Posts Tagged ‘Twilight’

Recession spawns more teen entrepreneurs (profiled in the New York Times, reg. required, along with quotes from Ypulse Mashup speaker Donna Fenn. And according to TechCrunch, there are lots of jobs in science, technology, math and engineering, but not enough recent…

The Music Tee (much more than a band shirt. The tee not only features original album art, but a URL code-embedded hangtag that allows the wearer to download the album. And Abercrombie & Fitch introduces a multi-sensory store experience. Plus a…

Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post is from Alyx Steadman, one of the many, many fans who caught the "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" trailer online last week. We asked Alyx to share his first impressions. As always, you can communicate directly…

Tony Hawk's 'Ride' (a motion sensor skateboard game that lets players get as close as possible to the real thing without leaving their living room) (Engadget)

- 'Nick' magazine folds (the tween mag and its preschool counterpart Nick Jr. have both been shuttered)…

Name that tune (Guitar Hero creator Activision challenges players to an online scavenger hunt to identify all 85 bands represented on the fifth installment game. Plus, the "Where The Wild Things Are" video game seeks another publisher) (MediaPost, reg. required) (Los…

- Rebecca Rubin (the first Jewish American Girl. Plus, a look at the economic and psychological effects of little girls' 'princess' phase) (New York Times, reg. required) (AP)

- Only 8% of teens watch TV online (as opposed to on a regular television set,…

A spoonful of satire helps the newscast go down (recent polls show more Americans prefer to tune into Stewart and Colbert than traditional anchors. Motivating young people to stay well informed? I'd say that's good news) (AdWeek)

- YouTube EDU (a new…

Drug-Free America goes mobile (with a new campaign where parents can sign up for "talk tips" via text and teens are directed towards a "Check Yourself" site. But will they? Also a new educational mobile game called It's Your Call where teens…

CampFu (Fatfoogoo announces itself as the commerce platform for Rebel Monkey’s new camp-themed online virtual world, allowing players to buy virtual items for their avatar. Virtual bug spray, anyone?) (Virtual World News)

- Spring Breakers take a holiday (from partying it up in…

A sweet save for the Clique Girlz (the floundering tweeny bopper band will become spokeswomen for Topps' Baby Bottle Pop. Well, it worked for former Topps' spokesband the JoBros. And Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus asks Michelle Obama to see the…