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Entries Tagged as 'Teens'

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month

by Allison

May is “Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month” and yesterday was the “National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.” On that very special day, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy (full disclosure: an FH client), launched a host of outreach activities that encourage teens to think about the consequences of their actions when it […]

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Tags: Entertainment · Gaming · Marketing & Branding · Social Networking · Teens · Web · Youth Trends

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Does the Pope Skateboard?

by Zack

Or does he just appreciate a tricked-out deck? These questions came to mind when we read that the Archdiocese of New York was holding a contest to create a skateboard for the Pope. The winning board will be given to Pope Benedict XVI as a gift when he visits New York later this month.
The contest, […]

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

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Should Facebook Teach Teens the Art of Discretion?

by NGT

Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace are in a unique position. They have the potential to jump start careers, or ruin them before they have even begun.
A loophole was recently discovered in Facebook’s security policy, which allowed strangers to view personal photos and information of users. Facebook reported that the problem was fixed within […]

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Tags: NGT First Person · Social Networking · Teens

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Mobile Key to Reaching Youth in Asia, Study Shows

by NGT

How many hours do you spend on the Internet and your mobile phone? Probably not as much as your average teenager in Hong Kong. According to a new survey, of the 38 hours of activities Asia’s youth manage to squeeze into a day, 10 are spent on some form of media.
The Synovate Young Asians survey, […]

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Tags: Asia · Marketing & Branding · Teens · Tweens · Twenty-Somethings · Wireless World · Youth Trends

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