- Why the Obama kids’ food-marketing plan is not any easy sell (Advertising Age)
- What 2012 has in store for the tech world (Techland)
- Only Apple knows if a next-generation TV will come to fruition (Mashable)
- Angry Birds stock on the rise as Rovio looks to go public in Hong Kong and New York (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Will Nintendo follow Microsoft’s lead into developing iPhone games? Critics say it must (Business Insider)
- Canadian kids are reading at high levels, but are they enjoying it? (The Globe and Mail)
- US retail sales are growing, but not quickly (Bloomberg)
- Brand power at its best – one buyer purchases a piece of Apple history for US$1.6 million (Wired)
- New Australian startup creates social network, live video hybrid (MediaPost)
- Amazon stays fully stocked while toys fly off the virtual shelves of retailers like Walmart and Kmart (Bloomberg News)
- Students and teachers get new video education tool courtesy of YouTube (Mashable)
- Are eReaders really tablets in disguise? (PCWorld)
- And the lucky developers are… Apple picks its favorite apps and media content of 2011 (Wired)
- Those sugar highs can still be linked to a majority of children’s cereals (MediaPost)
- Meanwhile, researchers find video games are helping to combat childhood obesity (Montreal Gazette)
- Free COPPA webinar December 15 to feature president of the kidSAFE Seal Program (kidSAFE)
- Kids’ online characters get the plush treatment thanks to a new startup (San Francisco Chronicle)
- A new digital publishing strategy leaves McGraw-Hill Education with a downsized workforce (Publishers Weekly)
- The iPhone gears up for a very happy holiday (CNET)
- Meanwhile, new cloud-based gaming technology brings console games to tablets and phones (The Telegraph)
- Sanrio says ‘Hello’ to Chorion’s Mr. Men and Little Miss character range (Financial Times)
- The many faces of Facebook are actually helping to boost your memory (Mashable)
- The dollar store business model continues to pay off (The Globe and Mail)
- Japanese cartoon emoticons take on the West (The New York Times)
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