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| 08.09.2026 | Attorney General Tong Announces Investigation Into "Predator's Paradise" Kik Messenger App | 09/08/2026
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today announced an investigation into MediaLab.AI Inc. (“MediaLab”) over allegations of lax age assurance practices and content moderation on its messaging app Kik that have enabled ... |
| 03.08.2026 | Managing Organizational Change: 9 Strategies To Chart a Path Forward | Share
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Key Takeaways Clearly explain the “why” behind your decisions, communicate consistently, and avoid leaving people in the dark. Acknowledging emotions, celebrating small wins, and watching for burnout can keep t... |
| 02.07.2026 | A major online safety bill for kids just passed the House. Here’s what experts say parents need to know | On Monday, the House passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, a package intended to protect minors from various dangers presented by online platforms such as social media and AI chatbots.
The legislation includes measures reg... |
| 04.06.2026 | What Shark Week Can Teach You About Staying Ahead in Your Industry | By
Carl Williams
Published: Jun 04 2026, 03:30 AM EDT
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| 25.03.2026 | Best Parental Control Apps to Manage Screentime, Web Risks, and Social Media on Kids’ Devices | By Renz Soliman
Published: Mar 25 2026, 07:43 AM EDT
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| 22.02.2026 | 14 Empowering National Women’s Month Gift Ideas for the Ladies Who Do It All | Created by
Carl Williams
Published: Feb 22 2026, 19:35 PM EST
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| 23.01.2026 | Best Parental Control App: What It Should Do and Why It Matters | Share
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Families often look for the best parental control app when they feel online life moves a bit faster than they can track. Children explore new platforms every week, and the line between helpful content and harmf... |
| 13.01.2026 | 12 Important Considerations When Deciding on Your Company’s Fiscal Year | Share
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A company’s fiscal year is more than just a financial timeline. Instead, it’s a framework for organizing operations, reporting performance, and ensuring compliance. Unlike the calendar year, the fiscal year can... |
| 16.11.2025 | How to Prepare Your Business for the Black Friday Rush | Created by Carl Williams
Published: Nov 16 2025, 19:37 PM EST
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| 08.10.2025 | Phone for Kids vs. Smart Watch: Choosing the Right Technology for Your Child | Created by Carl Williams
Published: Oct 08 2025, 23:03 PM EDT
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| 11.09.2025 | Is there untapped startup potential beyond Silicon Valley? Run Ventures' $290M fund believes so | Silicon Valley and New York may still dominate the headlines, but the next wave of AI-driven innovation is also happening elsewhere. From Salt Lake City to Denver to Atlanta, emerging ecosystems are producing companies that are just as ambi... |
| 11.09.2025 | WhiteFlag Selected as a Venture Atlanta 2025 Showcase Company | WhiteFlag logo – free, anonymous peer-to-peer mental health app.
WhiteFlag has earned a coveted spot as a Venture Atlanta 2025 Showcase Company—an honor that places it among the Southeast's most promising startups, chosen through a rigorous... |
| 28.07.2025 | Late to the Party? Here Are 16 Last-Minute Gift Ideas for Your Leo | Created by
Carl Williams
Published: Jul 28 2025, 01:10 AM EDT
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| 21.02.2025 | Two AdTech Industry Experts Join Compliant’s Board of Advisors | Compliant, the technology brands rely on for data compliance1, has appointed Rémi Lemonnier, co-founder and president of Scibids, and industry veteran, Eric Picard, two prominent figures in the advertising technology industry, to its adviso... |
| 13.01.2025 | The High Cost of Inauguration: A Look at Trump's Record-Breaking Fundraising | Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration is shaping up to be a spectacle unlike any other. With a staggering $170 million already raised, the President-elect’s inaugural committee is on track to shatter previous records. This fundraising frenzy... |
| 07.01.2025 | Always-On School Surveillance Tech Is Sending Cops To Deal With At-Risk Students | Surveillance of students that continues even after they’ve left the campus is nothing new. School-issued tech comes preloaded with spyware meant to prevent students from cheating, accessing inappropriate content, or introducing malware of t... |
| 02.11.2024 | Education | Computer programs monitor students’ every word in the name of safety | School districts across the country have widely adopted such computer monitoring platforms. With the youth mental health crisis worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and school violence affecting more K-12 students nationwide, teachers are desp... |
| 11.01.2024 | MMGuardian enters a crowded kid-safe-phone market | If every dumb idea I ever had as a teenager was permanently captured on the internet, I’d be in for a rainbow of embarrassment. In today’s always-on and very socially networked world, kids and teenagers can quickly get themselves into troub... |
| 01.12.2023 | 6 innovative products from kid tech startups to gift your children | When it comes to gifts, it can be hard to pick the right one for your kids, especially since there are so many toys to choose from. If you’re looking for something lesser-known and innovative, you may want to consider products and services ... |
| 09.06.2023 | Binance and Coinbase: Experts Weigh What’s Coming Next | After years of grandstanding on crypto, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler has finally put skin in the game.
