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Whyville Reaches Tweens, Alpha Kitty Prowls YouTube, Google Chases Baidu & More

by NGT

Whyville Delivers Top Metrics For Virgin, Penguin Books, UT [MediaPost]
Whyville—an online virtual world with over 2.4 million users ages 8-15—has worked with advertisers to create educational promotional content targeting tweens.
Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience [New York Times]
One Laptop Per Child has developed a $200 notebook PC for educationally disadvantaged children in poor countries. […]

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Tags: The Week in Mobile

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TWEENS TAKE GAMING ONLINE

by Allison

The kids on the Tween Panel at the YPulse Mashup this past Friday were hard pressed to come up with their favorite Web sites that weren’t gaming sites. They rattled them off… Albinoblacksheep, Pokemon, Crazymonkeygames, Neopets, Webkinz, Maplestory…. and the others nodded their heads knowingly.
Tweens (ages 8 to 12) are just all about gaming […]

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Tags: Gaming · Tweens · Youth Trends

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