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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 · Entertainment · Gaming · Movies · Music · Social Networking · TV & Web Video · Teens · Tweens · Virtual Worlds & Avatars · Web · Youth Trends

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Mobile Content: What the Networks Are Doing

by David

Last week, we talked about how mobile carriers and handset makers are looking to get in on the “content” game–essentially acting out the traditional role of TV networks and studios. This led us to wonder: What are the actual networks doing? Turns out: a lot. Perhaps in response to their devastating late-entry into online video, […]

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Tags: Entertainment · Gaming · TV & Web Video · Wireless World

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Feeling ‘Blu’ over DVD Format Wars

by NGT

The next-gen console wars raged in 2007 with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony duking it out to become the newest and greatest technology in gaming. Likewise, CE Giants Sony and Toshiba are locked in a format battle concerning the next generation of high definition DVD, and young gamers could play a huge role in determining who […]

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Xbox: The Next Generation

by NGT

Microsoft continues to ride the success of the Xbox 360 following the release of numerous hit games last year. While the 360 shows no signs of a decline, it is rumored that Microsoft is already prepping for the future.
In the February issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (as reported by 1up.com) a sequel is in the […]

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Tonight’s Battle of the Sexes: More than Just a Game

by NGT

As recent trends have shown, the video game demographic is expanding as the popularity of gaming grows. While young teenage males still hold a very large share of the gaming population, more and more video gamers are females and adults. While these demographics are typically casual gamers, some are actually investing enough time and passion […]

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