Published on: 2025-05-03 23:38:00
The big picture: Android may be the dominant mobile operating system worldwide but in the US, the iPhone reigns supreme with a nearly 60 percent market share across all age groups. A recent survey found that the numbers are even more skewed among teenagers, with nearly nine out of 10 teens owning an iPhone. According to the latest survey by American investment bank Piper Sandler, 88 percent of US teens own an iPhone, and 25 percent plan to upgrade to the upcoming iPhone 17 before the end of the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-06 11:35:44
Apple TV+ has been finding more mainstream success of late, fueled by the popularity of hits like Severance and The Studio. But there’s one demographic that, per a new survey, is not tuned in to TV+: teens. Only 1% of US teens are regular Apple TV+ viewers, per survey Today Piper Sandler published its 49th semi-annual survey of teens in the US on a variety of topics. Over 6,000 teens were polled on their preferences and usage habits with technology, entertainment, food, clothing, and more. U
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 10:54:15
Meta / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET If you're concerned about keeping your kids safe on social media but still want to keep them connected, Meta is introducing a new type of Facebook and Messenger account just for teens under 16. Available soon These special teen accounts, which are not available yet but will be "soon," will have built-in protections that restrict who can contact them and what kind of content they can see, plus safeguards to make sure time is well spent. Teens are automatical
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-09 11:00:42
Meta is bringing its “teen accounts” to Facebook and Messenger. Like on Instagram, the company will begin automatically moving younger teens to the new accounts, which come with mandatory parental control features and restrictions on who they can message and interact with. The company first introduced the feature on Instagram last fall and now has 54 million teens with the more locked-down accounts. (Instagram requires teens between the ages of 13 and 15 to use a teen account and has in-app too
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-09 11:00:00
Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users into an app experience with built-in protections, will be available on these platforms in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada before expanding to additional regions in the future. Teen Accounts first rolled out to Instagram last September after Instagram and other popular social networks were grilled by U.S. lawmakers for not doing enough to protect teens. As part of Tuesday’s ann
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 14:18:55
TikTok has announced several new features launching today for teens and parents to help “build balanced digital habits.” Here’s what that means. For parents of TikTok teens A big part of today’s new batch of features is giving new tools to parents for monitoring their teen’s use of TikTok. To that end, there are two new features launching: Time Away : “Today, we’re enhancing Family Pairing by launching a way for parents to block their teens from being on TikTok during times that they control
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 17:47:48
TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s rolling out new features to protect teens on its app. The social network is giving parents the ability to block their teen from using TikTok during certain hours and see their teen’s following and followers lists through new Family Pairing features. TikTok is also going to encourage young users to put their phones away at night and go to sleep. With the new “Time Away” feature, parents can block their teens from accessing TikTok during times that they contr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 04:10:32
Utah’s legislature has passed a new bill that would require app stores to verify the age and identity of all users, including adults. The bill now awaits signature by Governor Spencer Cox, who signed a similar bill last year that was blocked by a federal judge over First Amendment concerns. The intention of the law seems to be a step towards restricting youth access to social media. Governor Cox has been an outspoken critic of social media use by teenagers and previously tried banning TikTok in
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 00:51:37
Uber has started piloting its teenagers-focused Uber for Teens service in India, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Uber for Teens is live in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai, Uber confirmed to TechCrunch. The company said it would expand the service in the coming weeks to 35 cities, which include Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. The service lets parents and guardians set up accounts for their teenagers (between 13 and 17 of age) so they can request trips directly using their ow
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