A lot of skin.
The crypto-skeptic regulator – who over the course of his tenure has insinuated that p... |
| 03.03.2023 | The Women Of Roblox Are On A Mission To Make Gaming A Force For Good | Tami Bhaumik, VP of Civility and Partnerships, Roblox c/o Roblox |
| 03.12.2022 | Bark Technologies Announces a Strategic MVNO Agreement with T-Mobile Enabling Mobile Service for its Bark Phone Featuring Children's Online Protection | ATLANTA, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bark Technologies announced a multi-year MVNO agreement with T-Mobile for T-Mobile to serve as the exclusive nationwide network for the online safety leader's newest product launch – the all-in-one Bark... |
| 12.06.2022 | Bark announces T-Mobile MVNO, phone for kids | Bark announces T-Mobile MVNO, phone for kids
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ATLANTA – Bark Technologies announced a multi-year MVNO agreement with T-Mobile for T-Mobile to serve as the exclusive nationwide network for th... |
| 02.06.2022 | Bark Technologies Raises $30M in Series C Funding | Bark Technologies, an Atlanta, GA-based global leader in the digital safety space, closed a $30m Series C financing.
The round, which brings Bark’s total funding raised to date to $67 million, was led by Kayne Partners, the growth private e... |
| 22.05.2022 | Snapchat May Have Parental Control Features Coming Very Soon | April Fowell, Tech Times 22 May 2022, 09:05 pm
Snapchat may have parental controls coming soon in the form of what appears to be called the "Family Center."
Watchful, a market intelligence company, shared several screenshots of wh... |
| 12.04.2022 | BARK TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCHES PARENTAL CONTROL APP IN AUSTRALIA | Leading U.S. online safety service expands internationally in support of Online Safety Act of 2021 to help protect more children
ATLANTA, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Online safety company Bark Technologies today announced its continued i... |
| 30.03.2022 | State attorneys want TikTok and Snap to support third-party parental control apps | TikTok and Snapchat need more parental controls, a letter signed by 44 attorneys general stated.
Yesterday, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a series of concerns to the two social apps, which are commonly used among... |
| 21.01.2022 | Meta and Snap Sued by Mother of 11-Year Old Who Passed Away Due to Social Media Addiction | Sophie Webster, Tech Times 21 January 2022, 04:01 pm
A mother from Enfield, Connecticut, sued Meta and Snapchat in federal court after her 11-year old daughter killed herself last year. The child developed an extreme addiction to Snapchat a... |
| 28.09.2021 | Are your children safe online? Bark and Cricket offer monitoring app to parents | Children’s safety while online has been a major concern for some time now, and companies are increasingly trying to take a proactive role in managing the risk. Cricket Wireless and Bark Technologies are the latest example. They are offering... |
| 05.08.2021 | New Apple technology will warn parents and children about sexually explicit photos in Messages | Apple later this year will roll out new tools that will warn children and parents if the child sends or receives sexually explicit photos through the Messages app. The feature is part of a handful of new technologies Apple is introducing th... |
| 04.05.2021 | Comtrend and Bark Announce a New Online Monitoring Service for ISPs that Delivers Next Generation Digital Child and Teen Safety | Comtrend and Bark announce their partnership. A Comtrend gateway paired with Bark enables the most comprehensive digital protection service available today.
IRVINE, Calif. (PRWEB) May 04, 2021
Comtrend, a leader in advanced networking solut... |
| 01.04.2021 | Bark Technologies Announces Partnership With Pinwheel | |
| 12.12.2019 | Be Careful What You Wish For: TikTok Tries To Stop Bullying On Its Platforms... By Suppressing Those It Thought Might Get Bullied | Be careful what you wish for when you demand that internet platforms police the internet for any and all bad stuff. There was a lot of fuss and cringing when this story broke that part of TikTok's content moderation strategies included supp... |
| 12.12.2019 | Be Careful What You Wish For: TikTok Tries To Stop Bullying On Its Platforms… By Suppressing Those It Thought Might Get Bullied | Be careful what you wish for when you demand that internet platforms police the internet for any and all bad stuff. There was a lot of fuss and cringing when this story broke that part of TikTok’s content moderation strategies included supp... |
| 18.07.2019 | Bark is Raising $6M to Watchdog Children's Tech Usage | Bark, an Atlanta software startup that monitors kids' internet usage for potential threats, has raised $5.6 million of a planned $6 million round of funding from three investors.
