Ypulse Essentials
Posted by anastasia on 12-12-2005
Tween tech (thy name is Hasbro. BusinessWeek on how Hasbro currently owns this "emerging market." Plus a slide show of their offerings)
- Who needs tween tech? (when grade schoolers are using Palm Pilots) (AP via USA Today)
- Real teen girl bodies, real teen girl blogs (MediaWeek on Christina Kelly's new tweaks to Elle Girl)
- Alt adult entertainment (for the 18-30-year-old tattoo and piercings set) (L.A. Times, reg. required)
- Rocketboom takes off (on Tivo…) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Is Oprah trying to get teens to join her book club (she just might be with this high school essay contest…if anyone can get teens to read, it's probably Miss O)
- Tampax ringtones (cute but what are the things in the band? Little tampons?) (Adverblog)
- Artist Mods (animated versions of your favorite artists on Yahoo! Music - thanks Robin!)
- Mother doesn't always know best (moms are a main influence on whether teen girls diet) (Reuters)
- Youth see more alcohol ads on cable (key stat: the number of cable network alcohol ads that were more likely to be seen by underage youth than adults on a per capita basis rose 97 percent from 2001 to 2004) (Raw Story)
- Change Me (cool new site from Getty and the One campaign encouraging people to "pick an image that inspires you and use it to express an idea")
- BET's new ring tones (you can now text BET to get a ringtone shown on air) (News.com)
- Mobile art (Start SOMA offers cool art for your cell) (Cool Hunting)