About Twitter – Gotchas and Tips for Parents

About Twitter is a social media platform that allows you to “tweet” in 140 characters or less. You can tweet with attached photos, videos and web links. You can also retweet – this is like a “forward” when using email – which …

Social Media use by your Child – Start the c...

It can all start with an innocent photo or comment… We live in a world now where Social Media surrounds us and has become an extension of our social lives. Yet, as adults, we don’t seem to know a lot …

Getting Started – Safe Browsing for Android ...

In this post, we cover the Boomerang web dashboard and its Browsing tab for managing SPIN Safe Browser. This applies to Android and Apple iOS mobile devices. This assumes you have already created an account with our Boomerang app and …

Getting Started – Screen Time (Android)

This feature is only available for Android devices. Read more about our features for Android vs. Apple iOS devices in our comparison chart here. About Screen Time Screen Time is a very powerful feature that helps parents automatically limit time …

Getting Started – Always Allowed

This feature is only available for Android devices. We recommend you review our newer article on the subject of our Android app controls here.   The Always Allowed feature in Boomerang allows parents to select websites, already installed apps …

Getting Started – Application Controls (Andr...

Individual application controls is only available for Android devices. Read more about our features for Android vs. Apple iOS devices in our comparison chart here. Our management for Applications installed on Android devices is quite flexible and can be …

About Kik – Gotchas and Tips for Parents

About Kik, another popular messaging app, has always made it clear that they were targeting youth who want to get out from under their parents’ wings. For Kik, youth are the primary focus; […] you have to get …

2 Apps – Parental Controls and Safe Browser ...

There are not many apps that offer a rich and powerful offering for parents trying to keep tabs on their child’s technology use, Boomerang Parental Control and SPIN Safe Browser can and do. This post explains the differences …

About Instagram – Gotchas and Tips for Paren...

About Instagram Instagram is a free mobile app that enables its users to share pictures and videos, either publicly or privately via the app. It also allows sharing its posts across a variety of other social networking platforms, such as Facebook, …