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"Pictures you've e-mailed or uploaded from your smartphone could be leaking location information threatening your safety or that of your children"

"MLA 5.7.18 defines digital files as neither on the web or a published CD-ROM. Digital files include a PDF on your computer, a word processed document created by a peer, a scanned image you received via e-mail, or "a sound recording formatted for playing on a digital audio player." "

This UK kids web site looks great for parents. Kids register providing a parents e-mail, and the parent(s) complete registration. The very last step is to make a "symbolic" payment of 1 Euro using Paypal. I never completed registration, because I'm not sure if entering the credit card information would lead to other payments being deducted from the account.

"Companies are using free smartphone apps as 'fronts' to allow them to spy on users' text messages, intercept calls and even track their location, it was claimed yesterday. By accepting little-read terms and conditions when downloading apps, consumers give developers the right to harvest vast swathes of private information. Facebook insists that people using its Android smartphone app agree to give them permission to read their text messages, although the internet giant said it had not yet taken advantage of this right."

The Modern Language Association (MLA) has updated its guidelines for college and high school writers. What follows is an overview of the major changes in MLA style in the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2009).