Ypulse Essentials: Tony Hawk’s ‘Ride’, Dr. Pepper’s Vida23, Cutting Off Trustafarians
Posted by meredith on 06-08-2009
Tony Hawk’s ‘Ride’ (a motion sensor skateboard game that lets players get as close as possible to the real thing without leaving their living room) (Engadget)
- ‘Nick’ magazine folds (the tween mag and its preschool counterpart Nick Jr. have both been shuttered) (mediabistro)
- Dr Pepper’s Vida23 (a new campaign taps into young Hispanics’ bicultural identity) (Ad Age, reg. required)
- 80+ videos for tech and media literacy (an impressive collection of videos from a wide variety of sources related to technological and media literacy. Plus, a college professor uses Twitter to allow students to post messages and ask questions during class) (textually.org)
- How MTV Awards thrive online (with stunts like this year’s “Bruno” incident and last year’s Britney performance) (NewTeeVee)
- Vampire vacation (devoted fans flock to the “Twilight” cruise to Alaska. Thanks Meg!) (Los Angeles Times)
- ContentNext’s 10 Young Tech Entrepreneurs (featuring 3 of our panelists from Totally Wired Youth Entrepreneur panel at the Mashup! Plus, a 14 year-old chef signs a deal for his own reality show) (PSFK) (Reuters)
- Talking through tech (a new software helps children with disabilities communicate) (BBC News)
- Cutting off trustafarians (subsidized twentysomethings in Brooklyn feel the pinch of the downturn through their parents’ limited funds. Thanks Andrea!) (New York Times, reg. required)
- The case for year-round school (and less test-oriented “intersession” classes) (Washington Post, reg. required)
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