Young people have millions of channels to chose from. How do they navigate them? Is it all that Ritalin we give them? Actually, it’s all about networking, the wisdom of crowds. Friends recommend cool things to one another–saving time and creating shared experiences (for more on this tendency, read Is Justin Timberlake a Product of […]
Entries from April 2007
Social Search
April 26th, 2007 by Allison
Tags: Social Networking · Web
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Hip Hop Lives as Cornerstone of Cool
April 19th, 2007 by Jason
Hip Hop Is Dead. Nas felt strongly enough to title an album as such, Def Jam didn’t seem to disagree, and countless fans and journalists have said the same over the past year as Hip-Hop, or the music that it’s most often associated with, has experienced a 25% sales decrease.
The most often mentioned logic behind […]
Tags: Entertainment · Fashion & Retail · Music · Sphere of Influence
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Dateline’s Citizen Journalism On Facebook
April 18th, 2007 by rambam
Yesterday, Dateline NBC posted a group page on Facebook soliciting friends of the Virginia Tech shooter. From the Facebook group discussion:
WE UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS, AND WANT TO HELP SHARE YOUR STORY…. DATELINE NBC URGENTLY LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO KNEW SEUNG HUI CHO. WE HAVE PRODUCERS AND CAMERA CREWS NEARBY READY TO […]
Tags: Social Networking · Web · Youth Trends
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Taking Phones for a Spin
April 12th, 2007 by Allison
The new trend in wireless retail is taking a cue from car dealerships—try before you buy. Test out new handsets, listen to music, learn new technology. Enter the age of “experience shopping,” where stores are more hands-on museums than retail locations.
AT&T unveiled it’s new “Experience Store” in Houston, the first of 11 such locations, […]
Tags: Marketing & Branding · Wireless World · Youth Trends
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Asian MVNOs for the Mobile Socialite
April 11th, 2007 by Allison
Rafat Ali via MocoNews tells us that KDDI, the second largest mobile phone company in Japan, has plans to launch a niche MVNO here in the U.S. It would piggyback on Sprint’s network and could start up as early as this month.
The service would cater to Japanese expats craving the cellular comforts of home much […]
Tags: Wireless World · Youth Trends
