Mobile Music to Hit $5.5 Billion by 2013: Despite the global recession, revenues from streamed mobile music
services and full-track downloads are expected to exhibit strong growth
over the next 5 years, according to a new report from Juniper Research. [Hypebot]
Gay Teen Voted Prom Queen at L.A. High School Prom: An openly-gay, teenage boy was just voted "Prom Queen" at Los Angeles' Fairfax High School in a campaign that began as a stunt -- but ended up spurring discussion on the campus about gender roles and teen popularity. [NBC Los Angeles]
Student Converts School Locker Into a Covert Library for Banned Books: A student at a private school goes rogue and stocks her locker full of banned books that she lends to other students. Brilliant! Although she does a little book banning of her own. [Laughing Squid]
Social Media Case Study: We Are Social, a London based digital PR and social media agency, has put together a compelling case study of how Best Buy is using social media to engage and connect with customers. This is a must read! [We Are Social]
Students Say Tech Skills Are Crucial: College students pursuing myriad careers agree that high-tech skills will take them further, and a majority expect to encounter new technologies they will have to master in the workforce. [NetworkWorld]
The School and Family Education about the Internet (SAFE Internet) Act: A federal lawmaker has introduced internet safety legislation that, if passed, would authorize roughly $175 million--$35 million a year for five years--for internet safety education and training to help make children, parents, and educators aware of proper online behavior and the dangers the internet poses. [eSchool News]
Virtual Worlds Continue to Boom: According to research conducted by eMarketer, 8 million US kids and teens spent time in virtual worlds on a regular basis last year and they estimate that figure will grow to 15 million by 2013, estimates that 37% of kids 3-11 play in virtual worlds at least once a month, and 54% will by 2013. Also check out Jeremiah Owyang's (@jowyang) updated stats on the Social Networking industry in 2009. [eMarketer] [Web Strategy]
Princess Syndrome: "That’s especially true in tough economic times, when more parents are focusing on messages of frugality and humility that, they say, just don’t fit with the princess mentality that has become a rite of passage for many girls.” [Yahoo! News]
New 'Sexting' Study: Peter Cumming, an associate professor at York Univeristy in Toronto, presented a paper on children's sexuality at the 78th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences defending the practice as a modern variation on "playing doctor or spin-the-bottle." [Breitbart.com]
MTV Sues Kids’ Wireless Provider Kajeet Over Content Deal: Viacom Inc.’s MTV Networks filed an $11.6 million lawsuit against a cell phone service designed for children, accusing it of using content without permission and failing to follow through on a ring-tone licensing deal. [Bloomberg.com]
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