Hazel Avery, 86, holds her iPad for the first time. The Connecting to Community program, with funding from the AARP Foundation, teaches low-income seniors how to increase social engagement online. The Washington, D.C., program chose seniors with no previous computer experience. Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Snapchat's logo. Carl Raether/Flickr hide caption
Ms. James' class at St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Washington, D.C. wrote in to Morning Edition with their reactions to a story. Courtesy of Mary Beth James hide caption
These days, pedestrians tapping away while walking are hard to miss. Andreas Tittelbach/iStockphoto hide caption
Among families with children age 8 and under, ownership of tablet devices has jumped fivefold since 2011, reports the nonprofit Common Sense Media. Jeremy Hiebert/Flickr hide caption
Eva Hu-Stiles virtually interacts with her grandmother. iPad assist by Elise Hu-Stiles. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
Some advocacy groups say credit card companies should stop doing business with websites that promote controversial views or policy positions. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Alyson Illich used technologies that tracked her son Colter's location while he was driving. "I think it made him more thoughtful," she said. Family photo hide caption
You check your phone a lot, even when it's not ringing or buzzing. But just how much? New numbers say it's more than 100 times a day. Yunus Arakon/iStockphoto.com hide caption
An expert FAA advisory committee has recommended that airline passengers be allowed to use most personal electronic devices below 10,000 feet. Leonardo Patrizi/iStockphoto.com hide caption
Phantom Vibration Syndrome: That phenomenon where you think your phone is vibrating when it's not. iStockphoto.com hide caption
PopularScience.com says it will no longer accept comments on new stories because of the negative impact of "trolls and spambots." iStockphoto.com hide caption
Cyberbullies can reach victims around the clock – before school, during school, even while lying in bed at night. And in public online spaces, everybody else finds out about it. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Students studying on their laptops in Berlin. Writer Clive Thompson says that actively engaging with computers is making students better writers. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Does Facebook make you sadder? It depends on how you use it. Facebook hide caption