- Netflix sees small bandwidth share decline while Amazon makes gains (Variety)
- This new SMS and Facebook bot wants to build confidence in teens (TechCrunch)
- An India-based mobile ad firm is handed a US$4-million fine for tracking kids (Fortune)
- Samsung’s re-branded VR content portal will focus on user-generated content (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Comcast’s US$3.8-billion purchase of DreamWorks Animation gets government approval (Bloomberg)
- Disney’s Cars brand drives a copyright infringement lawsuit in China (CNBC)
- Apple will start doling out US$400 million after losing its eBook price-fixing suit (CNET)
- New batch of emojis does little to shake gender imbalance (The Globe and Mail)
- Turns out, teens are interested in reading the news—and they’re readily doing so via Snapchat and Twitter (Business Insider)
- Netflix tops YouTube as the most-watched on-demand video service in the US (Digital TV Europe)
- The complicated, intracompany rivalry between Pixar and Disney Animation (Fast Company)
- How Sphero’s updated rolling Spark robot makes it easier for kids to code (The Verge)
- Go long: Twitter and Vine users can now share videos up to 140 seconds in length (CNET)
- Will robots overtake the toys-to-life gaming industry? (Forbes)
- YouTube stars are about to have their voices amplified, thanks to an all-new Internet Creator’s Guild (Fast Company)
- Fashion code: Game developer Barbie sets a whole new tone for the doll (ABC)
- Study says screen time is leading to sleep deprivation for Canadian kids (CBC)
- Resurrecting Shrek: NBCUniversal chief sees more of the green ogre in our future (Deadline)
- Nearly 40% of British girls admit they’re afraid to take risks (The Telegraph)
- Lego Worlds video game gets more social with a new online multiplayer capability (Digital Trends)
- US federal appeals court upholds strict new rules for net neutrality (The Washington Post)
- Developers in the making: Apple teaching kids to code with its Swift Playgrounds project (TechWatch)
- Led by Microsoft and Sony, virtual reality makes strong appearances at this year’s E3 (Reuters)
- Navigating the tricky terrain of effectively─and ethically─marketing to kids (Entrepreneur)
- Are counterfeit retail goods even better than the real thing? Alibaba founder Jack Ma says yes (Advertising Age)
- Hollywood and the case of the disappearing girls stories (The Atlantic)
- Google now leads Apple when it comes to the living room (PC Mag)
- What walking away from the European Union would mean for the UK entertainment industry (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Reinventing the page: A Paris retailer is printing its books on demand (The New York Times)
- YouTube networks are pursuing more diverse business models in order to stay alive (Digiday)
- Finding Dory writer-director Andrew Stanton on relinquishing his sequel-averse policy 13 years after Nemo (Los Angeles Times)
- The back-to-school season may be teen retailer Aeropostale’s saving grace (The Wall Street Journal)
- Study finds poverty plays a big factor in slowing childhood development among toddlers (NPR)
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