Links to all the course module scoops and more from UCLAN in the UK... 
This competition will be unlike any other. On March 12, forty-eight companies battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention, leading to a fireworks display of innovation. Connections will be made and careers launched. On Tuesday March 13, the top eighteen companies will be invited back, and at the end of the day winners of SXSW Accelerator will be announced. The Music Accelerator follows on Wednesday, March 14th with a full day of programming in which eight music technology startups companies will pitch their products or services. 
Join Manchester Digital for FREE and connect with the industry. Manchester Digital is the independent trade association for the thriving digital sector in the North West of England. 
Paperlinks is a QR code generator and turnkey platform for deploying mobile marketing campaigns. Through the Paperlinks iPhone app and platform, mobile landing pages can be created quickly and easily. 
Plinth are a friendly media company based in Preston, Lancashire. 
Production Shack is a small business currently based in Preston, Lancashire. We offer website design, ranging from simple template designs to much more advanced websites with S.E.O. Within this, we also offer photography, and video. 
The Big Chip Awards are far and away the biggest digital awards outside London, and one of the two longest running such events in the UK. 
G+ provides a place for people to start new conversations, ask the important questions and propose ideas online and at in-person meetings. 
Say hello to the "cord-nevers": Only 17% of new households sign up for TV. 
Now in its 14th year, Big Chip celebrates creativity, innovation and technical excellence in digital business across the North. Big Chip 2011 was a great success and preparations are underway for Big Chip 2012.
Dates to note:
The Disciples of Design are a global creative collective. We are a broad church of design academics, practitioners, artists and students who are committed to one common aim – the creation of an ever evolving visual hub for the sharing of ideas and thoughts. Via Gavin Allanwood 
A really good history of the development of Apple and personal computing in general and a fascinating account of Steves's life.
Great background material for understanding Enterprise, Computing, Design, Marketing...
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Win £1,000 cash funding for your business. If you're aged 16-30, based in the UK and need funding to get your new business idea off the ground, we have up to 4 x £1,000 prizes to give away each month. 
You can make the official music video for the songs we feature. Check out the artists, listen to the songs, get creative! 
Crowdsourcing.org is the leading source of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding information, insight and research. Featuring detailed profiles of over 1700 crowdsourcing and crowdfunding sites. 
Example business model: Online proofing for professional photographers from £15 a month provided by the most experienced proofing company in the UK. 
Flat Pack Digital Preston Design Development and Video Production Gurus... 
We are creating an innovative television game show format which will include interactive elements using media technology. Our research and development will be on going until February when we foresee that we will be ready to film a pilot. This pilot we will then be able to use to pitch the format to various production companies and television networks. Further to this when the format is sold we have opportunities to create merchandise in line with our television show. 
Allegro is a multimedia design and production company based in Preston. We are a team comprising of many skilled members. We offer services from Websites and Interactive Applications to Video Production. Our current focus is on "Edutainment". It is our aim to create a new range of Interactive Applications which both educate and entertain children. 
Christian Owens started out when he was 14, using pocket money to set up his business and working on the company after school and at weekends. 
ABI Research Press Release Smartphone Health Applications Will Exceed $400 Million Annually by 2016... 
In today's world the value of people talking about your product is sometimes higher than the money you would get for it. ‘Pay with a Tweet’ is the first social payment system, where people pay with the value of their social network. YouTube for Schools lets schools access free educational YouTube videos while limiting access to other YouTube content. Students can learn from more than 400... 
Inspirationfeed provides useful information about design, inspiration,tips,icons,fonts, wordpress, tutorials, and other web related topics. Our goal is to inform our readers about the latest trending topics on the web. 
While studying for my MA in Product Design (read ‘playing and experimenting with materials’) at the RCA in London, I had a bit of an idea. “I don’t want to buy new stuff all the time. I want to hack the stuff I already have so it works better for me.” (I didn’t really say it out loud. I just thought it.) |
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