All apps must be designed in accordance with Google's "Designed for Families" guidelines before they are listed under the "Kids" section.
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 2500 chip could help make kid watches mainstream
Despite what the name suggests, Qualcomm's all-new Snapdragon Wear 2500 platform is not a true Wear 2100 sequel. But it's still an interesting wearable SoC.
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Republic Wireless builds Relay: an LTE-enabled walkie-talkie
The carrier is pushing this device, still in testing, as an antidote to kids' all-screen lives and getting families connected from far away, even at a young age.
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Amazon launches Echo Dot Kids Edition with FreeTime services bundled
It's $79.99, $30 more than an Echo Dot alone, but it comes in an attractive protective case and a year of free access to kids content and services.
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Fitbit Ace fitness tracker encourages your kids to be more active while having fun
At $99.95, the Fitbit Ace wearable unsurprisingly lacks built-in GPS, heart rate monitoring and other high-end features. But your kids probably don't need any of that stuff anyway.
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The 1Million Project is Sprint’s way to connect underserved kids
There are the typical platitudes about the internet changing how an entire planet communicates with each other and delivers information at the snap of your fingers. But the Pew Research Center last year found that the internet gap still exists in a big way, especially with some minority groups, people who live in rural areas, low-income households and those without advanced education.An estimated 13 percent of Americans only have their smartphones as means of on-demand access to the internet. To
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LG and Verizon may have two smartwatches for kids(!!!)
“Hello parents! We see that you’ve bought your pre-teen child a smartphone and tablet. Would you like a smartwatch with all that other mobile technology?”Somehow, Verizon and LG have come together to reach a new frontier in tethering juveniles to the digital ether. As opposed to drowning prepubescent boys and girls with
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