Ypulse Essentials: Pepsi Loot, Lala Goes Quiet, College Grads Dream Of Disney, Google
Posted by meredith on 04-30-2010
Pepsi discovers location-based tech (with the new Pepsi Loot app that lets customers collect points toward free music downloads by checking-in to various locations. Also in a case of unfortunate branding… Arizona Iced Tea is catching political heat for its namesake's controversial new immigration law… even though the product is brewed in New York) (New York Times, reg. required) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- More tweens get dolled up (according to the latest NPD report, young girls are increasing their beauty usage. Salon, day pass required, says don't panic. Also check out New York Times take on the trend)
- ABC Family cancels '10 Things' (If only it had fans like "Chuck" who plan to rally in four cities Monday to support the show) (Pop Candy) (Reuters) (Hollywood Reporter)
- Lala goes quiet (on May 31. I am very much bummed about this as I'm sure many other fans will be. Also on the "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart rails on Apple for becoming "the man" with iPhone leak-gate. Meanwhile the 21 year-old iPhone finder who sold the prototype to Gawker regrets his "mistake") (TechCrunch) (Wired)
- Girls on Film (is a new flashback feature on Jezebel that like Ypulse favorite Fine Lines that revisits teen classics from the 80s. This week the spotlight is on ever-quotable "Dirty Dancing" Enjoy!)
- Tweens heart HDTVs and laptops (according to a new report from The NPD Group [scroll down to Stone Soup section]. Also magazines will become "collectible artifacts" says Stevie Spring, chief executive of Future Publishing) (Cynopsis Kids) (Press Gazette)
- Google, Disney and the FBI (are the top dream employers picked by college graduates in a recent survey. Anyone else a tad surprised with two out of three of these? Also according to Pew only about six-in-ten members of the Millennial generation were raised by both parents) (BusinessWeek)
- Listen to the END BULLYING NOW teleseminar free (from Ypulse friend and former Ypulse Mashup keynote Josh Shipp and Brooke Gibbs. Also Cartoon Network jumps on the Let's Move bandwagon)
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