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Ypulse Essentials: A Hunger Games Game, Google+ Is Still Growing, Millennial Women Want & Give Shopping Advice

Posted by melanie | 02/01/12 | No Comments

Get ready for Hunger Games the, uh, game… (Lionsgate is teaming up with Funtactix to build a social game that takes place in the world of Panem. Debuting the same day as the movie, it will give us the first …

Ypulse Essentials: Twitter + TV Is The New Way To Watch, ABC Spark, Teens Are Abandoning Movie Theaters

Posted by melanie | 10/26/11 | No Comments

‘X Factor’ viewers will be able to use Twitter to do more than complain (starting next week. They’ll finally be able to vote for contestants via the site. For Millennials, social media and TV go hand in hand, so encouraging …

Ypulse Essentials: Google++++, Digital Abuse Grows, Obama Needs Millennials To Win In 2012

Posted by melanie | 09/27/11 | No Comments

Maybe it should be called Google++++ (considering the fledgling social network managed to post a whopping 1269% increase in traffic over the previous week. What drove the huge leap? The network is now open to everyone and no longer requires …

WIR – Tides of American Politics

Posted by dan | 12/06/10 | No Comments

One of the most rewarding things about studying youth is the firsthand opportunity to witness societal change. The act of listening to, interpreting and commenting on youth is rewarding in and of itself. While it is perfectly acceptable to limit …

Ypulse Essentials: Obama To Host Youth Town Hall, ‘Glee’ Addresses Gay Teen Suicides, Teens Admire Steve Jobs

Posted by emma | 10/06/10 | No Comments

Obama to host youth town hall (in a one-hour event produced by MTV News and BET News that will see the president addressing 250 young people from varying backgrounds, taking questions from the audience and from viewers via Twitter. The …

Ypulse Essentials: AOL, JoBros To ‘Redesign The Internet’, Obama’s Children’s Book, The ‘Twilight Effect’ On Teen Minds

Posted by meredith | 09/14/10 | No Comments

AOL calls on Jonas Brothers to help ‘redesign the internet’ (AOL CEO and Chairman Tim Armstrong name drops the boy band as key creative collaborators in efforts to keep the web from looking like it was “created by people in …

Guest Post: Youthonomics

Posted by meredith | 11/05/09 | 1 Comment

Today’s Ypulse Guest Post is from our own Dan Coates, president of Ypulse Insights, on generational shifts in the current political climate reflected in our October 2009 Ypulse Report and the abbreviated October Ypulse Monitor product.

If you work in …

Ypulse Essentials: Project Greensearch, New Teen Mobile Research, Online Learning Beats The Classroom

Posted by anastasia | 08/19/09 | No Comments

Timberland announces its 2009 ‘Earthkeeper’ Heroes (which is part of its ongoing Earthkeepers Movement launched back in 2008. Plus check out Project Greensearch – a “green” modeling competition.)

- New Pew Research report on teens and mobile phones (over the …

Can We Live With Imperfect Role Models?

Posted by anastasia | 06/23/09 | 1 Comment

The big news out of Washington yesterday was Obama signing the new tobacco legislation that primarily limits marketing, especially as it relates to youth. What’s attracting more discussion, at least online, is whether Obama himself has finally kicked the habit

Ypulse Essentials: Stardoll Merges With Teen Social Site, Church Groups’ Millennial Makeover, ‘Bartendaz’

Posted by meredith | 03/09/09 | No Comments

Stardoll merges with Piczo (the successful tween virtual world becomes one with the struggling teen social networking site and the gaming-focused Paperdoll Heaven to create an ultimate online destination for a wider demo. A sign of the times and partnerships …