Though investors were not listed in this funding announcement... |
| 29.08.2018 | Daily funding roundup - August 29, 2018 | Integration solutions for healthcare company Bridge Connector raised $5.5m;
Bridge Connector: Bridge Connector is an iPaaS system that delivers a streamlined integration solution for healthcare organizations. They are founded on the idea th... |
| 29.08.2018 | This Atlanta Startup Monitoring Kids' Online Messages Just Raised $9 Million | Let's face it, parents, the Internet is here to stay in our children's lives and it's not always kid-friendly. But one Atlanta startup offers a service that proactively monitors text messages, emails, YouTube and social media for all your s... |
| 29.08.2018 | Bark brings in $9M to help parents track their kids’ online activity | Not to be confused with a dog-walking startup, Bark is a watchdog for kids’ and teens’ internet security. Today, it announces a $9 million Series A led by Signal Peak Ventures, with participation from Two Sigma Ventures, Symmetrical Venture... |
| 29.08.2018 | Bark raises $9 million for AI that keeps kids safe online | Keeping kids safe online is no easy task. As many as 25 percent of minors get away with pretending to be older on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, according to Netmums, and one in 12 sends messages with sexual content to o... |
| 29.08.2018 | Online Kid Protection Startup Bark Raises $9M in Series A | Bark, an Atlanta, GA-based provider of a product that helps keep children safer online and in real life, raised $9m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Signal Peak Ventures, with participation from Two Sigma Ventures and existing inve... |
| 29.08.2018 | Two Sigma Ventures Joins $9M Series A for Bark | Atlanta-based Bark, which uses machine learning to help parents monitor their children’s internet and social media habits, announced it has raised $9 million in a Series A round. The funding was led by Signal Peak Ventures, with participati... |
| 29.08.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, August 29 | CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS
Amidst all the back and forth about whether Elon Musk cried or did not cry during his recent New York Times interview, my colleague Shawn Tully took a look at something much less emotional — Tesla’s numbers.
Paid Conte... |
| 29.08.2018 | Bark raises $9 million for AI that keeps kids safe online | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Keeping kids safe online is no easy task. As many as 25 percent of minors get away with pretending to be older on social networking sit... |
| 09.04.2018 | Top 10 VCs investing in mental/behavioral health | They include Polaris Partners, .406 Ventures, Y Combinator and Khosla Ventures
Healthcare is such a massive space, one that takes up a sixth of the entire U.S. economy, that just one small piece of that pie can be extremely lucrative. Take ... |
| 08.11.2017 | AI isn’t just taking jobs, it’s saving lives | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
According to the World Health Organization, 800,0... |
| 11.07.2017 | Bark.us saves teens’ lives by using AI to analyze their online activity | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The analysis of the words people use in chat envi... |
| 15.05.2016 | TechCrunch Disrupt 2016 в Нью-Йорке: краткий обзор Статьи редакции | С 9 по 11 мая в Нью-Йорке прошла десятая технологическая конференция TechCrunch Disrupt. Создатель мобильного приложения Lodi и основатель стартап-студии Jubel Юлия Беляк, побывавшая на мероприятии в качестве волонтёра, написала для vc.ru к... |
| 10.05.2016 | The TC Disrupt NY Battlefield Finalists are Bark, Beam, BitPagos, Ritual, SeaDrone, and WaterO | Thus far at TC Disrupt NY, we’ve seen a handshake stalemate between IAB’s Randall Rothenberger and AdBlocker’s Till Faida. We’ve seen the Siri founders debut the next-generation of voice powered AI with . And we’ve seen Fred Wilson talk abo... |
| 10.05.2016 | Bark helps parents keep kids safe online without invading their privacy | Launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 is a new service called Bark, aimed at parents who want to keep their kids safe online. Unlike traditional “parental control” software or net nanny-type watchdog applications, Bark’s goal is to ... |
| - | We're Excited To Announce our Investment in Bark's Series A | When it comes to raising children in today’s hyper-connected, always-on world, there’s no shortage of challenges for parents. With texting, email, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and the wider universe of social media applications, it can be... |
| - | COVID-19 Edition: Homeschooling - What I Learned from Stanford University's Online High School | Photo by Jessica Lewis on Unsplash
This post was written by Investment Partner Holly Jacobus.
Like it or not, COVID has ushered in a whole new era of homeschooling. While, as someone who was homeschooled, I am a big fan of homeschooling, ... |
| - | Bark Technologies Raises $30 Million In Series C Funding | Bark Technologies recently announced it raised $30 million in Series C funding. These are the details.
Bark Technologies – a global leader in the digital safety space – announced the closing of a $30 million Series C financing round led by ... |
| - | Announcing Two Sigma Ventures III, Our New $288M Fund to Back Data-Driven Founders | We’re excited to announce the close of Two Sigma Ventures III, a $288M fund that we’ll use to continue backing early-stage technology companies (primarily Series A, plus Seed and Series B) pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with data... |
| - | An 'Ecommerce Platform for Fentanyl'? Protesters and Aggrieved Parents Take to Snap's HQ | "Snapchat has given drug dealers an organic ecommerce platform," Amy Neville shouted into her megaphone.
Neville is one of dozens of parents who marched Friday to Snap's headquarters to protest the role they feel Snapchat played i... |
| - | The Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Kids, Teens, and Home | Photo by Jerry Wang on Unsplash
‘Tis the season to be shopping – that frantic time each year when we endeavor to find the perfect, unique gifts for all the perfect, unique people in our lives.
Let us help you reduce that stress. Our diver... |
