- Privacy, intuition and the app-ocalypse: What the tech world has in store for 2016 (TechCrunch)
- As the market for girls construction toys vaults to US$900 million, category leader Lego Friends is here to stay (Wall Street Journal)
- Why Netflix’s rumored January 10 launch in India may not be a cakewalk for the SVOD (Business Standard)
- Star Wars has been a cosmic hit, so why is Disney’s stock down? (Fortune)
- Will 2016 be the year of the drone? (Mashable)
- These are 2015’s most important – and boldest – ideas in interface design (Fast Company)
- Batteries not (only) required: This year’s Christmas toy hits that are being powered by an internet connection (Quartz)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters box-office records on opening weekend (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, ticket sales of Yo-Kai Watch sequel top Star Wars at Japanese box office (Variety)
- The Sumner Saga: Shari Redstone solidifies position in Viacom/CBS’s holding company (Wall Street Journal)
- Scientists are creating a world of AI while at the same time hoping to protect us all from it (Bloomberg)
- The age-old question revisted: Does TV-watching really harm young minds? (Scientific America)
- 2015 saw a record-breaking 409 original scripted TV series air on broadcast, cable and online services (The New York Times)
- Disneyland Resorts’ new security measures involve metal detectors and a halt on toy gun sales (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New evidence furthers the belief that preschoolers can suffer from depression (Time)
- Big, sparkly US$500-million shoes to fill: On Hasbro’s impending takeover of Disney Princess dolls (Bloomberg)
- The many implications of Europe’s proposal that would block teens from using social media without parental consent (Re/code)
- Why, above all else, Disney’s Star Wars payday will take place in the toy aisles (Forbes)
- What the social marketing world has in store for 2016 (Advertising Age)
- Flying high, but at a price: The liabilities surrounding toy drones (Bloomberg)
- Viacom hits MGA Entertainment with Lalaloopsy financing lawsuit (The Hollywood Reporter)
- European officials approve long-awaited rules that will bolster digital privacy rights across the continent (The New York Times)
- Meanwhile, a 21-year-old suspect emerges in the VTech hacking scandal (Fortune)
- Comcast CEO talks Netflix and why only the paranoid survive (Business Insider)
- More questions about Viacom’s succession planning (Reuters)
- The sad economics of internet fame: Followers don’t necessarily equal a big pay day (Fusion)
- An Android tablet kids can take apart – right down to the motherboard (Mashable)
- Why 2015 was not the year of the tech IPO (TechCrunch)
- Walmart marketing chief steps down, former Target marketing guru hired to consult (The Wall Street Journal)
- How the original R2-D2 helped shape an emerging cultural attitude toward robots (The Atlantic)
- JC Penney’s new marketing stunt involves Santa, VR and a push for younger shoppers (Advertising Age)
- Pixar co-founder doesn’t view VR as a storytelling medium (The Guardian)
- Disney strikes a streaming deal with LeTV for Hong Kong (Variety)
- A UK police team has taken to scaring teen cyber hackers by showing up at their front doors (Bloomberg)
- How some parents are squashing kids’ hopes for hoverboards this holiday (The New York Times)
- Nielsen reports reveals Star Wars fans are the biggest spenders (Nielsen)
- Angry Birds maker Rovio CEO steps down after just one year on the job (TechCrunch)
- Walmart is testing a payment app that could take the mobile pay war to a whole new level (The Globe and Mail)
- Microsoft predicts that AI will be the biggest tech trend of 2016 (Fast Company)
- How this Mattel toy is literally putting a cricket in the driver’s seat (Wired)
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