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Ypulse Essentials: The Superbowl Sets A Twitter Record, Verizon & Redbox’s Streaming Service, Gen Y & Investments

Posted by emily | 02/06/12 | No Comments

We’re still buzzing about the Superbowl (including the actual game, halftime show, ads — view all of them here — and the social media record that was set during the last three minutes of the game, where a whopping 10,000 tweets …

Ypulse Essentials: Shopping With Social Media, Kindle Fire Steals Market Share, Teens Take On Twitter

Posted by melanie | 01/31/12 | No Comments

Pinterest is growing rapidly and has quickly become the #5 social network (in terms of driving retail traffic, behind Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Yahoo!, and ahead of Google+. It makes sense considering the site’s large female following and the clever …

Ypulse Essentials: Lego Gets Social With ReBrick, eBooks Win Over Tots But Not Teens, Oscar Noms Are In

Posted by melanie | 01/24/12 | No Comments

Lego has built its way into the social media world (with its new fan community, ReBrick, where users can share images of what they construct and see what other Lego users have been busy making. So long to the days …

Counting Down To 2012, One Trend At A Time: Twitter Takes Over

Posted by melanie | 12/30/11 | No Comments

We follow youth culture and media trends closely throughout the year, and we’re seeing some significant shifts in Millennial attitudes and habits that will have an impact going into 2012 and beyond. We’ve picked up on these trends by paying …

Ypulse Essentials: Amazon’s Children’s Imprint, Twitter Time Capsule, JCPenney’s Geniuses

Posted by melanie | 12/07/11 | No Comments

Amazon gets on the kids’ book bandwagon (buying rights to 450 Marshall Cavendish titles, but it doesn’t plan to stop there and hopes to acquire many more children’s stories. Amazon says it sees the children’s book segment as “an opportunity …

Ypulse Essentials: Twilight Prom Dresses, Teens’ Internet Activity, Walmart Wants Cord Cutters

Posted by emily | 12/06/11 | No Comments

Although there’s only one movie left in ‘The Twilight Saga’ (hysteria for the franchise isn’t going away anytime soon. Need proof? Just take a look at the line of prom dresses created by Alfred Angelo, the designer of Bella’s wedding dress …

Ypulse Essentials: Twiday Is Here, Boomerang Grads Deprive Economy Of Money, From Facebook To Twitter

Posted by melanie | 11/18/11 | No Comments

It’s finally here! Today is Twilight Friday (and “Breaking Dawn Part 1″ has already set a franchise record for midnight ticket sales. If you’re among the Twihard fans who can’t get enough of the movie, here are a few wacky

Ypulse Essentials: Will Millennials Get Socl?, The State Of Piracy, Millennial Entitlement

Posted by melanie | 11/16/11 | No Comments

In case you need yet another social network to keep up with (Microsoft has just launched Socl. We think this one’s gonna go a lot like Google+, though with fewer people signing up for accounts because it’s the cool thing …

Ypulse Essentials: ‘The Hunger Games’ Trailer, FarmVille Toys, Rock The Holidays With Disney

Posted by emily | 11/14/11 | No Comments

The trailer for ‘The Hunger Games’ is finally here (and we — like millions of teens and adults alike — can’t stop watching it! Since the clip debuted earlier today on “Good Morning America” and on a jumbotron in Times …

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 …