- Toys “R” Us founder Charles Lazarus has died at age 94 (BBC News)
- A new band of heroines: The Spice Girls are shopping around an animated superhero movie (Variety)
- This is how YouTube trains its AI moderators to screen video content (WIRED)
- Mobile gaming is bigger than ever, and Apple is reaping the rewards (Tech Crunch)
- Too soon? This year’s e-commerce holiday market is expected to fall short of 2017 levels (eMarketer)
- Big Red: YouTube’s subscription service plans to release its next movie on the silver screen (The Verge)
- How social gaming platform Roblox is growing so quickly (Tech Crunch)
- Why spending more on a TV series won’t necessarily ensure its success (The Guardian)
- Chinese tech giant Tencent’s profits have hit US$11 billion, thanks mostly to video (Variety)
- Toys “R” Us Canada is a hot commodity, with more than 20 potential buyers entering into negotiations (The Toronto Star)
- Disney plans to bring immersive Marvel lands to three of its theme parks (The Verge)
- According to children’s drawings, the world of science is looking a lot more female (CNN)
- When you combine cats and cryptocurrency….blockchain game CryptoKitties raises US$12 million (VentureBeat)
- Amazon may consider buying a crop of Toys “R” Us locations (Bloomberg)
- Facebook wants to make it easier for video creators to earn a buck (CNBC)
- Plenty of Americans are still paying for cable…but only because it’s bundled with their internet subscriptions (Recode)
- How Europe’s new privacy laws are going to change the web (WIRED)
- With Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time, Disney is creating a whole new type of heroine (NPR)
- Always on: More than a quarter of Americans admit to being online “almost constantly” (Recode)
- Meanwhile, Facebook’s privacy track record has become a lot more complicated (The Guardian)
- So this is what it’s like to run a store without cashiers, according to Amazon (AdWeek)
- How Agree Online is educating kids to resolve digital conflicts (Springwise)
- Another Apple for the teacher: The tech giant may be gearing up for some big education announcements (CNBC)
- The price of fame? Another celebrity is hurting Snap’s stock price (Recode)
- Why NASA could learn a thing or two from Star Wars (The Verge)
- Can an AI-powered app actually help raise better kids? (Quartz)
- Patch test: Netflix isn’t moving forward with its plans to gamify children’s shows after all (The Verge)
- Amazon-exclusive shoppers are on the rise, but that doesn’t mean in-store purchases are shrinking (eMarketer)
- Blockchain-based video game consoles are breaking into the kids space (Tech Crunch)
- From lavish parties to tutoring sessions, parents are overspending on their children like never before (The Globe and Mail)
- In this era of peak TV, is awards show fatigue settling in? (The Toronto Star)
- YouTube will only let its content moderators watch four hours of disturbing videos per day (The Verge)
- Why A Wrinkle in Time‘s lead character is a good role model for boys and girls alike (Teen Vogue)
- Mattel needs Barbie now more than ever (CNN)
- Disney and Pampers see commercial opportunities in kids’ bathroom breaks (Variety)
- When it comes to emerging tech, this is how Netflix sees the future (Variety)
- A Wrinkle in Time is the latest in a series of high-profile fantasy flops (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fitbit is making its first play for the kids market (The Verge)
- Weaving its way to YouTube fame: Why this animated spider is ensnaring tens of millions of views (Tube Filter)
- DreamWorks is giving the feature-film treatment to children’s bestseller The Bad Guys (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Black Panther pounces on the US$1-billion mark at the box office (Polygon)
- Why a Toys “R” Us liquidation would gravely damage industry-wide innovation (Financial Post)
- Facebook is betting on augmented reality to lure back Gen Z (Forbes)
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