Communications Major

The aging of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and even Pinterest is more apparent than ever. More than 30% of teens have cited Instagram (owned by Facebook, btw) as their most important social network. Meanwhile, less than two-fifths of Facebook's adult users in the U.S. are in that ever-desirable 18- to 34-year-old demographic.

The President comes out for same-sex marraige in the wake of the passage of the nasty Amendment One in North Carolina. Our first social media President sets a retweet record. Is Bristol Palin the face of the new millennial generation or are Malia and Sasha Obama more likely to influence? These stories and more are "evolving" - and they're what people are talking about online this week.

Smartphones are keepiing people under 30 connected in a way that owning a car used to. And as such, smartphones compete against cars for young people’s big-ticket dollars, since the cost of a good phone and data plan can exceed $1,000 a year.