Ypulse Essentials: Meebo On myYearbook, Gen Y And Action Sports, Teen Downloads Billionth App
Posted by meredith on 04-24-2009
Disney's 'Princess and the Frog' (How Disney's first black princess finally made it to the big screen. Also Ad Age takes a look at Hasbro's strategy behind toy-inspired blockbusters like "Transformers" and "GI Joe") (Denver Post) ( Ad Age, reg. required)
- Meebo on myYearbook (brings members real time chat. Also the Facebook TOS saga ends with members approving the new terms. Of course, only 650,000 out of the 200 million plus users actually bothered to vote) (TechCrunch) (MediaPost, reg. required)
-Sneak peak of 'Glee' (The creator of Nip/Tuck introduces his "anti-High School Musical." And I have to say the behind-the-scenes video has me curious) (Los Angeles Times, reg. required)
- Gen Y and Action Sports (Fuse's Bill Carter on the draw of action sports for millennials. Plus, P&G discovers the benefits of cause marketing) (MediaPost, reg. required) (Cincinnatti.com)
- 13 year-old downloads billionth app (from the iPhone App store and scores tens of thousands of dollars in free Apple hardware and software. The article points out "poetically, it was a free app." Plus, more on the technology gap between generations at the office) (Wired) (ReadWriteWeb)
- Emma Roberts (the college bound star of Nickelodeon's "Unfabulous" and tween flicks like "Nancy Drew" is ready to move on on-screen and off) (Washington Post, reg. required)
- The joys of thrifting (with teens shopping smarter these days, Jezebel asks the obvious question: what about thrift stores?)
- Teens look to pot for health reasons (a study in Canada uncovers how teenagers use the drug to self-medicate. Plus, the Taco Bell Foundation works to help curb dropout rates in high school) (Los Angeles Times, reg. required)
- MySpace's 'BFF' (Ad Age wonders how the teen game show will fare) (Ad Age, reg. required)
- More on moving beyond sexting (ars technica reports back with some noteworthy observations from the DC conference: "Wireless Online Safety: Keeping Kids Safe in a Mobile Environment") (ars technica)
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