Tocomail App to Offer a Fun Way for Kids to Use Email
Feb14

Tocomail App to Offer a Fun Way for Kids to Use Email

A new app tries to offer kids a fun and interesting new way of using email in a quite safe environment. Actually, Tocomail app is described as a fun way for kids to use email, with no concerns for their parents.  The app was specially designed for kids, so it is simple to use, fun and safe. The service allows parents to add a personalized email address for kids. The new app comes in a free and a premium version. The free version allows basic parental control, as it features safe lists of contacts.  However, the premium version comes with more advanced controls, for even increased security. Parents can even opt to have certain information sent to their regular email account, for a higher level of security.  For instance, they can receive the messages that are not in the safe list, having the option to approve or reject them. This includes emails from addresses that are not saved in the safe contact list.  The app comes with a very interesting feature, which actually allows parents to find out if their child is being bullied. The feature is known as bullying recognizer and will notify parents immediately after tracing sings of such a situation.  Read more: Tocomail App to Offer a Fun Way for Kids to Use Email

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The myth of isolationist America
Feb11

The myth of isolationist America

Is the United States turning inward and becoming isolationist? That question was posed to me by a number of financial and political leaders at the recent World Economic Forum at Davos, and was heard again a few days later at the annual Munich Security Conference. In a strong speech at Davos, Secretary of State John Kerry gave an unambiguous answer: “Far from disengaging, America is proud to be more engaged than ever.” Yet the question lingered. Unlike the mood at Davos a few years ago, when many participants mistook an economic recession for long-term American decline, the prevailing view this year was that the US economy has regained much of its underlying strength. Economic doomsayers focused instead on previously fashionable emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India, and Turkey. The anxiety about US isolationism is driven by recent events. For starters, there is America’s refusal (thus far) to intervene militarily in Syria. Then there is the coming withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. And President Barack Obama’s cancellation of his trip to Asia last autumn, owing to domestic political gridlock in the US Congress and the resulting government shutdown, made a poor impression on the region’s leaders. [T]he prevailing view this year was that the US economy has regained much of its underlying strength Indeed, with Kerry’s time and travel focused on the Middle East, many Asian leaders believe that Obama’s signature foreign policy – strategic “rebalancing” toward Asia – has run out of steam, even as tension between China and Japan, […]

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