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Extracurriculars

... questions in an easy-to-search knowledge base.Juni Juni Learning provides online coding classes with a private instructor. Each student meets with their instructor once or twice a week, privately or in a small group setting. Developed by Stanford graduates and Google alumni, the program is designed for students aged 5 to 18, who ideally leave the program with confidence in pursuing technical topics and knowledge of how to build games, apps, and websites.Woz U Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak ...

No Money, More Problems

... refinance student loans. Many of these emerging financial service apps launched as startups but have increasingly been acquired by major financial institutions, showing that these legacy brands understand the need to reach young consumers on their terms and offer more than traditional banking. Still, some of these services over-promise, and while they can be useful for saving for small items, it's not enough to rely on them for a comprehensive financial plan. Additionally, Ys and Zs are less likely to ...

Money Talks

... ’ identity being tied to their careers, the question “what do you do?” is frequently among the first asked when meeting someone new, and dating apps have begun to incorporate this information in profiles. Likewise, they often get a sense of what the other person can afford based on whether they volunteer to pick up a check. They become comfortable discussing who pays for what during their dating years, a shift facilitated, in part, by digital tools. When it comes to splitting a bill for dinner, they can ...

Short Life

... public on social media and across the Web. For this reason, I appreciate apps and services such as Snapchat. I love that I can let go and share less-than-professional experiences, events, and benders with friends of mine. I like that I can pull a prank or do something asinine and send it to friends (or, in some cases, to the victim) without permanence being a factor. This opens the door to much more impulsive social media interaction, without needing to question what could come of it. Even outside of ...

R&R (Rest & Replay)

... ' anxiety and help them feel calmer. In this new era of R&R, youth are looking to Rest & Replay mindful entertainment.Along with the abundance of meditation apps and zen-like audio tools that consumers can access at their fingertips nowadays, Gen Ys and Zs are gravitating towards unexpected sources of serenity, many of which are found in their social feeds. In particular, slime videos have become an Internet sensation over the past year, allowing people to feel more relaxed by watching seemingly ...

Exertainment

... ENTERTAININGAt the same time, the inverse of this trend is also growing, in which young people regard fitness as entertainment in its own right. Young people are going to workout classes and using apps and devices for the sake of being entertained, just as much as they are for the health benefits such provide. In fact, more than six in 10 young people in the U.S. and UK (68% and 64%, respectively), as well as two-thirds of Trendsetters (76% in the U.S. and 77% in the U.S.) consider exercise entertaining ...

StoryTales

... the plot of a forthcoming novel through players’ in-game actions.With podcasts and apps, young people can carry stories with them much in the same way they carry music. Harnessing phones’ GPS and Google maps, LOCATION-BASED STORYTELLING has emerged as a way to give tourists and sightseers an immersive interactive experience. As stories assume mobility, story-based radio shows have surged in popularity among trendsetters, most notably This American Life, RadioLab, and The Moth, though others ...

The New Friend Zone

... through family or through dating sites and apps. Meeting through friends is particularly common in Brazil and Mexico, at 58%. Companies around the world are tapping into the comfort of meeting this way. For example, matchmaking app Hinge connects users who share friends on social media, and clubs in Asia host brand-sponsored gatherings that allow potential love interests to meet singles surrounded by their friends, which creates less social pressure. "My friends play an important role in my dating ...

Alt Pay

... the emergence of a range of payment trends, from apps that make spending and money management more seamless and user-friendly, to promotions that encourage users to pay with literal “social” currency (i.e., tweets and posts). This openness to a new conception of currency has likewise spurred the rise of new monetary systems based on local and digital tender. In the future, these alternative methods of payment may prove the norm, effectively democratizing the currency landscape. Below are some of ...

Epic Entertainment

... enamored with this concept of epicness that apps giving them the opportunity specifically to share their personal ingenuity have exploded in popularity. Musical.ly, with 70 million registered users, 10 million of whom use the app daily, has become an instant hit with youth, particularly tweens and teens, as a new kind of social network where users share videos of themselves lip syncing. Users aren’t singing or even necessarily dancing—they literally mouth the words to 15 seconds of ...