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Tough Love: Police Officer Reports Son for Fraud to Recoup iPad Tab

Posted 03/25/2013 at 6:39am | by J.R. Bookwalter

Kids, next time your parent doles out some punishment that you think is too harsh, remember the story about the police officer father who turned his son in for fraud just to avoid paying the tab his kid racked up on his iPad.

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5-Year-Old British Kid Racks Up $2,500 Worth of In-App Purchases

Posted 03/01/2013 at 6:06am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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Exactly how fast can someone rack up a $2,500 tab with a free App Store game? One five-year-old across the pond did it in a matter of minutes, with the unwitting help of his parents and their password.

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How to Restrict Functions in iOS

Posted 10/20/2011 at 1:01pm | by Cory Bohon

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Restrictions in iOS work simliarly to Parental Controls in OS X. It’s an easy way to restrict unauthorized users from accessing certain functions in iOS, and keep the kids away from inappropriate content.

To begin, head over to Settings > General > Restrictions and tap “Enable Restrictions” to set a password and get started restricting functionality.

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Find My Friends App Goes Live for iOS 5 Users (Updated)

Posted 10/12/2011 at 6:22am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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Apple’s busy day continues, with the company’s new Find My Friends app going live in the App Store ahead of iOS 5 and iCloud. Now you’ll never lose track of your friends and loved ones -- assuming they have the good sense to also have an iOS device, that is.

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In-App Purchasing Now Requires Password in iOS 4.3

Posted 03/11/2011 at 6:18am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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If you happened to open up your subscription to The Daily after installing iOS 4.3 on Wednesday and got a prompt to enter your iTunes password again, you’ve stumbled across a new security measure in iOS 4.3 that Apple has put in place to help squelch accidental purchases.

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How To Limit Mac App Store Access with Parental Controls

Posted 02/03/2011 at 12:05pm | by Cory Bohon

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If you have little ones in your home that are finger happy with the keyboard, Mac OS X Snow Leopard has got your back. While it won't watch the kids while you go out for date night, you can use the built-in Parental Controls to finely tweak the Mac App Store so that the kids don't do anything fishy.

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Parents, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Buy In-App Purchases

Posted 12/10/2010 at 6:01am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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In-app purchases are a great idea, and have helped spurn a whole raft of “freemium” apps -- download the app for free, and if you like it, buy more. As it turns out, it may be the kids who are going on expensive buying sprees with their parents’ devices.

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App Store Parental Controls May Loosen up App Store Restrictions - Listen up Trent!

Posted 05/06/2009 at 10:28am | by Christine Chan

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parent With enhanced parental controls in the iPhone 3.0 software, Apple may become a bit more lenient with its app approval process.

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