- New report of 400 kids apps reveals only 20% provide appropriate disclosures to parents about data collection about children (Digital Book World)
- Meanwhile, here’s a new video that can help developers create kids apps that fall in line with FTC regulations (Adage)
- Mike the Knight is the top trending TV search this year on Google UK (The Guardian)
- Why the home entertainment industry can put its five-year sales decline to bed (The Wrap)
- Why TV innovation will again be a hot topic at next year’s CES (CNET)
- New report finds smart device shipments are on target to top 2.1 billion units in 2016 (Tech Crunch)
- How Disney gave Oswald the Lucky Rabbit a voice (Mashable)
- Check out this splashy visual history of Nintendo’s console innovation (Geek.com)
- Why the new Netflix/Disney deal could be a game changer (Los Angeles Times)
- Analytics firm reveals consumers spend 127 minutes per day in mobile apps, up 35% versus the same time a year ago (Tech Crunch)
- How technology has kept Thomas the Tank Engine relevant (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Check out this innovative use of animation, multimedia and the Legend of Zelda (alistdaily)
- Improved 25% tax relief rate for UK games, TV and animation studios is one of the most generous in the world (Digital Spy)
- New study finds 80% of parents don’t want advertisers to collect and use information about a child’s online activities (Adweek)
- How Nickelodeon took a chance on the new Peter Rabbit reboot, focusing on warm and fuzzy over rabbit pie (The New York Times)
- Why Disney is concerned it might lose the right to distribute 3D films (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New survey finds US consumers plan to shell out 36% more on digital devices and gadgets than they did last holiday season (Media Post)
- Netflix claims the Sony PS3 has become the world’s most popular device for using the streaming service (alistdaily)
- Facebook announces over 350 of its apps see more than one million monthly active users each (Tech Crunch)
- Hey social media junkies, check out these 100 fascinating stats from 2012 (Huffington Post)
- Online sales topple US$20 billion mark in first month of holiday season (Retailing Today)
- How smartphones could be the next portable console systems with physical controls (Tech Crunch)
- Why Amazon should watch out for Walmart’s e-commerce evolution (Fast Company)
- Could a 3.5km tall LEGO tower actually be built? (BBC)
- How Rovio’s lo-tech but unique approach to its Angry Birds parks is keeping kids in the playground (Tech Crunch)
- New report finds consumers’ time spent with social media on mobile apps and the mobile web increased 63% in 2012 (Nielsen)
- Why Toys ‘R’ Us is reaching out to Facebook to help kids remember its jingle (Adweek)
- Atari’s Pong gets an iOS reboot in celebration of its 40th anniversary (PC World)
- Why gender-neutral toy promotions from Sweden’s Toys ‘R’ Us have created a stir (Business Insider)
- Zynga changes exclusivity rules with Facebook, shares fall (The Wall Street Journal)
- New survey reveals one third of US teens use smartphones to do homework (Reuters)
- There’s more to a kid’s life than watching TV (Mashable)
- New study reveals China will become the largest film market in the world by 2020 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How mobile game publisher Chillingo has found big success partnering with indie developers (Games Industry)
- Will new online Instagram buttons give the company the same visibility as Facebook and Twitter? (alistdaily)
- Microsoft sells significantly fewer XBox units for Black Friday, but still outsells the Wii U (Home Media Magazine)
- Survey finds American consumers spent an estimated US$59.1 billion over the Thanksgiving weekend, up 13% (The Washington Post)
- Will kids’ love of Minecraft help them code with the Raspberry Pi mini-computer? (Tech Crunch)
- Angry Birds soda takes on Coke and Pepsi in Finland (alistdaily)
- The Jim Henson Company lets Neil Patrick Harris loose with puppets (Mashable)
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