Oxford using Facebook to snoop [MSNBC]
First your mom is on Facebook, then your boss, now your school! Oxford University is spying on students’ through the social network and sending out fines for bad behavior via e-mail.
Most Hyped 2007: Facebook vs iPhone vs Twitter vs Pownce [Mashable]
Mashable takes a look at four of the most talked about tech stories this year – Facebook, Twitter, Pownce (Twitter 2.0), and the iPhone – and analyzes them by traffic, social bookmarks, online predictive markets, and blog hits. Most hyped? Guess….
Back To School [Media Post]
Jim Ryan left Cingular (on the brink of the iPhone launch) to start MobileCampus, a free mobile service for college students paid for by highly-targeted targeted ads. This niche model could well be the future of digital, but some big questions remain.
Online Video Ads: Just Wait [BusinessWeek]
Online video is experiencing a steady build and money is already starting to flow from TV to the web. Apparently we ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
China limits online game time for teens [USA Today]
The Chinese government established new rules this week for online gamers: after 3 hours of play, gamers under 18 are warned to stop and “do suitable physical exercise” otherwise they lose half their points. What’s next: government-issued trainers?
More Major Food Marketers Establish Kids-Advertising Limits [AdAge]
Campbell Soup and General Mills have joined a group of 11 major food marketers including McDonald’s and Hershey’s that promise to no longer advertise unhealthy foods to kids under 12.
Fewer high school students are having sex [MSNBC]
Sexy Time! Not so much…. 47% of high school students said they had sex in 2005, compared to 54% in 1991. 63% of sexually active teens use condoms, up from 46% in 1991.
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