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Family Matters

Free mobile for teenagers, peace of mind for parents and smarter homes for taking care of the elderly.
Family Matters - full program (9:39 min, Subtitled)

With a potential European audience of 40 million, media company Blyk is offering free mobile usage to teenagers in exchange for receiving targeted advertising. And they’re taking a number of major mobile operators with them.

Telus Kid Find in Canada has taken three technologies and converged them to allow parents to track their kids. Telecom Report asks if mum and dad are turning into Big Brother.

A smart homes project in the USA allows the elderly to live at home longer while having their health monitored from a distance. Telecom Report investigates the impact the elderly are having on internet services.

 

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Social network community Kindo is targeting families who are interested in building a family tree on the internet. The service started just three months ago and is hooking up users in 14 different languages.

Keeping track of the family schedule is not an easy task. But the newest generation of family-oriented, web-based organizational software is helping families stay connected and on top of their daily lives.

Families were changed forever with the advent of television and the TV dinner, with its prepackaged food consumed in front of the TV. Family dinners were never the same. Now, the home gateway is set to change the family dynamic again.

 


 

Each Telecom Report is published in three separate packages over a 30-day period. The first and second issue will contain the introductory parts of a theme, while the third will include the full program and articles.
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