Ypulse Essentials: 'Rockville, CA,' SmartyPig On Mint.com, Free Range Kids: The Book
Posted by meredith on 03-16-2009
'Rockville, CA' (Josh Schwartz' new web series debuts on Tuesday. Will an "O.C./Gossip Girl" pedigree change the face of online-only television? Also, TV Week asks if Teen.com can become the web's MTV) (New York Times, reg. required)
- SmartyPig on Mint.com (the social banking site now lets users link their accounts to other money management sites including Mint.com, which has become popular with Gen Y users. Plus, the founder of HerHotSpot, a new social site for Gen Y women, gives her sales pitch on TechCrunch) (SocialTimes)
- Out of the recession comes.. innovation? (PSFK says "I told you so" in not so many words by pointing to a recent Times' article that spotlights the recent surge of entrepreneurship brought on by a lack of other prospects. Plus, more speculation on how twentysomethings will weather the downturn in The Houston Chronicle) (PSFK) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Don't bug me, bro (a high school installs the high pitch-emitting "mosquito" machine to deter students from loitering in the halls. Really?) (Chicago Tribune)
- Two true fans (second only to Obama, the Coca-Cola fan page on Facebook has racked up quite the following. But what's really surprising is that the page was created by.. actual Coke fans. Plus, Smarties gets the wrong kind of UGC publicity when a YouTube video featuring the candy being "smoked" goes viral) (AdAge, reg. required)
- A suit over tuxes (in Indiana a 17 year-old girl fights against her school's gender-specific dress policy for prom and successfully reverses the dress code) (Jezebel)
- Tween web designer honored (by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council for her site Kids Are Heroes. In order to fund the trip she and her family are offering their various services) (MSNBC)
- 'Free Range Kids' Book (the first chapter of the guide to limit light parenting is now available online. Plus, on the other end of the spectrum a teen driver tracking website developed by parents in Oregon) (Boing Boing) (TrendHunter)
- A new dimension to baseball card collecting (Topps and MLB introduce cards that appear in 3-D with a web camera) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- Aeropostale (more insight towards the teen chain's standout success) (Crain's)
- Laptops in the classroom (ars technica explores the pros and cons of students embracing the technology on campus)
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