News
5/16/08 - RADAR featured in Frontier Airlines Magazine
By now you're savvy to internet threats to your children and have taken steps to safeguard them on the home computer. But how about the one they carry in their pocket? Today's cell phones can access virtually anything that's available on the internet including ID thieves, child predators and cyber bullies.
5/13/08 - RADAR listed as Nokia's Featured Application!
Ever wonder what your children are up to on their mobile phones? With Internet access to social networks, and SMS texting capabilities, there are just as many opportunities for unsafe conduct by children on a mobile phone as there are on a desktop PC. RADAR, a new application from eAgency Mobile Solutions, addresses this problem by allowing parents to monitor children’s phone activities, and view the full content of outbound and inbound text messages (SMS), emails, photos (MMS), and call logs.
5/12/08 - WALB News 10 Special Report: Who's Texting Your Child?
Parents know the dangers of the internet, but they may not realize their child's cell phone can also lead to trouble.
There is a way to keep tabs on how your children use their cell phones and find out who's texting your child.
5/2/08 - TechTalkRadio.com reviews Nice Ofice and RADAR
For evaluation, I was loaned a BlackBerry to use with the service.
I consider it contact management "on steroids".
5/2/08 - The Technological Race Against Sex Predators: How Safe Are Your Children?
16-year-old Vanessa had no idea the fellow 16-year-old kid dying of cancer she made fast friends with on Internet chat was not as he appeared. After a few weeks of what appeared to be innocent contact, she had unknowingly “fallen in love” with a 48-year-old man who eventually traveled across state lines to seduce her and kidnap her. Vanessa, like countless others, became a victim of sexual assault – an event that she’ll live with the rest of her life.
4/23/08 - My Mobile Watchdog Wins AeA's "Product of the Year"
eAgency Mobile Solutions received the AeA “Product of the Year” Award in the software category for My Mobile Watchdog, a unique child safety service for cell phones. The service enables parents to monitor text, picture and phone communications sent or received from their child’s cell phone.
4/23/08 - Law Enforcement Magazine -
Digital Kids in Danger
Children are more vulnerable than ever to predatory grooming via portable multimedia devices.
Despite prominent media attention tackling the issue, instances of adults using the Internet to sexually solicit children continually top news headlines; and following in the Internet's technologically perilous footsteps are cell phones.
4/23/08 - The Wall Street Journal - Quelling
the Danger Lurking In Junior's Backpack
In the past, some parents worried when their teens holed up in their bedrooms to surf the Web. Now they wonder about their kids' online habits at the mall, in the car or at a track meet. That's because many cellphones now offer Internet access -- making chat rooms and dating sites available from just about anywhere.
2/21/08 - WLTX.com - A Mobile Watchdog for Your Child's Cell Phone
Lugoff (WLTX) – Parents, do you know who is calling or texting your teen? A new program alerts you every time it's someone you're not familiar with. It’s called RADAR, My Mobile Watchdog and it could make it’s way into your home very soon.
2/20/08 - KTUL.com - Special Report: Getting A Grip On Kids' Text Messaging
If you're over 30 years of age, how often do you text message on your cell phone? Probably not nearly as often as the 18 to 29 age group. That group primarily uses cell phones to send text messages. NewsChannel 8's Yvonne Harris discovered the message is clear -- you have to text to connect to the younger generation.
1/17/08 - FoxBusiness.com - Innovation: New Software Monitors Kids' Cell Phone Use
With text messaging the preferred means of communications for young people and parents getting smarter about monitoring the Internet, children are facing an increased risk from their mobile phone. To combat that, a handful of companies are rolling out software that they say lets parents monitor communications their kids are having on the phone and hopefully protect them from unwanted advances.
1/8/08 - RADARSM Your Kid’s Mobile WatchdogSM Announces Support for Motorola® Phones
eAgency Mobile Solutions, developer of RADAR, the revolutionary child protection solution for monitoring and safeguarding kids’ cell phone activity, today announced support for six popular Motorola handsets, including the MOTORAZR™ V3m, MOTORAZR™ V3c, RAZR2™ V9m, MOTOKRZR™ K1m, MOTOSLVR™ L7c, and Motorola W385.
