Posts Tagged ‘Gen Y’

Sure, there are plenty of kids’ online communities already (but we’re excited about the newest one: Sweety High, a social network designed to boost girl’s confidence. The site — created by former entertainment executives from Disney, Nickelodeon, Stardoll, and Sony …

‘The Lion King’ is roaring back into theaters this weekend (but this time in 3D as a special promotion before the film is re-released in this format next month. Talk about the circle of life since nostalgic fans and a …

Tablets are everywhere these days (but unfortunately HP couldn’t handle all the competition. Despite their huge marketing push with stars like Lea Michele and Russell Brand behind them — literally! — HP discontinued the device after less than two months. …

The Grammys (grabbed its youngest TV audience since 2004 as young fans tuned in to watch performances by Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. Beliebers thought their teen idol was robbed of an award, losing to Esperanza Spalding in the Best …

When it comes to math and science, it’s no secret that Americans don’t dominate the global playing field. In fact, recent data suggests the U.S. comes in at 35th in math and 29th in science worldwide. It was against the …

Last week, the organizers of the PivotCon conference generously offered Ypulse a press pass to their NYC brand marketing event. The two-day event focused on the emerging Millennial consumer and new frontiers of social media marketing and provided some great …

Reviews for an ‘unsympathetic’ treatment of Mark Zuckerberg within The Social Network filled the press last week as errors in Facebook’s programming caused mass outages, leading one to ask one’s self … has Facebook grown past the point where anyone …

In today’s Research Roundup we cite numbers from the Pew Internet & American Life Project that reflect a growing number of Gen Y’ers (18-24 year olds) using Twitter. It got me to thinking about the evolution of my personal Twitter …

Every generation gets a bad rap for something. Gen Xers were “slackers”, and, as you’ve probably heard, Gen Yers have been saddled with the label narcissists. Yesterday USA Today cited a study by Jean Twenge that was condensed into a …

Reading through responses to the New York Times’ piece, reg. required, on college students, a.k.a. “The Trophy Generation,” missing out on the challenging jobs and internships they would have secured in summers past, I couldn’t help but appreciate this …