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Here’s a quick overview of what’s new in 2.0:

-Brand new website design
-Partner Advertising
-Featured Bloggers
-… and much more!

We also have a special surprise when we release 2.0, which you’ll have to look out for when we launch!

Until then, happy posting!

Daniel and Team

They’re looking for teens who can develop iPhone applications and the contest ends September 1, 2009.

To participate in the contest, check out B/C Interactive’s challenge Web site at easyiphonecontest.com

Some of the possible prizes and more information is given after the jump.

Prizes for Winning Developers

Here’s the press release from B/C Interactive announcing the contest.

For Immediate Release

FIRST ANNUAL B/C INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE
CREATIVE AGENCY TO SPONSOR PIONEERING CONTEST FOR
MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Los Angeles, California (July 1, 2009) —Your mission should you choose to accept is to create a gaming application program that will both capture and ignite even the most passionate gamers attention.
B/C Interactive is launching a nationwide search for the next mind-blowing program created by the most ambitious and imaginative amateur programmer.

Commencing Saturday, July 4th 2009, B/C Interactive’s ground-breaking challenge is a recreational programmer’s dream come true. Bestowed upon the winning candidate will be $1,000 in cash and prizes.

B/C Interactive, an agency geared towards the creation of mobile games and applications, is currently looking to target the mass-market by taking advantage of the tremendous power of the iPhone and iPod Touch products. As these commodities are the fastest growing mobile phone platforms on the market today, B/C Interactive is keen on taking an individual approach to the creation of each game and application as the firm is looking to develop and cultivate the market with products that both engage and satisfy the consumer.

To accomplish this feat, B/C Interactive is launching a nationwide search for the next prodigious gaming application. Deadline to enter is September 1st 2009.The Grand Prize consists of $1,000 in cash, an iPod touch, Xbox Console as well as Xbox games.
Five First Runner-Ups will receive $100 in cash and an iPod touch unit.

The winning entry will be announced on Wednesday, September 30th 2009 on the B/C Interactive contest website at 12noon PST. Following the announcement, individual winners will be notified via e-mail. To enter the contest and for a complete list of contest rules and regulations, visit the B/C Interactive website at www.easyiphonecontest.com.

About B/C Interactive:
Established in 2009 B/C Interactive has become a major contributor to the fastest growing mobile phone platforms on the market today. The group of young developers that makeup B/C Interactive, take an individual approach to each game and application it creates and markets.  Currently, the agency is working towards developing and cultivating applications & games that both engage and satisfy the end user. For more information, feel free to visit www.myBCinteractive.com.

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I also wanted to personally clarify some of the numbers quoted in the reports, which suggest I have overstated our current position. We are in the early phase of our network. We are proud of what we have accomplished so far, and have aggressive growth plans. At this time, we have more than 400 active users, and 600 over our network sites. These sites see more than 10,000 individual accesses monthly, and are expanding.

Once again, I wanted to personally insure that our users’ data and security is our number one goal.

I will continue to update this blog and our official Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/teensintech to make sure you are informed.

Thanks,

Daniel Brusilovsky

Update: We have sent an important email to all of our users. If you are a user of Teens in Tech, we strongly suggest that users taken action.

We also have some big stuff coming in the pipeline with Teens in Tech 2.0 that we are excited to tell you all in the next few weeks. Thanks for all the current support, and lets keep rocking! Also, a big shout out to our amazing designer Colin Toomey, and developer Michael Castilla. Teens in Tech Networks awesome site wouldn’t be possible with out them.

-Daniel Brusilovsky

This post also starts the introduction of the Teenage Life Series, a series of blog posts that will occur every Sunday. They’ll cover what matters to teenagers – of course we’ll talk about the latest technology news, but also news affecting us around the world. This is our round-up of all things interesting for teens and by teens, be it Zach Galifanakis in The Hangover or Steve Jobs’ liver transplant. We’ll start that round-up with a hot topic next Sunday. We’ve got a few in mind but if you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments below.

This is just another example of how we want Teens in Tech to be more than just a site for teens interested in technology, but a community for all teens. We hope this is a step forward, and that it’s a successful endeavor.

Check out more info below the jump.

Read more about The Big Giveaway from the Digital Media Academy and The John Lennon Education Tour Bus in the image below.

Opportunity of a Lifetime

Logo for Digital Open Initiative

Digital Open is a free and open-source technology project. Blah, blah, blah, we’ve all heard that before. So what’s the catch? Digital Open is only open to youth 17 years or younger. It spotlights teens who go above and beyond in the world of technology, and there are a variety of prizes that go to the winner in each category.

For more info, check out Digital Open at http://digitalopen.org and help spotlight teenage involvement in free and open-source technology!

Louis brings years of experience to his work, and having him join the Teens in Tech Board of Advisers just makes our current Board event better. Louis joins current members Chris Yeh, Daniel Ha, Florian Seroussi, Robert Scoble, and Sam Lessin. You can follow Louis on Twitter as well!

I’ll be working very closely with Louis and the Board on improving Teens in Tech and our other products.

We’ve taken the initiative in three directions:

1. Signup Question. During registration we’ve added a signup question which you have to answer correctly in order to get an account. We installed this a few weeks ago, and it seemed to work. This plugin places a question on the signup form to help fight spammers who try to create blogs automatically.

2. WP-Captcha. Seems like the simple way, because it’s a great simple plugin. The plugin blocks automated comment spam without resorting to CAPTCHAs. It does so by validating a hash based on time (and some other parameters) using AJAX when the form is posted. Comments posted via automated means will not have a hash or will have an expired hash and will be rejected. Unlike using a captcha, this does not place any burden on the commenter.

3. Invites. We’ve spent a lot of time developing and researching an invite plugin for our users. Now, if your registered, you can generate a specific invite code to hand out to your friends so they can use Teens in Tech as well!

We’ve also added a feature where the ‘Hello World’ posts won’t appear on the homepage. As Daniel mentioned earlier, we’ll be opening to the public shortly, but are working on some tricks up our sleeves. If you have any problems with spam, feel free to email me directly.

Thanks,

Mike Cohen
CTO/COO, Teens in Tech