How manga conquered the U.S. (Wired Magazine's graphic depiction of how this genre became so popular, especially with kids)

- Zora (a very cool online educational initiative being used with kids and teens in hospitals and computer clubhouses)

- Gen Y not looking for traditional IT jobs (they want to do "strategy") (Computerworld)

- Random stuff about Dualstar (Harvard Business School blog post about a recent visit from Dualstar's CEO - like I learned that at one time, there was Mary Kate and Ashley toothpaste)

- Mania TV drops UGC (saying their audience wanted the professional stuff. What's interesting is that ugc was an add on vs. the focus of the site to begin with....evidently its not for all audiences at all sites) (Paid Content)

- Next Great Thing weighs in (on the state of the music biz)

- Someday phones will find you (Oh wait. They already can! New York Times, reg. required, on 2007 Mashup speaker Loopt and location-based mobile networking)

- Disney food? (Disney is launching an effort to encourage its viewers to eat healthy that also involves their own line of food! Plus both Nick and Disney launch sites for preschoolers) (press release) (Paid Content)

- More on 3iYing's 'Flip it' campaign (from AdAge.com, reg. required. Earlier Ypulse coverage here.)

- Seiko targeting a younger demo (but do they still wear watches or just check their cell phones?) (BrandWeek)

- Verizon so happy (it beat out others to appear on "Gossip Girl," yet other advertisers not so sure if The CW is pulling enough teen girls to justify their rates)

- MySpace becomes even more portal-like (with its new gaming section) (Mashable)

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