Digital Music Composition Pens – Sing to Convert Tunes to Written Music (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This concept music composition pen is a combination consisting of an electronic pen and a music book. It is perfect for those who can compose melodies but are unable to write down the tunes in proper music…

How to Cope With a Scarcity of Interactive Talent


Breakthrough interactive ideas come from the confluence of marketing and technology, where idea and execution amplify one another. The technology dimension is relatively new to the marketing discipline, and organizations are still casting about for a way to attract and retain good people through yet another filter. Neither a slowing economy nor large hiring pool will make the equation any easier for recruiting.

Sing the Nation releases animated ad

LONDON – Sing the Nation, the community-based organisation set up to bring the nation together in song, has created an animated ad to encourage people to join in the event.

Virgin to air its first web drama across Living channels

LONDON – Virgin Media Television has acquired the rights to US web drama series Prom Queen, which will become the first to air across its Living channels.

Fans flock to official Olympics site

LONDON – Nearly one million Olympics fans are using the internet each day to access the official Olympics content online, according to data released by Nielsen Online.

Cartoon Movie Promos – Animated Vin Diesel for Babylon A.D. (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Babylon A.D. is an upcoming movie starring Vin Diesel. It is a post-apocalyptic film in which Vin escorts a woman who may be hosting a holy organism within her body. Sci-Fi stuff for sure. The following…

Castrol soups up ad music for chart single

LONDON – Motor oil brand Castrol is aiming to top the UK music charts with a single created using the familiar music from its 1980s and 1990s ads and named after its “liquid engineering” tagline.

Anti-Poverty group launches campaign

LONDON – The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) is launching an awareness campaign to highlight that is not just about lack of adequate housing.

Synchronized Motorbike Performance – 1950s Rome Police Celebration (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I recently came across this mesmerizing video and thought I’d post it in honor of the Olympics. Instead of synchronized swimming or synchronized diving, what we have here is synchronized motorcycling!…

Friendster offers multi-site applications as incentive

LONDON – Friendster, the online social network, has started allowing users and programmers to create applications that work on its own and rival sites, as it bids to entice more traffic.

Plaid Reminisces, Anna Makes a Comeback, Google Minus Google

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– It’s the best of this year’s Plaid Nation tour! Diggin’ the chick who says plaid is God’s favorite color.

Murdoch pay package tops $27m

LONDON – News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch’s pay fell by 14% last year, following a change in the company’s accounting practices.

Virgin Media to show ‘Prom Queen’ on TV, web and mobile

LONDON – Virgin Media Television has bought ‘Prom Queen’, a US made-for-web drama consisting of 80 90-second long episodes, to show on its Living channel and website as well as on the Virgin Mobile portal.

10 Celebrities Who Fought Breast Cancer – From Christina Applegate to Kylie (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Christina Applegate is the latest celebrity to draw attention to the important issue of breast cancer. As more and more celebrities are becoming vocal and open about their experiences with the disease,…

Burning Man Transportation – The Dogsled (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This hand-built, pedal-powered, four-wheeler was built by a father/son team as part of the Burning Man Festival – a festival described by its organizers as an experiment in community, radical self-expression,…

DraftFCB hires director of design

LONDON – Draftfcb London has appointed Andy Day from Naked Communications as its design director.

Ladbrokes releases giant bingo balls in Liverpool for TV push

LONDON – Ladbrokesbingo.com is rolling giant multi-coloured bingo balls around the streets of Liverpool as part of filming for a £3m TV ad campaign which airs next month.

Nokia links with Lonely Planet to offer phone-based maps

LONDON – Nokia had joined forces with travel company Lonely Planet to sell maps and city guides to consumers who use its mobile phone handsets.

Fat Reinvention – Bald Fat Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A fat Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder may be enough to renew the stars tainted stardom.  Although Tom Cruise has fallen out of favor with his extreme Scientology beliefs, fans are lifting him back up to stardom…

Motor show launches eight-part podcast

LONDON – The motor show MPH featuring Top Gear Live has launched an eight-part podcast, made by production company Podcast Voices, to give fans a taster of show content and boost ticket sales.