Ypulse Essentials: Machinima, Teen.com TV, The Kids' International Film Festival

Machinima (like YouTube for gamers, Machinima videos feature custom branded content that mimic the style and tone of video games) (Ad Age, Reg. required)

- Facebook concedes control (to users after the TOS debacle. Now members will have a say over future policies through comments and voting. ReadWriteWeb thinks FB management is delusional) (BBC News)

-  The old college try (Campuses consider Choruss, a blanket music license, as a possible solution to the messy legal issues that have cropped up with sharing. Speaking of.. students turn the tables and sue RIAA ) (ars technica) (Wire Tap Magazine)

- Home sweet dome (12 year-old Max Wallack won Design Squad’s “Trash to Treasure” competition with his design for a homeless shelter constructed out of re-purposed trash) (PSFK)

- Alloy launches TEEN.com ‘TV’ (a digital entertainment network that will offer original, short-form video programming including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and cast interviews with Alloy properties like GG and “The Clique.” Plus, the new “Gossip Girl”’ in town has officially been named. American Dreams’ star Brittany Snow will star in the much-anticipated spin-off) (WSJ) (Entertainment Weekly)

- Teen pregnancy rates rise in the UK (for the first time in seven years. Blame falls on a lack of sex education programs) (Guardian)

- Taking books beyond the page (children’s author Patrick Carman integrates online video into the storytelling experience with his ghost story, “Skeleton Key.” Plus, rumors circulate about Kindle for students) (Seattle Times) (TechCrunch)

- What’s in a name? (an argument against buying designer clothes for kids. Also, K-fed makes a foray into fashion with a new line of children’s clothing) (Kiplinger.com) (SF Gate)

- Is a comeback   in the cards? (UpperDeckU, a sports-themed online worlds for kids, gives baseball cards a virtual makeover in hopes of reviving the hobby for boys that have strayed to greener, more digital pastures) (Virtual World News)

- Cannes for Kids (The Kids’ International Film Festival (screens a selection of films that range from the silly fare you’d expect to more serious subjects that affect children’s lives. Plus, The Jonas Brothers’ Concert in 3D gets reviewed in Variety) (New York Times, reg. required) (Variety)