Ypulse Essentials: Stardoll Relaunches Piczo, More Teens Want iPhones, 'I Kissed A Vampire'
Stardoll relaunches Piczo (as a blogging network with an emphasis on fashion/entertainment with a focus on young women ages 14-24. Plus teen site Suddenly Darling also just launched in the popular teen fashionista space. And Piper Jaffray says teen spending on fashion is beginning to recover) (Paid Content UK)
- Speaking of fashionistas… (Mattel is putting lots of marketing power behind its new line of Barbie Fashionistas. And over at Racialicious, two interesting takes on the new line of black Barbies. Plus a class of 12-year-olds schools Toys R Us about advertising to kids) (Toy News Mag) (AdLand)
- Habbo lays off 40 staffers (while yet another virtual world for kids, Vector City Racers, launches, as does new tween world Woozworld.) (Gamasutra)
- Coke Zero on Facebook (with a slightly creepy find your FB doppleganger promotion) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- More teens want iPhones (the percentage has risen since the spring – Piper Jaffray says the $99 iPhone 3G is making an impact. And the new NPD survey on Mac owners [richer, more into gadgets and also PC owners!].) (Apple Insider) (Ars Technica)
- Scary stat (1/3 of teens in Britain think Google shows most relevant and truthful results at top) (eCommerce Journal)
- CTIA-The Wireless Association launches… (a mobile broadband initiative in low-income communities across the country. And new stats show black youth face a growing threat of violence from their peers.) (New American Media)
- Six music marketing bloggers (you should be following. Plus CMJ announces its lineup.) (Gen Y Rock Stars) (Beat Crave)
- ‘I Kissed a Vampire’ (which The Wrap describes as “If the makers of ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ got together with the ‘Twilight’ team” launches Oct. 13th on iTunes. While the new zombie web series “Woke Up Dead” starring “Napoleon Dynamite’s” Jon Heder debuted on Crackle this week.) (Pop Candy)