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Mii too

Global – Nintendo is launching mobile gaming with Miitomo, a social messaging app letting people to interact using digital avatars.

Miitomo : Nintendo : Avatars

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Google to create child-friendly versions of leading services

Video platform YouTube and browser Chrome are among products to be given the child-friendly treatment in 2015.

Google : Generation I : Coder Kids

Viewpoints

Sam Hill: Living augmented lives

Experiential design agency PAN Studio co-founder Sam Hill discusses augmented lives and personalities.

PAN Studios : Sam Hill : Awakening Tech

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Child cyberbullying cases double in the past year

A new poll from McAfee reveals that the number of children experiencing cyberbullying has doubled in the past year.

McAfee : Cyberbullying : Generation D

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The Reputation Economy is central to new cryptocurrency project

Document Coin is a new project that imagines a cryptocurrency as a means of exchange guaranteed by personal reputation rather than code.

Cryptocurrency : Document Coin : Reputation

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ASOS launches social shopping micro-site

ASOS unveils As Seen on Me, a micro-site dedicated to social commerce.

Asos : As Seen On Me : Instagram

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Different strokes for devices as behaviours change

Consumers are developing different uses for their smartphones and tablets

Smartphones : Technology : Multiscreening

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Facebook ads show social media's value offline

Facebook has created a new series of commercials

Facebook : Advertising : Mega-systems Backlash

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Most US university students use Snapchat daily

More than three-quarters of US college students use Snapchat daily

SnapChat : Social Networks : College Students

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Analysing Twitter conversations around brands

Twitter conversations follow predictable patterns, according to a new study

Pew Research Internet Project : Twitter : Twitter Maps

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Poll finds teenagers are more than their stereotypes

A new report reveals that today’s young people are more socially active and politically engaged than ever before

Demos : Teenagers : Generation D

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Instagram’s growth presents opportunity for brands

Instagram is on track to become the world’s most powerful social platform

Instagram : Social Networks : Smartphones

Design Directions

MakerBot

Will 2014 be the year 3D printing fulfills its promise? The manufacturing process that turns digital models into solid objects has been the subject...

3D Printing : MakerBot : Toys

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Club teaches senior citizens about technology

Blogging : Ageing : Senior Planet Exploration Center

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Joshua Klein : The reputation economy

Author and technology expert Joshua Klein talks about the reputation economy.

Travel : The Reputation Economy : Joshua Klein

Design Directions

DIY.Org

The merit badges include Forester and Forager, but also Rocketeer, Open Sourcerer and Circuit Bender. The campfire is a website onto which members ...

Open Source : Childing : Silicon Valley

Micro Trends

Retro-networks

Nearly a decade after its launch, Facebook has become the social network of choice for millions of consumers around the globe. But as it becomes in...

Membership : Bebo : Private Social Network

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Susan Greenfield : Anti-social Networking

British scientist and writer Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE talks about anti-social networking.

Susan Greenfield : Social Networks : Internet Culture

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Instagram takes on Vine with new video feature

Instagram : Video : Social Media

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Topshop shares a festival of fashion in new film

Topshop : Film : Kate Bosworth

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Pew study reveals shifts in teen social media use

Internet : Behaviour : Teenagers

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Yahoo! acquires Tumblr in $1.1bn deal

Yahoo : Tumblr : Facebook

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Robin Dunbar : The future of social networks

Social networks expert Robin Dunbar talks about The Dunbar Number.

Social Networks : Social Media : Facebook

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Beauty social networks target curator generation

US – A new online social marketplace is emerging for beauty brands, retailers and cosmetics junkies, as sites such as Pampadour and Bloom gain popu...

Cosmetics : Pampadour : Bloom

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The White House launches new Tumblr account

Tumblr : The White House : Barack Obama