There have been recent reports of how a Twitter scam has affected some well known UK politicians, issuing embarrassing Tweets from their personal accounts. Whilst these headlines may seem amusing, Lloyd Borrett, the Marketing Manager at AVG (AU/NZ), says it is worth considering the potential impact of this type of scam on your business reputation.
Saving the Internet, One Kid at a Time
By David Heath
Wednesday, 19 March 2008 10:05
Website statistics are amazing things. My wife runs a small children’s product website and noticed hits coming from www.kidzui.com. Being curious, she connected to the site and found herself quickly in the middle of their beta program having registered and downloaded the customised browser.
Our five-year-old thinks it’s fabulous. As far as he is concerned, it’s a huge list of favourites; all of which he loves. Lisa Rebena, a parent whose child tested KidZui, adds, “My four-year-old logs into KidZui and navigates all by herself, generally doing what she pleases. I am grateful for KidZui, and I’m much more relaxed now when my daughter is on the computer.”
The idea for KidZui came from co-founder Vidar Vignisson when he found himself struggling to manage the internet activities of his young children, after all how many websites can one parent discover and bookmark?
KidZui employs a team of over 200 teachers and parents to explore the web for suitable content which is categorised into (for example) Space, Science, Games, Amazing Animals, TV and Movies etc. I assume that if I had a daughter, I’d see a rather different selection! So far they have incorporated over half a million sites, pictures and videos and the list is growing rapidly.






