Tag Archives: Instagram

When Should Your Child Join Social Sites?

Sometimes I wish there was a comprehensive handbook given to every parent when they leave the hospital with their new bundle. A real ‘how-to’ guide that provided concrete, black and white rules that you simply needed to implement to have a stress free experience with your child. How I wish!! But instead we have to Read more…

Cyber Beauty Pageants – #Shocking

A new trend in Instagram is user generated beauty contests and it has to be one of the most concerning trends of 2013. Within a short space of time, Instagram has become so much more than a platform for sharing harmless snapshots of pets and holidays. Now there are online beauty contests that encourage teen Read more…

4 Hot Apps Parents Need to Download Today

It’s no secret, kids retreat when parents begin to crowd their private space. Have you noticed when you look for your son or daughter on Facebook, you are greeted by the sound of crickets? Don’t worry your teen is just as active in social networks, just not the ones where they will run into you. Read more…

How to Coach Your Teen through the ‘Selfie’ Craze

Kids call them “selfies” while parents (likely) call them “image overkill.” A “selfie” is simply a photo that teens (mostly girls) take of themselves while holding the mobile camera at arms length. They often come in floods online—sometimes dozens a day depending on a teen’s exuberance. Posting photos is nothing new, however, selfies are exploding Read more…

From Tween To Teens – When The Info Dries Up!

In a fantasy world, children (of all ages) would tell their parents everything. “I am not really sick today – I really just want to catch up on some TV!” “Erica isn’t just my study mate – she is my girlfriend and we have been together for 6 months!’ “I know I am only 12 Read more…

avast! Be Free photo entries

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The avast! Be Free photo contest has been active for over a week now, and we have received thousands of photos. We asked you to interpret what our slogan Be Free means to you. Here are some of the photos that we think does a good job. Look through the gallery and vote for your […]

Australian Tweens, Teens and Technology

Last year McAfee undertook some quite revealing research into the online behaviour of Aussie teens. Entitled ‘The Secret Life of Teens ‘ this research report taught us that 95% of our teens are accessing Facebook daily, 31% have broken the law through piracy and a shocking 6% have met up with a stranger they met Read more…

avast! Photo Contest: How can you BE FREE?

No one wants to spend time worrying about the security of their laptop or mobile phone. When things go wrong, it is very…well… frustrating.                         Avast! Antivirus protects your computer and mobile phone around the clock, so you can BE FREE to enjoy your […]

avast! fans are Winners

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Today, we received an email from one of the four winners of last December’s Facebook game Member Gets Member. The object of the game was to introduce your friends to avast! Antivirus by inviting them to our Facebook page. When your friends liked our page, you earned points, and earned points gave you the chance […]

Follow avast! on Instagram and meet our teddy bear

The AVAST Software social media team love challenges;  it stimulates our creativity.  Despite the fact that there is hardly any way to photograph antivirus software, we decided to establish an official AVAST channel at Instagram.  “A picture is worth a thousand words”!  We fell for this inspiring and creative social network, so please check us […]