- YouTube’s new Uptime app lets users co-view videos with their friends in real time (TechCrunch)
- Concerns about Spotafriend, the new friend-finding app for tweens, are growing (Melbourne Herald Sun)
- More than 80% of people in China are using at least one social network (eMarketer)
- Meanwhile, Hollywood is relying on China more than ever before (Vanity Fair)
- Forget about sorting Lego, a new robot can now do that for kids (Engadget)
- Vimeo pulls the plug on its SVOD plans (Deadline)
- Are the bots distraught? Transformers opened to a franchise low of US$69 million (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Universal is using Snapchat to lure Gen Z to Despicable Me 3 (Variety)
- A new documentary is shining a light on a segment of Star Wars fans that are often overlooked – girls (CNET)
- Study says the older the dad, the geekier the son (CNN)
- Gen Z may use a lot of ad blockers, but it isn’t against brand messaging (AdWeek)
- Does Hasbro have a monopoly on the toy market? (CNN Money)
- VidCon 2017, through the eyes of today’s teens (The Wrap)
- There’s a new doll in town that can read emotions using AI (New Scientist)
- The high price of fun: The cost of sleep-away camps has gone up 93% in 10 years (MarketWatch)
- YouTube’s new L.A. studio will put the focus on VR (AdWeek)
- Get ready for fierce felines: Wonder Woman and Hello Kitty team up for licensing in Japan (Variety)
- Periscope unveils its first-ever monetization feature, and it looks a lot like Musical.ly’s (TubeFilter)
- A new summer safety report is giving parents something new to worry about (ABC News)
- Transformers is a billion-dollar franchise, but who are the film’s true fans? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A disturbance in the force: Directors of Star Wars’ Han Solo spin-off leave production (Variety)
- Behind Sony’s conservative approach to the busy robotics coding market (TechCrunch)
- About that digital divide…more than 60 million Americans don’t have internet access (Recode)
- Shopping online just got a bit cheaper, as eBay will price-match Amazon, Walmart and more (CNET)
- Tumblr is trying to appeal to a young audience again (Ubergizmo)
- Time Warner is going big on digital, producing US$100-million worth of Snapchat shows (Tube Filter)
- How does YouTube stand out in the crowded online video space? (Fast Company)
- Nintendo’s Switch is jumping on the kids coding trend (The Next Web)
- A vintage Disney auction has items going for close to US$1 million (Forbes)
- The world’s first emoji translator on why he’s necessary in today’s world (Refinery 29)
- Cars 3 races past Wonder Woman with a US$53.5-million opening weekend (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Banning the sale of smartphones to under-13s? A Colorado group wants to make it happen (USA Today)
- Pokémon GO is getting an update to include cooperative play (TechCrunch)
- Why gender-neutral kindergarten could be the key to a child’s success (Quartz)
- Gen Zers have their own tastes when it comes to the web, and they’re so over blogs and publishers (eMarketer)
- Netflix wants Bill Nye to save the world…again (The Verge)
- How homemade fan films influenced The Lego Movie’s groundbreaking animation (Vox)
- Apple continues its original video push, hiring two former Sony Pictures TV execs (Variety)
- Did Disney make a big mistake by putting its content on Netflix? (Recode)
- Rumor has it Samsung just paid US$5.5 million for a VR app studio (TechCrunch)
- Seeing green: Disney, Warner Bros., Universal and more sign joint environmental production initiative (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nintendo makes good on VR plans as Mario Kart heads to virtual reality arcades in Tokyo (Mashable)
- Amazon is catching up to Netflix in Europe (Variety)
- Foursquare’s co-founder has launched a startup where influencers sell their favorite products (Tube Filter)
- Netflix and Amazon will overtake UK cinema spending by 2020 (The Guardian)
- Elsewhere, Hollywood and SVODs are coming together to fight online piracy (Variety)
- An inside look at how GoldieBlox is disrupting the pink aisle (Insider)
- Long-form content now represents the majority of time spent watching video across all screens (Rapid TV News)
- Instagram’s newest feature looks squarely at Generation Z (Fast Company)
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