Ypulse Essentials: 'SATC' Sparks Teen Sex, YouTombed, It's A SmallWorld

'Sex and the City' influences teen decision-making (22-year-old blames SATC for smoking, sipping cosmos, and engaging in sex at a young age) (Salon via ABC News)

- From YouTube to YouTomb (MIT students track YouTube videos that have been removed for copyright violations)

- 'SmallWorlds' launches designed to be a relaxed, user-friendly version of 'Second Life' (you can decorate your walls with Flickr images and kick back and watch YouTube videos on your TV in your very own SmallWorlds living room) (Washington Post, reg. required) (Mashable)

- Speaking of 3D, James Cameron wants to increase 3-dimensional effects in games and television (calls stereo production "the next big thing") (CNET)

- DreamWorks uses widgets to promote new movie ("Kung Fu Panda" widget has personality test that reveals which martial arts master you would be training with … assuming you know how to do martial arts) (MediaPost, reg. required)

- Social news site Reddit and PBS partner up for a weekly news show (bringing a more "youth-focused spin" to PBS's typical programs) (CNET)

- Thirteen companies, including McDonalds, Hershey, and Pepsi, sign on to promote healthy dietary choices in children's ad campaigns (50% of marketing dollars will encourage better nutrition and combat childhood obesity) (MediaPost, reg. required)

- Toyota 'youth brand' Scion is sponsoring Movement 08 (offering teens a video game-equipped lounge at the huge electronic/techno music fest) (Edmonds)

- YouTube introduces citizen journalism 'news vlog' (the new YouTube news manager enlists readers to uncover videos from budding reporters on the site) (Ars Technica) (YouTube)

- Blog Generation is special … but so is every other generation (it turns out that Gen Y isn't the only generation shaped by technology. Don't miss the Times article about ex-Gawker writer Emily Gould who gained notoriety by blogging about, well, everything) (Gawker) (New York Times, reg. required)

- Antti Öhrling, cofounder of Blyk and keynote speaker at the upcoming Ypulse National Mashup conference, gives highlights from a recent mobile conference (take-away notes include tapping into mobile's potential to build brands and recognizing mobile media as channels instead of extensions of the Internet)

P.S. Don't forget to check out yesterday's "Author Spotlight": Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman. The first three commenters to tell us their girl-power story will win a copy!

P.P.S. Are you between the ages of 13-17? Are you interesting in politics? Are you interested in beefing up your resume and scoring a few free magazine subscriptions? My2CentsforChange.org is looking for teen election bloggers.

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