- Extreme tech growth is bringing a whole crop of ethical questions to light (CNET)
- Stan Lee’s animated superhero property Chakra is bound for Bollywood (Variety)
- Can Netflix overcome these roadblocks in Asia? (VentureBeat)
- Big-box spender: Walmart shelled out US$10.5 billion on tech initiatives last year (The Wall Street Journal)
- The global games market will be worth US$99.6 billion this year, with mobile expected to surpass PC and console gaming (Venture Beat)
- Fear is empowering, says this novelist who writes scary stories for kids (The Atlantic)
- Girls tend to be more anxious than boys─and one family psychologist explains why (The New York Times)
- An iPad game that’s only powered by wooden toys shows a true balance of online-offline play (Fast Company)
- Why the world’s biggest tech companies are investing in Hollywood content (Fast Company)
- This gaming startup wants to invigorate a sluggish toys-to-life model (Games Industry)
- Gap stretches into the tween yoga apparel space with its girl-centric Athleta line (BuzzFeed)
- Amazon says its Streaming Partners Program may be linear TV’s greatest threat yet (Broadcasting & Cable)
- A rare glimpse inside Magic Leap–the Florida startup that’s poised to transform the mixed-reality world (Wired)
- Meanwhile, Madagascar director and Baobab Studios immerse audiences in family-friendly VR storytelling (alistdaily)
- Hello Barbie failing to get kids talking or their parents buying the high-tech doll (Bloomberg)
- Power Rangers’ Rita Repulsa gets a modern makeover ahead of the IP’s 2017 film reboot (Los Angeles Times)
- A study in South Korea says kids’ excessive smartphone usage is causing them to become cross-eyed (The Telegraph)
- HBO and Discovery take equity stake in holographic entertainment co. OTOY (Deadline)
- User-generated gaming site Roblox enters the VR space with Oculus (Venture Beat)
- Marvel vs. DC: which studio is getting superheroes right? (CNet)
- As drones infiltrate the skies, a debate over whether they should be considered toys comes into play (The Telegraph)
- Amazon moves Prime Video to stand-alone subscription, taking on Netflix (The New York Times)
- With no clear successor to CEO Bob Iger in the wings, Disney’s corporate culture takes new shape (Bloomberg)
- Seeing green: Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba will invest in Paramount’s Ninja Turtles movie (Variety)
- Girls are interested in numbers, so why does a gender gap persist when it comes to global math competitions? (The Atlantic)
- The days of big, pricey upfront presentations may be over for a number of TV nets (Adweek)
- Why Minecraft almost perfectly defines our current educational moment (The New York Times)
- Chatbots—software programs that communicate using artificial intelligence—are finding answers in the toy world (Fast Company)
- Sorry, Tony the Tiger wannabees. It looks like brand mascots are becoming extinct (SmartBrief)
- Study finds kids are happier when playgrounds are filled with natural elements (CTV News)
- Snapchat enters the augmented reality fray (TechCrunch)
- Disney is heading back to Neverland (Variety)
- What it’s really like to be a child actor on television today, according to seven young stars (Vulture)
- Race to the top: Google Fiber boss admits that OTT is the best TV model out there (Light Reading)
- With one year under its belt, what does the future hold for live-video tool Periscope? (Mashable)
- Ben Affleck confirmed to direct and star in stand-alone Batman movie (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Apple dominates Android when it comes to teens and mobile screens (Forbes)
- Why Lucky’s Tale for Oculus may be the Mario 64 of VR (Games Industry)
- The world of comic book reboots is now bringing Betty and Veronica into the fold (New York Magazine)
- Despite box-office hits like Zootopia, the US movie theater industry faces big challenges ahead (Bloomberg)
- The lives of TV and film producers may never be the same following the debut of Lytro’s volumetric 3D camera capture solution (TechCrunch)
- This startup’s groundbreaking hoverboard─which actually glides above the ground─is also a springboard for some other nifty inventions (CNET)
- How marketers can make the most out of emojis (Advertising Age)
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