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How MTV Managed To Do What Decades of Sex-Ed Teachers Could Not

Should schools replace sex education/health with MTV? Normally, I’d consider this question insane, but after a recent study by the Brookings Institute, I’m not so sure. That study found that MTV’s “Teen Mom”, and “16 And Pregnant” caused a 5.7% drop in the total US teen pregnancy rate. The Brookings Institute made an awesome video to explain how this is possible. MTV managed to...

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Modern Family And Microsoft Go a bit Wild with the Product Placement

Microsoft must have paid Modern Family a lot of money for the rights to product placement, because in one screenshot, I found eight products placed, from a Windows tablet, to a Surface-like tablet, to Windows laptops. Seriously, it’s a barrage of Windows Products. It’s the best marketing I’ve seen from Microsoft in recent years. Especially compared to their awful TV ads. Check it out...

Thank You Walt! (and an interview from 365 days ago)

I just wanted to give a shoutout to Walter Mossberg today. Mossberg has been writing digital reviews for 22 years for the Wall Street Journal, and his own outfit, AllthingsD. Today Walt wrote his final column, fittingly titled “Top Products in Two Decades of Product Reviews“, which is definitely worth a read. Walt has been an inspiration and a mentor to me. His columns...

New here? Get started on our new “getting started” page.

We love new people, and we haven’t been friendly enough to them lately here on The App Store Chronicle, so today we’re proud to launch the “getting started” page. This new page is entirely devoted to helping you get off on the right foot with us. It has places to find us, ways to connect with us, and some of our best stuff to catch...

Mashable Incorporates Micro-sharing- Are we losing the patience to read a tweet?

With 1 billion people on Facebook, and hundreds of millions more on other social networks, sharing has become the most important focus for futuristic web design, and the new technology, called “microcontent” utilized in the new Mashable.com design released today is one awesome major example of what that focus has produced. Here’s an example of microcontent in use. Say you’re reading a list of...