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Ypulse Essentials: Listen With Your Facebook Friends, Millennials & Marriage, Gen Y Ditches Logos

Posted by emily | 01/13/12 | No Comments

We’re excited about Facebook’s new feature, “Listen With,” that — logically — lets users listen to music with friends and experience songs simultaneously (even if they’re not together. Users can become DJs via a chatroom and play music they’re streaming …

Ypulse Essentials: YouTube For Schools, Bieber Targets Dads, Millennials’ Game-Like Mentality

Posted by emily | 12/12/11 | 1 Comment

Aside from videos of cats playing the piano and laughing babies, YouTube has a lot of educational material to offer (which is now easier for teachers and students to access with YouTube for Schools. The educational hub curates content from …

Ypulse Essentials: Disney Reads Social Media Initiative, Big Deals On Big Macs, Justin Bieber’s Latest Video

Posted by melanie | 12/01/11 | No Comments

Disney has debuted a new social media initiative called Disney Reads (spanning Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. We love that they’re posting sweepstakes, contests, quizzes, and other exclusive content, but we’re a little perplexed at their choice of doing so via …

Ypulse Essentials: People’s Choice Award Nominees, Teens Are Mean Online, Hang Out On +YouTube

Posted by emily | 11/09/11 | No Comments

The people have spoken, and we’re excited to see many of our favorite acts and programs (among the 2012 People’s Choice Award nominees! “Harry Potter” leads the way with nine nods, and Katy Perry and “Glee” are also top contenders. …

Ypulse Essentials: The Reality of Cord Cutting, Technotoys, Universities Embrace Google+

Posted by melanie | 11/08/11 | No Comments

Cord cutting is becoming a reality (as cable nets recognize young viewers aren’t interested in expensive multichannel subscription packages. Rather than fight Hulu and Netflix in a battle they’d have a tough time winning, cable operators are changing their strategies, …

Ypulse Essentials: Sneak Peek Of The Nook Tablet, ‘A Very Gaga Thanksgiving,’ Big Time Movie

Posted by melanie | 11/04/11 | No Comments

Barnes & Noble will debut the newest member of its Nook family on Monday (but Engadget has a sneak peek. The new version, called the Nook Tablet, looks a lot like the Nook Color and will have twice the RAM …

What’s That Smell?: Teen-Targeted Celeb Fragrances

Posted by melanie | 11/02/11 | 3 Comments

Justin Bieber has one. Taylor Swift has one. Even Hannah Montana has one. From Britney Spears to Beyonce, teen targeted fragrances are everywhere. It’s hardly a new phenomenon — Debbie Gibson had her own “Electric Youth” fragrance in the 80s. …

Ypulse Essentials: Household Spending On Streaming, Halloween Highlights, National Princess Week

Posted by melanie | 11/01/11 | No Comments

DVD sales continue to tank (while household spending on streaming video services, such as Netflix, and DVD rentals from Kiosks, such as Redbox, continues to rise. Much of this trend is driven by Millennials who are less concerned with owning

Ypulse Essentials: ‘Hunger Games’ Posters, Redbox Pulling A Netflix?, Kids And TV Consumption

Posted by emily | 10/28/11 | No Comments

Every time ‘Hunger Games’ content hits the Web, the Internet goes into a frenzy (which happened overnight when promo posters of the film’s stars were released. Fans may have been critical of the movie’s casting originally, but we doubt they …

Ypulse Essentials: YouTube Sells Merchandise, Millennials Are Resilient, Marketing On College Campuses

Posted by emily | 10/17/11 | 1 Comment

YouTube is growing again and this time with the launch of the Merch Store (a feature that lets users purchase digital downloads, artist merchandise, concert tickets, and more directly from musicians’ channels. We bet Millennials will make use of this …