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Toy manufacturers are making merchandising deals with YouTube stars like Blippi and channels like Cocomelon as kids seek toys based on what they watch online (Sahil Patel/Wall Street Journal)

Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal: Toy manufacturers are making merchandising deals with YouTube stars like Blippi and channels like Cocomelon as kids seek toys based on what they watch online  —  YouTube stars such as Stevin “Blippi” John draw retailers’ interest as children seek products based on what they watch online Toy manufacturers are

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Sources: France's third largest telecom, Bouygues, awarded a contract to Google to develop a targeted TV ad system using data from Bouygues' set-top TV boxes (Lara O'Reilly/Digiday)

Lara O’Reilly / Digiday: Sources: France’s third largest telecom, Bouygues, awarded a contract to Google to develop a targeted TV ad system using data from Bouygues’ set-top TV boxes  —  Google has long pitched YouTube as an alternative to traditional TV advertising, but it’s never managed to make a move into the $170 billion global

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A look at US schools' growing use of mobile phone tracking tech from companies like Inpixon, using scanners to pick up Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cell signals (Alfred Ng/CNET)

Alfred Ng / CNET: A look at US schools’ growing use of mobile phone tracking tech from companies like Inpixon, using scanners to pick up Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cell signals  —  How schools are using kids’ phones to track and surveil them  —  A technology used in a number of prisons is tracking students now

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