- New survey finds UK children spend three hours per day playing video games, watching TV or using smartphones (Digital Spy)
- Why more licensed books for kids are making their way back to libraries and classrooms (Publishers Weekly)
- How a new company plans to turn 2D TV content into 3D imagery (Xconomy)
- Is the fall back-to-school shopping period for teens losing its lustre? (Boston.com)
- Will new physical toys that connect to iPads resonate with kids this holiday season? (INM)
- New survey reveals Canucks are spending less time with tablets and smartphones (CTV)
- Thirty eight years on, the Rubik’s Cube still finds mass appeal (The New York Times)
- Could SpongeBob actually be gay? Not that there’s anything wrong with that (The Guardian)
- Viacom, Turner, and 10 other child-targeted websites may be in trouble with online privacy laws (Adweek)
- The odds are in favor with The Hunger Games’ home entertainment sales (Los Angeles Times)
- New survey finds 83% of IPTV operators plan to offer some type of multiscreen viewing by 2013 (MediaPost)
- Sure, Bambi brings the tears, but these kids’ reactions to The Odd Life of Timothy Green are priceless (Huffington Post)
- Katniss Everdeen defeats Harry Potter as The Hunger Games becomes Amazon’s bestselling book series ever (The Wall Street Journal)
- With a US$620 billion stock market value, Apple becomes the most valuable company in history (Forbes)
- Will Disney XD’s new Crash and Bernstein series find a winning live-action/puppet formula? (Wired)
- New study finds unhappy tweens may feel the effects of materialism from TV ads (CBS)
- How Disney Channel’s Gravity Falls walks on the darker side of kids animation (The New York Times)
- Why Nintendo is banking on a bigger, dual screen experience with handheld gaming (The Wall Street Journal)
- New research finds parents with kids under 18 years old most likely to shop with smartphones (MediaPost)
- Different monsters, alternate lyrics, but the Sesame Street TV intro remains universal in appeal (Mashable)
- New study reveals 92% of kids ages six to 12 have played with Lego in the past year (Toy News)
- So kids will eat healthier fast-food meals…just make sure to include a toy (National Post)
- Why tweens may have to dig deeper to find good educational TV programming (The Washington Post)
- Kids in ’90s PSA predict the future of the internet surprisingly well (Business Insider)
- How YouTube has grown into a mega multi-channel network (Wired)
- Amazing or scary? Disney can face clone people to turn them into robots (TIME)
- How a new patent could see Apple TV provide regular and cable channels and recording capabilities (CNET)
- Facebook’s App Center reaches 150 million monthly viewers (alistdaily)
- New study finds nearly two-thirds of US teens prefer YouTube as their music medium of choice (The Wall Street Journal)
- How a teenager aims to bring console-level controls to your smartphone games (GigaOM)
- Why the creators of Laika’s upcoming 3D ParaNorman movie were inspired by ’80s movies (Wired)
- So this is what it would cost to actually be Batman or Ironman (alistdaily)
- Will kids warm up to brushing their teeth with mobile vids featuring Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry (The New York Times)
- How Build-A-Bear Workshop plans to leverage technology to keep up with tech-savvy kids (National Retail Federation)
- Analyst predicts gaming through connected TVs will reach US$1.6 billion in 2016 via 800 million smart TVs (alistdaily)
- Why the growing smartphone resale business could help struggling video game retailers (Electronista)
- Why Google’s new crackdown on internet piracy is a victory for Hollywood (The Telegraph)
- Harrod’s breaks new ground by launching a gender-neutral toy department (Huffington Post)
- Sales of iPhones in the US bring in a whopping US$50 billion for Apple (Mashable)
- First iCarly runs its course, now Victorious gets the axe, did it happen too soon? (modOration)
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