- 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)
- Could new Angry Bird Seasons character Pink Bird be the next Scrappy Doo? (Mashable)
- New research finds consumers are still renting more movies via mail and physical retailers (CNET)
- If ALF can be turned into a movie, what other kids’ shows warrant a shot on the silver screen? (Huffington Post)
- Why Apple slapped Google by dropping YouTube app (Information Week)
- Why plush sales could experience a resurgence thanks to Angry Birds (The Wall Street Journal)
- How PlaySquare’s touchable TV aims to get kids interacting with their favorite shows (Tech Crunch)
- Amid a tumultuous time, Zynga’s COO John Schappert resigns (Mashable)
- Could Lego get curious about Mars? (Wired)
- Study reveals 58% of smartphone and half of tablet owners use their mobile devices while watching TV (MediaPost)
- How Horrible Histories finds its groove by not taking itself too seriously (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Why makers of educational technology for kids should look to Sesame Street as inspiration (Slate)
- Report finds game consoles and Blu-ray disc players are the most popular devices to stream video (Home Media Magazine)
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