10/8/07 - RADAR™, Your Kid’s Mobile Watchdog™, Presented by CEO Robert Lotter at Rotary International
Robert Lotter, eAgency Systems CEO, presented the company’s child protection product RADAR to a meeting of Rotary Clubs International on Monday. The informative talk focused on the facts that parents need to know in order to keep today’s cyber-active children safe in a world of predators.
7/25/07 - The Wall Street Journal - Keeping Tabs on Kids' Phones
When I was a teenager, my parents monitored my use of our house phone in ways that I considered annoying. I griped about not having a phone in my room and needing to hang up by a certain time each night. Getting my own line was out of the question. And much to my teenage chagrin, Mom and Dad were fond of chatting with my friends if they answered the phone before me.
7/19/07 - ABC News - Good Morning America - New Wireless Products Let You Monitor Health, Home and Kids
Three out of four homes have cell phones, keeping parents and children connected across town and across the country. Now parents can use their cell phones to keep a better eye on their children by monitoring who they can and can't call.
7/20/07 - USA Today - Study: 4% of Kids Online Solicited for Sexual Photos
One in 25 youths who surf the Internet are asked at some point during the year to transmit a sexual picture of themselves, a study to be released today finds.
7/10/07 - CNET News.com - Software Lets Parents Monitor Kids' Calls
In March, 15-year-old Joshua Brumfield got a shiny new BlackBerry Pearl, and his parents got a new way to watch out for their son.
7/8/07 - PC World Online - Service Guards Kids' Cell Phones from Predators
A new service from eAgency Systems helps parents track their children's cell phone usage and provides real-time alerts if kids receive unwanted or suspicious e-mail, instant messages, text messages or phone calls.
7/9/07 - Channel 2 News in Colorado
Technology lets parents keep track
of kids' text messages
DENVER (-KWGN) — The creators of a new technology are meeting with Denver law enforcement officials to help crack down on child predators.
Channel 9 News in Colorado
Protection from Cell Phone Predators
KUSA - Protecting kids from on-line predators has been a priority for a number of years. The emphasis has been on computers. Now with new cell phone wireless technology, the emphasis is shifting.
Channel 13 News in Colorado
spreads the word about RADAR
Colorado Springs - A cell phone is no longer just a device to place a call but also a way to check email, text message friends, and even surf online and that has the creators of MyMobileWatchDog.com concerned.
eAgency Adds Wireless Synchronization
to Microsoft Outlook
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – eAgency announces the availability of wireless synchronization for Microsoft Outlook, through Nice Office, its Award-Winning Mobile Productivity Platform.
eAgency's Bob Lotter Interviewed About
RADAR on KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO
Jeff Levy from KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO interviews eAgency's CEO Bob Lotter about RADAR - Your Kids' Mobile Watchdog.
eAgency Offers Parents Wireless Alerts
to Protect Against Cell Phone Predators
Virtually everything on the Internet is accessible via cell phones, including email, text messaging and instant messaging. This means that escalating online safety threats, such as identity thieves, spammers, cyber bullies and child predators are now also cell phone safety threats.
Former SBA Director Hector Barreto Joins
eAgency Board of Directors
eAgency Systems, the creator of web and wireless customer relationship management software, is proud to announce that Mr. Hector Barreto, former director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), has joined eAgency's board of directors.
eAgency Wins AeA Top Honors
for Nice Office®
Newport Beach, CA - May 18, 2006 – eAgency Systems, the creator of web and wireless customer relationship management software, is proud to announce that it has won the AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association) award for Best Web Services in the High Tech Industry field for its Nice Office wireless personal information management product. The award was presented at the 13th Annual AeA Orange County High-Tech Innovation Awards where Sun Microsystems (SUNW) senior executive John Gage delivered the keynote address. In addition to the coveted award, eAgency will receive a signed commendation from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Robert Lotter was the chairman of R.A. Lotter Financial Group, a Newport Beach financial services and insurance agency. He had dozens of awards for business success and innovation, including Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year.