Technology is the future, from apps and mobile technology to gaming, photography and online safety.
Have you ever played a platform game and thought to yourself “I could have designed that better!” well now with Super Mario Maker you can put your money where your mouth is and design your own courses. Super Mario Maker When I told Curly that we had been sent the download code for Super Mario … Read more
Have you ever considered what your children would think to the sound of dial-up? It’s been a long time since we’ve heard that sound ourselves. I remember watching the film ‘The Proposal’ with Sandra Bullock when she asked “What’s that noise?” as the computer was dialling-up to the internet. Way back at the start of … Read more
In today’s society, it is almost impossible to walk down the street and not see at least one person with their head buried in a mobile device. Gone are the days of sitting together around the television or computer, families now live in a constantly connected world. According to a recent Ofcom Report, 62% of … Read more
With the Summer holidays in full swing there are bound to be times that your children will be online chatting with friends, playing games against strangers and hanging out in chat rooms but how do you know that they are safe? Sadly, for all those who go online with the genuine plan of making friends … Read more
Just before we set off on our trip to Menorca, a surprise parcel landed on our doorstep in the form of Yoshi’s Woolly World. Obviously we didn’t have time to play before we went away and we’ve been busy catching up on jobs since we returned but at the end of last week I finally … Read more
Everywhere you look these days there will be at least one person near you with a mobile phone in their hand. I often look and wonder what they might be doing on their mobile phone, are they simply texting, reading emails, are they playing games, reading books, listening to music . . . the possibilities are endless. My … Read more
I have told you previously about the wonder that is Cortana but I’m still discovering new ways of making her work for me. Since moving to Windows Phone in 2013 I am now completely converted and the addition of Cortana has cemented that. Being a busy work at home Mum I have a lot to … Read more
Childhood for the Beans is very different from the childhood I remember, technology has moved on at such a pace that children as young as Jelly Bean know how to operate a tablet, it just becomes second nature to them. As a parent it can be difficult to get the balance right between letting them … Read more
Do you feel confident in teaching your child to read? It’s quite a daunting prospect, afterall, it’s a long time since we learnt to read and they do it all so differently these days. I had never even heard of a phoneme until Little Bean started school. Research by LeapFrog has found that almost half … Read more