5 Things You Need to Know This Week: Apple Settles, Spring Movie Guide, Google Glasses, and More

"5 Things You Need to Know This Week" is a reoccurring Friday feature at Common Sense Media

Now that the Oscars are over and the first day of March is here, we're looking ahead at the 11 new movies in our spring movie preview. We're also commenting on the Apple in-app settlement, ogling Google Glasses, and spreading the word about our new Apps for Kids with Special Needs guide.

• Fairy tales, magic, sci-fi, and sports: 11 spring movies to put on your radar.

• Apple pays up: 23 million parents will be compensated for their kids' unauthorized in-app purchases.

• We love our VP's candid blog post about how digital media has helped her special needs kid.

• Tempted to read your kid's texts? Our parenting expert weighs in.

• Google glasses are so cool! But how much of our digital privacy is at stake?