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Not sure if this is the same or different gadget from CES. Same idea.

"more than half of children between the ages of five and eight have already used tablets to play or learn, according to some research. For kids between the ages of six and 12, the iPad was the most coveted gadget last Christmas. Tablets are permeating family life, too; in households that own a device, kids 12 and under get their hands on it more often than not."

"'We basically had two different campaigns running,' said Carl Corbitt, creative director at Goodness. 'We had student-facing banner ads and a teaser video targeted to college-aged kids visiting Break.com, YouTube and Facebook, while we created a bogus 'Dean Deals' logo for all parent-persuading elements generated by students who visited the site (emails, banner ads, wish list landing page, etc.).  'For the parent-tracking banner ads we created five different banner ads for each of the five parent-types (25 different headlines). The headlines on the banners not only speak to the parent's personality/parenting-style (helicopter parent, BFF, Gadget Geek, etc), but we also added more 'nagging' to the headlines over time.' "

Leave a 40 character rant on Toyota UK's FB, and the best entries will be turned into music videos with Toyota animated characters during an upcoming social event

Toyota UK has launched a Facebook app challenging fans to leave a 40 character rant about something that's been bugging them lately, with the best entires to be turned into music videos recorded by animated rapper Gadget and his sidekick puppet Slick, during a 72 hour social event.

The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a year later this week at CES 2012, would-be iPad competitors are keeping a low profile with a few key partners still not ready to announce when they'll embrace Google's revamped tablet software.

"Shopper Sciences, a market research agency, used Affectiva's technology to track the emotions of shoppers over Black Friday last year. They asked in-store shoppers to wear the Affectiva sensor wristband and online shoppers to allow a webcam to watch their faces, in an effort to understand how different emotions might affect spending. They found that people online and in-store experienced similar levels of excitement and stress while shopping, but those who browsed online before heading into stores were less stressed and more confident - and spent an average of $400 more."

According to a rate card distributed to ad agencies, two hot verticals -- music and pop culture -- were $62 million apiece for one-year sponsorships, a package of sports channels was $40 million, an autos package was $16 million and a mom's interest package $10 million. YouTube has since subdivided the verticals into smaller packages in categories such as "Celebrity News," "Music and Film" or "Geeks, Gadgets and Games," which cost $10 million to $20 million to sponsor. YouTube also lets advertisers exclusively sponsor a single channel for anywhere from $2 million to $4 million on an annual basis.