- Taylor Lautner’s talents won’t get stretched by Universal after Hasbro film gets dropped (Deadline)
- Can Barnes & Noble bank its future on the e-reader? (The New York Times)
- Breaking down the predicted $100-billion value of Facebook’s imminent IPO (CNET)
- OK Go teach kids about primary colours in catchy new video for Sesame Street (Huffington Post)
- Will Vancouver’s RenderCloud help attract new animation business to the city? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Bluetooth technology allows a shared-screen experience in the app space (Mashable)
- Piracy is a good thing for Angry Birds? (The Guardian)
- Meanwhile, study finds 96% of smartphone apps were downloaded for free in 2011 (eMarketer)
- Why cartoon-based beauty collections are not just for little girls (The NY Times)
- Watch out Apple, Android is increasing its share of the growing tablet market (Los Angeles Times)
- Target moves to stop consumers from using stores as “showrooms”(The Wall Street Journal)
- Lego man boldly goes where no Lego man has gone before (Toronto Star)
- Weak sales and a strong Yen spell troubling times for Nintendo (Telegraph)
- Rendering 3D animation just got faster thanks to Pixar and the cloud (Mashable)
- How JCPenney is taking a page out of the Apple Store design book (The Wall Street Journal)
- Meanwhile, Popeye and the band Wilco get animated in a new music video treatment (YouTube)
- iPhone and iPad drive Apple’s record first quarter earnings (MarketWatch)
- It’s official, THQ is getting out of the licensed kids games business (MCV)
- Why Hollywood and Silicon Valley should create a better future together (Tech Crunch)
- It seems networks and fans can’t get enough of Beauty and the Beast (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney and Spielberg shut out of Best Animated Picture Oscar noms (Los Angeles Times)
- Report predicts video streaming, online gaming and social networking will trigger entertainment mergers and acquisitions (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why advertising alone might not be enough to support YouTube’s expansion strategy (MediaPost)
- How Sesame Street has transitioned into the digital world (paidContent)
- Sponsors behind anti-piracy Bills SOPA and PIPA go back to the drawing board (The Washington Post)
- Will the TV Everywhere industry initiative be as lucrative as analysts are predicting? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How new technology can turn car door windows into touchscreens for games (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Dreamworks Animation stands alone as only entertainment industry company on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies To Work For list (Los Angeles Times)
- Will Apple’s digital education tools help drive its iPad sales? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why SOPA could kill Hasbro’s unique relationship with My Little Pony fanboys (Forbes)
- How Lego print ads are opening the imaginations of kids and adults (AdAge)
- In other anti-piracy news, US feds shut down one of the world’s biggest file-sharing sites (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Will the growing opposition of proposed anti-piracy Bills SOPA, PIPA kill the controversial legislation? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Walmart turns consumerism into a reality show, really (AdAge)
- Owning one tablet apparently doesn’t cut it, millions now want two (The Telegraph)
- This just in, 30% of the planet’s population is now online (CNET)
- Survey finds kids see technology as fundamentally human (TNW)
- How does US$100 billion sound for your internet company’s stock market debut? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Despite shifting trends, 18- to 25-year-olds still prefer shopping in actual stores rather than online (PR Newswire)
- Steve Jobs has a comic, but will not be turned into a toy figurine (BBC)
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