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What Are Youth Watching on their Phones? (And Why Should You Care?)

by NGT

There is a lot of noise about mobile video lately. Just the other day, MoCoNews reported that 90 percent of Venture Capitalists in a poll said mass adoption of mobile video will take off in the next five years, and 60 percent expect it will happen within the next three years.
The question seems to […]

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Tags: Culture & Entertainment · Mobile · Movies · TV & Video · Youth Trends

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What Do Teens Want? Just Ask.

by Allison

We recently wrote about how youth are using their phones in Asia, as reported by Synovate. Reports are well and good, great for stats to feed those marketing types who crave quantitative (yes, we are guilty). But the real insights come from the mouths of babes, as it were, qualitative-style. Anastasia Goodstein from YPulse […]

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Tags: Books · Culture & Entertainment · Gaming · Movies · Music · Social Networking · TV & Video · Teens · Tweens · Virtual Worlds & Avatars · World Wide Web · Youth Trends

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Singing About Cell Phones

by Allison

Music influences everything–from how products are designed to why we buy them. In any sort of creative process–or process of creation–music is there. Technology is no exception. You’d be hard-pressed to find a developer/programmer/ designer at work without a pair of Bose headphones pumping in the latest Radiohead/LCD Soundsystem/Kanye West. Just look at the insane […]

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Tags: Emerging Technology · Mobile · Movies

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Blowtorch: The Hybrid Movie

by Sherrie

Blowtorch, a new Hollywood studio, is inviting movie-goers to leave their cell phones on. The startup asks characteristically opinionated Gen Yers to give feedback about films (even in theaters as the movie is playing) and contribute plot points and video clips that could be incorporated into future features. The brainchild of digital advertising executive Kelly […]

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Tags: Culture & Entertainment · Marketing & Advertising · Movies

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Avatars: Virtually Mainstream

by David

Target’s avatar fashion show in New York’s Grand Central this week
In September, we reported on how labels like Prada and H&M are getting involved in anime movies like Appleseed: Ex Machina and shows like the Sims 2 Fashion Runway Showcase. This week, Target joined the “in” crowd, sponsoring “the world’s first model-less fashion show”—a holographic […]

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Tags: Culture & Entertainment · Emerging Technology · Fashion & Retail · Marketing & Advertising · Movies · Music · TV & Video · World Wide Web

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