- Why teaching kids basic programming skills can better prepare them for the digital age (The Washington Post)
- Children’s advocates say updated COPPA regulations are required as technology for tracking kids online advances (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Study reveals a record-setting number of apps were downloaded in last week of December (BBC)
- Controversy surrounds Samsung and Apple as companies use same child actress for tablet commercials (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Parental advisory logo comes to digital music stores, but will it matter? (Mashable)
- High taxes, rising inflation and overvalued currency send Brazilians on US shopping sprees (The Wall Street Journal)
- Meanwhile, retail sales are up in the UK (Reuters)
- How a new Disney/Pixar film could help boost Scotland’s tourism industry (BBC)
- Why the Obama kids’ food-marketing plan is not any easy sell (Advertising Age)
- What 2012 has in store for the tech world (Techland)
- Only Apple knows if a next-generation TV will come to fruition (Mashable)
- Angry Birds stock on the rise as Rovio looks to go public in Hong Kong and New York (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Will Nintendo follow Microsoft’s lead into developing iPhone games? Critics say it must (Business Insider)
- Canadian kids are reading at high levels, but are they enjoying it? (The Globe and Mail)
- US retail sales are growing, but not quickly (Bloomberg)
- Brand power at its best – one buyer purchases a piece of Apple history for US$1.6 million (Wired)
- New Australian startup creates social network, live video hybrid (MediaPost)
- Amazon stays fully stocked while toys fly off the virtual shelves of retailers like Walmart and Kmart (Bloomberg News)
- Students and teachers get new video education tool courtesy of YouTube (Mashable)
- Are eReaders really tablets in disguise? (PCWorld)
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