14 Jan Subliminal Advertising
BMW has launched a flash projection campaign that subliminally displays the logo during the commercial screening. Clever idea but let’s hope thats not going to be the future of advertising. youtube.com...
Author: Daniel Cross
14 Jan Lady Gaga & Polaroid
Lady Gaga has made her first offical debut as Polaroids Creative Director. She unveiled three new Polaroid products at CES, including a miniature wireless printer for printing cell phone photos on the go, a pair of sunglasses that can take and display photos, and a...
14 Jan We7 Launches in Ireland
We7, the UK music streaming service, is launching in Ireland next Monday. This is interesting not only because it’s the first time We7 has ventured beyond its native shores but also because Spotify, which until very recently was seen as a direct rival, has yet to launch...
14 Jan iAd Arrives
Apple’s iAd platform is about to launch in the UK and, like everything Apple does these days, it has been grabbing headlines. Understandably not everyone is happy with this step towards world domination. mobile-ent.biz...
14 Jan Mobile Invoicing
MyFacture, a little French startup situated in La Rochelle has just announced that it has raised €1 million with Alto Invest. MyFacture essentially facilitates the creation and management of invoicing. Rather than invoicing via Excel, independent entrepreneurs and small businesses can use MyFacture to generate invoices in...
14 Jan Rock Bottom
“Rock and roll is here to stay,” sang Danny and the Juniors in 1958. If only. New UK statistics reveal the number of rock hits in the top 100 biggest-selling singles of 2010 to be the lowest in half a century. independent.co.uk...
14 Jan Piracy is Booming
A study by anti-fraud firm MarkMonitor has offered a snapshot into the changing nature of online piracy. It monitored illegal traffic levels on 43 file-sharing sites and found that they generated more than 53 billion visits per year. bbc.com...
14 Jan BBC Sound Off 2011
Each January, the music industry eagerly awaits the BBC Sound Of … poll, and its predictions for the year’s hottest pop acts. But has it become a kiss of death? Judge for yourself. theguardian.co.uk bbc.com...
14 Jan The End of EMI?
Guy Hands, the private equity tycoon, could surrender the keys of EMI to its lender Citigroup within weeks, paving the way for a sale of the British music group to US buyers for about £1.5bn. theguardian.co.uk...
14 Jan NewsCorp to sell Myspace
News Corp. is considering a possible spinoff or sale of MySpace, a day after cutting almost half of the social-networking website’s workforce. bloomberg.com...