- Walmart grapples with sales slump brought on by being too trendy for core shoppers (The Wall Street Journal)
- The rise of inadvertent in-app purchases among children has caught the attention of the US Federal Trade Commission (GigaOm)
- A new study says the biggest brands are not spending enough time on Facebook (MediaPost)
- Amazon’s new video streaming service already makes its mark on Netflix stock (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Rollercoaster reservations? Disney Parks reveals a whole new system of technological initiatives (USA Today)
- News Corp. officially acquires Shine Group, makes its foray into the European TV production industry (L.A. Times)
- Paramount appeases repeat moviegoers with an updated, extended version of Justin Bieber’s biopic Never Say Never (The Hollywood Reporter)
- What impact is social gaming having on consoles? (Mashable)
- While US videogame software and hardware sales fell in January, hope lies with accessories like the Kinect (All Things D)
- Some tech experts believe 3-D for the home is a dead concept (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Study says kids from lower income families play outside more regularly (The Globe and Mail)
- Understanding the popularity – and controversy – behind the new children’s show Rastamouse (UK Guardian)
- Kiosk movie rental Redbox launches its own Netflix-like subscription service (Engadget)
- Spider-Man Broadway musical enlists help from the comic book world (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Speaking of comic books, Archie and the gang will be getting the full digital treatment thanks to startup Graphic.ly (Mashable)
- Low book sales wasn’t the only contributor to the Borders bankruptcy (Chicago Magazine)
- At this rate, Android apps will overtake iPhone apps by mid-2012 (TechCrunch)
- The word is out on Coca-Cola’s secret ingredients (The Toronto Star)
- How smarphone manufacturers are creatively vying for consumer attention (The New York Times)
- LeapFrog jumps on the tablet market with its new new kid-friendly, wallet-friendly device (Review of Electronics)
- Do-it-yourself, computer-generated animation is becoming a money-maker for advertisers, corporations and Hollywood (The Wall Street Journal)
- Meanwhile, one animator earned his Oscar nomination by reverting back to old-fashioned grease pencils (Wired)
- Apple surpasses Microsoft value by US$100 billion, remains the most-valuable tech company in the world (TechCrunch)
- Marketers tap into Facebook’s platform but look to third-party tech firms to help them do so (Ad Age)
- Burger King wages a risky breakfast war against McDonald’s (Ad Age)
- Fox’s newest X-Men movie becomes social media sensation (The Hollywood Reporter)
- 3-D channels – such as Sony, Discovery and IMAX’s 3net – begin airing full time (The New York Times)
- Is Apple TV gearing up for online gaming capabilities? (Techland)
- Forget the iPad 2, rumors are already flying around about the iPad 3 (CNET)
- BabyFirst wants kids under the age of three to enroll in BabyU (TechCrunch)
- Activision’s Guitar Hero franchise disbands (The Wall Street Journal)
- The BBC cuts children’s radio programming, gives into the power of TV (London Evening Standard)
- The Hub preps for first advertising upfront (MediaPost)
- In-app purchases in kids’ games aren’t slowing down, and neither is the parental backlash (The Washington Post)
- Disney’s dreams come true with Q1 profits up 54% (The Hollywood Reporter)
- It’s no surprise that First Lady Michelle Obama doesn’t want her kids on Facebook, but how protective should parents be about the social network? (Mashable)
- 2011 could see the rise of the Walmart/Vudu online movie streaming business, which has significantly boosted its presence and promotional efforts (Engadget)
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