Ypulse Essentials: Growing Up Touch Screen, ‘South Park’ Tackles Facebook, 50 Most Stressful Colleges,
Posted by meredith on 04-08-2010
Death of the keyboard? (new research shows over 50% of computers purchased for kids under 15 will have touchscreens by 2015. Also ReadWriteWeb asks if the iPad is ready for campus. And Gen Y is interested in TV in 3D) (CNET) (Business Week)
- ‘South Park’ rips into Facebook (Gawker breaks down the 5 most spot-on complaints. On a more serious note, the debate over social networks’ role in policing for cyberbullies continues) (Gawker) (Social Times)
- Gawker on TV’s gay teens (becoming more commonplace and multi-dimensional. Also Lady Gaga supports a teen sent home for sporting an “I Heart Lady Gay Gay” shirt) (Gawker) (MTV News)
- Can teens overcome the obesity gene (through exercise?) (Los Angeles Times, reg. required)
- J-School 2.0 (Columbia announces plans to offer a dual master’s degree in journalism and computer science. Also Yahoo! publishes a style guide for the web) (Yahoo! News)
- GirlZone relaunches (with a new design and partnerships) (Smart Girls Know)
- Going to town on Farmville (with mom’s credit card. A British tween spent more than $1,400 on the game and Zynga refuses to pay back the charges. Yikes. Also the dad in “David After Dentist” turns a meme into a business model that’s now funding Operation Smile and David’s college fund) (Valleywag) (Social Times)
- Gen Y @ work (in Korea leaves something to be desired by bosses) (Korea Times)
- Go barefoot today (for pro-social brand Toms Shoes’ latest campaign to raise awareness of kids who can’t afford proper footwear. Also Glee’s Lea Michele teams up with PETA for a new anti-fur PSA) (iheartdaily) (EW)
- Domino’s looks for new friends (through social media) (Brandweek)
- What can youth marketers (learn from teen YouTube stars. Plus the latest “Pangea Pulse” survey finds 57% of teens don’t consider downloading music illegally to be stealing ) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- 50 Most Stressful Colleges (as ranked by The Daily Beast. Number one? Stanford…) (Washington Post)
P.S. Check out Anastasia’s interview about this year’s Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup over on the ISIS/Sex:Tech blog!
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