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A couple weeks back, we profiled recently launched social network Togetherville, a closed community targeted towards kids too young for Facebook and their parents. This concept of a family-friendly introduction to social networking intrigued us, but it also raised a few…
Last week the New York Times, reg. required, published an article about the recent social stigma around having a best friend. Although there haven't been any concrete studies on the topic (yet), youth psychologists, educators and other experts believe that kids…
Today we finish off our Ypulse Youth Advisory Board series on "Digital Identities" with YAB member Julia Tanenbaum who relates her own wired childhood to the growing number of virtual worlds and social networks hoping to hook kids and tweens…
The latest installment in our Youth Website Profile series is on kid social network TogetherVille. The site officially launched on Tuesday, so we thought we'd share our first impressions..
What it is.. According to their own description, "Togetherville is a social online…
Today's Ypulse Interview is with Chris Williams, General Manager for Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup Roundtable sponsor Take 180, an online video network for teens and young adults which launched in March 2009 and recently debuted the second season of its popular web…
The latest installment in our Youth Website Profile is tween social network Everloop, currently launching at the DEMO conference in Palm Desert, California.
What it is… According to their own description, "a new class of C.O.P.P.A.-compliant social networking technology tools, targeting…
Today's Ypulse Interview is with Carla Alpert and Diane Prefontaine, co-founders of hangPROUD, a non-profit org committed to helping girls channel "negative self-dialog" into positive action. We checked in with Carla and Diane to hear about their latest efforts, catch…
Today's Ypulse Youth Website Profile is on tween social world "Sweety High"
What it is: "Sweety High" has two main components. The main one is a "social world for girls" that immerses tween users in the virtual hallways of a fantasy high…
Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post comes from Julia Tanenbaum on video games marketed with "girls only" in mind, specifically Sony's "Girls Play Too" campaign to promote its Lilac PSP device. A smart strategy considering that according to the latest…
By now you've probably heard about ChatRoulette, a social site that randomly pairs up strangers with web cams. The reception from tech and pop culture blogs has mostly been one of weary amusement at the assortment of costumed strangers, cats…
