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Kinect TV And Sesame Street Hack The Next Generation Of TV

Xbox Kinect TV plans to bring interactive, immersive experiences to live action television and children's books with the help of National Geographic and Sesame Street's Workshop.READ»

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Everloop Pioneers Kids' Social Playground As Facebook Lurks At The Gates

Tween social network Everloop has developed a range of parent-friendly features that could become the groundwork for Zuckerberg's inevitable foray into young social networking.READ»

How To Stop Spam, Google's Financial Advisor Program, Microsoft Hooks Students With Free Xboxes, And More...

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Are Micronutrients A More Efficient Path To Food Aid Abroad?

Micronutrient-based food aid may offer a more cost-efficient, effective and realistic path to fighting malnutrition than traditional food distribution programs.READ»

China's Crime-Fighting Microblog Gets Celebrity Support

Jet Li joins the fight to rescue child street beggars.READ»

Startups: So Easy a 12-Year-Old Can Do It

Out of the mouths babes. Maybe because it's a company town and everyone in Silicon Valley has a family connection to entrepreneurship. Or maybe I just encountered the most entrepreneurial 12 year olds every assembled under one roof.READ»

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Clothing Retailer's Secret Weapon: The Facebook "Like" Button

San Francisco kids clothes company Tea Collection created a novel competition using social media to get customers snapping up old inventory. The result: one of its biggest sales days ever.READ»

Infographic of the Day: What Countries Force Kids to Work?

Remember a few years back, when big companies such as Nike kept getting immersed in sweatshop scandals? You hardly hear about that sort of stuff anymore. But the fact is, child labor and forced labor remain startlingly common ...READ»

Stella McCartney Launches Kids Fashion, Gets Tech-Savvy

An iPhone app featuring a virtual playground accompanied today's online fashion launch.READ»

Cause Marketing Hits the Mother Lode of Support: Study

92% of moms want to buy products that support causes.READ»

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Innovation in Fair Trade: One Designer's Take

Chris Haughton's popular book in Asia is now out in the U.S.READ»

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Facebook to Add Child Safety "Panic Button" Application

Facebook, in partnership with Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center, will launch a child protection application perhaps best described as a panic button.READ»

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Interior decoration ambiance in doctors, dentists, and orthodontists offices

More and more, doctors, dentists, and orthodontists are consulting and employing expert interior designers and architects to construct offices that are appealing to their younger patients. Few adults demand that a routine trip ...READ»

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Kool Smiles: Wyse Technology

Kool Smiles has always used technology in innovative ways to provide the best care for its patients at the lowest possible cost, and it is pleased to announce new efforts in coordination with Wyse Technology, an international ...READ»

iPad: Easy Enough for a 5-Year-Old?

Since its initial release in 2001, the iPod has received acclaim for its easy-to-use interface. Now, with the release of the iPad, we wondered if Apple's latest product was so simple even a 5-year-old could use it. Here is our ...READ»

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U.K. Kids Start Social Networking Way Under the Age Limit

A survey of kids in the U.K. has found that a quarter of them have a presence on a social network--way below the age limit of 13. As well as proving the theory that if you want to figure out your tech problems, go ask a tweenager, ...READ»

The Home Office, Kids Edition

Kids and offices don't mix, right? Tempting though it would be to take a leaf out of Apple's book and employ my young charges--open up a blogging sweatshop, if you like--I think I'd be on the fast track to nowhere--I'd get sacked ...READ»