Ypulse Essentials: Habbo Hosts MTV Europe Music Awards, Big Picture Learning, Dell Launches News Site Powered By Vice
Posted by meredith on 10-14-2009
Habbo hosts MTV Europe Music Awards (where teens can hang backstage and win virtual awards. Also the market size for virtual goods will hit $1 billion this year according to a recent study) (Revolution Magazine) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- Updated edition of 'Queen Bees & Wannabes' (covers the impact of technology on "mean girl" culture. Check out this great interview on Jezebel with author Roslalind Wiseman. Also "Frenemy of the State," a graphic novel by actress Rashida Jones, heads to the big screen. And indie flick "Teenage Dirtbag" takes on high school angst) (Variety)
- College football dominates (sports media consumption on campus. Plus students ranked as the most connected demo. And America's Greenest Campuses rewarded for reducing their carbon footprint in a contest held by SmartPower) (GenDigital) (eMarketer)
- Big Picture Learning (follows the philosophy of students learning through real-life experience and an interest-based curriculum. Plus more on the Kindle campus experiment. And Glo Bible gives the New Testament a digital makeover) (PSFK) (AP) (The Guardian)
- Jimmy Fallon spoofs (the Miley-induced media frenzy with his own rap as Miley's dad Billy Ray. And CBS adds to the fray asking if tweens will catch the unplugged bug?) (WPIX)
- Dell teams up with Vice magazine (to launch news site motherboard.tv. And why brands need to relinquish control to connect with young people online. Plus CNN picks up the MySpace/Facebook class divide story) (TechCrunch) (New Media Age)
- Seth Green's fake freak-out (on YouTube, turns out to be a publicity stunt for Butterfinger. Plus a kiddie track "The Duck Song" goes viral with teens) (Pop Candy)
- The Alliance of Youth Movements Summit (watch the livestream from the summit on tech advances in youth causes. Also German death camp Aushwitz launches a Facebook page to educate young people about the holocaust) (Huffington Post) (BBC)
- One in 10 teen girls skip meals (in the UK for weight control reasons. Yikes. Also a study in Canada finds teens buying more black market cigarettes) (Telegraph) (The Canadian Press)
- iBankUp (another finance service for Gen Y'ers. Also MyBudget launched last week)
P.S. If you're in the Bay Area October 28th, check out the Digital Media Wire West conference featuring speakers like Digg co-founder Jay Adelson and Jason Davis from Disney.com. Just use the code YPULSE for $200 off the price!
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