Fiction Records boss Jim Chancellor has said labels are ‘scared’ of guitar bands because they take time to develop. His label is responsible for the likes of White Lies, Maccabees (who are set to be the #1 Album this week) and Snow Patrol. nme.com...
Investment raising site Kickstarter helped musicians raise over $19million dollars last year, proving that people do want to help musicians. Just not the big ones who also appear on zShare. digitalmusicnews.com...
Here the Mashable journalist Matthias Galica works through some of the expected developments in 2012 for mobile technology. Augmented Reality and QR codes are the two hottest bits of action on the market right now, apparently. mashable.com...
Shazam, the app which helps you find out ‘what that track’ is, is moving into the music player world. Via it you can share your playlist of the day on Twitter and Facebook, along with having lyric sheets. mobile-ent.biz...
Ever wanted to turn your imaginative games as a kid into a reality? Now app developer Wowwee can do that for you with an impressive augmented reality app. wired.com...
The Olympics will bring a few things to London in 2012, not least the worlds biggest free wi-fi coverage courtesy of O2. mashable.com...
LL Cool J has launched a new social networking site orientated around music to battle against MySpace’s upcoming transformation. It’s called Boomdizzle and advertises the fact that it uses “patented collaborative technology with innovative digital marketing to change how music is recorded, distributed, and shared...
Tesco didn’t have a merry Christmas, even as their ‘Big Price Drop’ campaign promised low prices. Like-for-like sales compared to December 2010 were down. marketingmagazine.co.uk ...
Lingerie brand Etam has got into a little trouble for sending three models into the Musee d’Orsay to strip in their underwear to promote the new line of underwear. telegraph.co.uk...
The British Heart Foundation has employed the hard man skills of Vinnie Jones to spread the message of health and safety in a new viral campaign to up knowledge on what to do in emergencies. marketingweek.co.uk...