PCMag.com: Mattel Inc. is using technology to come up with a new twist on a toy launched in 1959 to appeal to today’s Web-savvy, multimedia girl shoppers. On Thursday, Mattel unveiled Barbie Girls, a doll-shaped MP3 player that turns into a live character at BarbieGirls.com, a Web site where girls can interact with each other in a manner reminiscent of […]

TrendBlog: BurnLounge is a community-powered digital music service. BurnLounge provides music fans with the necessary software and an expansive catalog of music, to create and sell music (and fan merchandise) to peers from their own digital music stores. This consumer-driven retailing model draws on the power of peer relationships and shared interests of its seller’s communities. After purchasing the software, […]

Iconoculture: Bingo’s kitschy appeal dates back to gay bingo nights that raised money for AIDS charities, which we told you about in 2002. Though drag queens still occasionally call the numbers at Mo’s, the only good cause in today’s bar-bingo scene in Manhattan is having a good time while competing for silly prizes like NASCAR mugs. Young bingo buffs follow […]

Iconoculture: Nerjyzed Entertainment is developing games for the PC and videogame platforms, featuring the perspective of African American consumers. Nerjyzed is working with the state of Louisiana to help train young game developers in the four-year college system. The gaming market is continuing to morph into sub-niches, and the African American market has been neglected to date. If it creates […]

Bradenton Herald: Are you concerned that your wanna-be-cool-too preteen might be following their older siblings onto social-networking Web sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com? Thankfully, there are several sites that a 9-year-old can explore without alarming their parents, including Whyville.net, ClubPenguin.com and even National Geographic, which has a My Page for kids. Now the world’s biggest kid brand, Disney, is […]

FreshTrend: Inventor Secil Boyd’s latest creation may just take the game of ping pong to a new level. Boyd has successfully prototyped a new three player version of ping pong, cleverly named TriPong, that uses plexiglass “nets” to divide the table into three wedges, one for each player. Each wedge contains a neutral zone and a scoring zone, hit the […]

TailoredMusic.com is a group of professional musicians dedicated to helping you to create the ultimate romantic gift—the gift of custom-tailored music. Have you ever wished that you could write your own love song for that special someone in your life? TailoredMusic.com enables anyone to create their own personalized love song with the confidence and finesse of an experienced songwriter. TailoredMusic.com

Iconoculture: Entrepreneurial young South Florida Latinos post their creative homemade videos on YouTube.com. Four Latino twentysomething friends starred in a video they produced on the cheap called “Cuban Churro Salesmen,” a comedy which became YouTube’s second-most-watched comedy video within 24 hours of its appearance on the website. The friends’ company, Four Awesome Guys Studios, has filmed seven improvised shorts. The […]

Popgadget: No more yelling “Stop riding your skateboard in the house!” or “You just ran over the cat — go outside!” With the Tuck n’ Roll upholstered vinyl skateboards, you can safely cruise the hallways . The site calls it “sculpture you can ride” and I wouldn’t disagree. Hang it on your wall and call it an “installation.” They also […]

USATODAY: The streets of New York have never looked so barren. An occasional taxi or bus motors down a boulevard as people wander aimlessly among eerily vacant buildings. Soon, black helicopters loom overhead and armed soldiers close ranks on the streets below. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill video game: Left Behind: Eternal Forces is based on the best-selling Left Behind book […]