A young gay filmmaker took his own life this month, just weeks after creating an online video encouraging other gay teenagers. 19-year-old Californian EricJames Borges killed himself after posting the video to It Gets Better, a project designed to give hope to lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth.
A video has been sweeping the Internet over the last week, bringing the plight of bullied children everywhere into the spotlight. The video, in which a final-year middle school student reveals that he is gay, has received over seven million hits.
Many parents like to know what their son or daughter is up to in real life. But a new study suggests more than half of all parents keep tabs on their kids’ activities on the web.
Just when you thought Finland-based Rovio Mobile had all but exhausted the possibilities for its top-selling Angry Birds game, they’ve gone where no one would’ve expected them to go — bricks and mortar, so to speak. Partnering with iconic board game maker Mattel, Rovio released Angry Birds: Knock on Wood Game in May.
A 10-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after his love for video games nearly turned deadly in Italy.
The boy was walking along a subway platform and was so absorbed by his Play Station Portable that he didn't see where he was going - and fell off the platform and onto the tracks below.
Fortunately for the kid, there were no trains entering the station at that moment. Fortunately for us, the incident was captured on a security camera video you can watch below.
Couples can spend days going through books trying to find the perfect name for their bundle of joy, only to spend hours debating their choices and settling on a name that works. One new mom, however, will have no say in the name of her baby.
That’s because she’s letting Facebook users decide the name for her unborn child.
For parents wondering what gadgets their kids (aged 6-12) want most - or what they're likely to ask "Santa" for Christmas, the results are in.
Is Apple about to let parents censor kids' text messages? A patent filing made by the company points to an 'anti-sexting' application that could potentially be embedded in iPhone software.
Just when you thought we were over the hilarious and ingenious Old Spice Guy commercials that were a viral phenomenon this summer, Sesame Street has brought the meme back with a fresh spin.
Tyler Clementi's suicide once again raises the spectre of cyber-bullying among students. This week, students at Rutgers University came out in mass protest at the death of the 18 year-old gay man. He jumped from the George Washington bridge earlier this month, after he found out that his room mate had been broadcasting private images of him online.
Danny Bradbury is a technology journalist with 20 years' experience. He writes regularly for publications including the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Financial Post, and Backbone magazine. Danny also writes and directs documentaries.
Maurice CachoMaurice Cacho is a Toronto-based journalist mixing his love for tech with a passion for news. He's also CP24's Web Journalist and appears daily on CP24 Breakfast and weekly on the channel's tech show, Webnation, discussing tech news and trends.
