are the only accounts I have tested so far, but it was a broad enough sample to discuss Internet safety, social media privacy and your information being online. Let me be clear: I’m not a developer, nor a statistician,…
Share Your Family’s #FallFun with TotSpot on Instagram to Win Great Prizes
This is a sponsored post What fun things does your family look forward to in the fall? For us, the change of seasons means watching the trees gradually change from green to brilliant orange, reds, and yellows. We manage to squeeze in a trip to the pumpkin patch to choose the perfect pumpkins for carving…
Weekly Reads: Disney Layoffs, Free Getty Images, TSA on Instagram, NatGeo’s Live From Space
Another long hiatus but I swear, in honor of a new season and what we hope is the end of winter for good, this feature will be back with more regularity like the title suggests! {Headlines} This week Disney Interactive announced huge cuts including the end of BabyZone.com, the 3 year old Spoonful site that…
On Babble Tech: Instagram Embed Code Makes Content Fair Game for Anyone
Is your Instagram content public or private? Instagram’s announcement of the new embed code makes it easy for bloggers and those in social media to share content but do you really want to provide that much access to your photos? If you’re concerned, click on over to my Babble Tech post about how the Instagram…
How to Use Video on Instagram (and comparing it to Vine)
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words might a video be worth? Today’s announcement by Instagram that their popular photo platform now includes video is being met with mixed reviews as users try out the new service. Some who never got into using Vine are still shunning the newest social video…
The Thing About Instagram: Always be conscious of what you share
On Wednesday I watched the news unfold about the changes to Instagram’s privacy policy and terms of service (TOS) throughout the day and rather than writing an advice filled post laden with what the new terms meant and suggestions about other services to use, I went to bed (9:30 pm rather than 1:30 am per…
Dorm Room Must Haves for New College Students
The links in this Dorm Room Must Haves for New College Students post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. Some items below were provided for review purposes. After the excitement of high school graduation has passed, the reality of leaving home…












