One of the most anticipated toys of the holiday season is hitting retail shelves today as Fisher-Price – a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) – and Disney Consumer Products launch the innovative Dance Star Mickey plush that walks, talks, and grooves to a beat all his own.
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Join the quest to save rock, as Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) highly-anticipated Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock hits store shelves nationwide today. Featuring the largest on-disc set-list ever in a Guitar Hero® game, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock’s furious finger-fretting rock music collection is headlined by some of the largest bands in rock and includes original tracks, re-records and bands making their Guitar Hero debut. With the all-new, rock inspired guitar controller, gamers will embark on an epic journey from the halls of punk music to the lava fields of rock treachery in the first ever Guitar Hero story-driven Quest Mode narrated by KISS front man Gene Simmons. Additionally, challenge hungry achievement junkies will find the game’s all-new Quickplay+ up to par as they strive to master the 13 star challenges packed into every one of the 90+ on-disc songs as well as every song in their Guitar Hero music library. Heightening the rock experience, the first album from Soundgarden in over 10 years, Telephantasm, will be bundled with one million Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launch units.
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Unilever, one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, has created the first mobile app to capture the real-time social elements of Facebook, Twitter and mobile phone activity to produce a record of unforgettable nights out.
The Lynx Stream, developed for deodorant brand Lynx / AXE and launched today in the UK, collects every video, picture, text, tweet, check-in and status update a group of friends makes to produce an automatic Stream of the night and highlight video, which can be watched online and shared through social networks.
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Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) and the National Urban League (NUL), today announced the launch of the Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with National Urban League as a charitable component of the Walgreens Way to Well Commitment®. The national tour will provide free health resources to residents in urban and minority communities who experience disproportionately higher rates of preventable disease. The service is free and insurance will not be billed.
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In the midst of wildfire season throughout much of the country, the U.S. Forest Service, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Ad Council announce the launch of a new public service advertising (PSAs) campaign, Fire Adapted Communities, which aims to help individuals prepare their homes and communities for the threat of wildfire. Created pro bono by advertising agency Draftfcb, this campaign addresses the issue of proactively mitigating wildfire damage in fire-prone communities.
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The Advertising Council, in partnership with the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization Autism Speaks, announced today the launch of innovative public service advertisements (PSAs) featuring renowned fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, and NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray and his niece who has autism. The PSAs are designed to help raise awareness about autism and to encourage the public to learn the early warning signs of a disorder that now affects one in every 110 American children.
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Cox Communications is celebrating the culture and contributions of Hispanic Americans during Hispanic Heritage Month, and throughout the year, by highlighting culturally relevant programming available On Demand as well as committing to air educational public service announcements (PSA) as part of its partnership with The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). This month also marks the launch of Cox’s new marketing campaign that includes popular personality Yarel Ramos.
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With the RamaCity Open Beta set to launch today, Bigpoint is building up its portfolio of fun and exciting games. Starting immediately, players will be able to build their own online city and tend to the needs of their adorable, fun-loving citizens in the browser game RamaCity.
Bigpoint's RamaCity promises to attract the attention of a wide array of target groups: due to its intuitive controls and easy-to-navigate game start, typical of casual games, players will immediately feel right at home in RamaCity. Various game options, such as the ability to expand their city and customize it to their needs, invites fans and players of classic city-building simulation games to switch over to RamaCity. Visually stunning graphic design captures the essence of real city life.
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Up to 40% of businesses affected by a natural or man-made disaster never reopen, according to the Insurance Information Institute. In a nationwide effort to raise the business community’s awareness about how to prepare their businesses and employees in the event of an emergency, the Advertising Council, in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross, announced today the launch of new public service advertisements (PSAs) on behalf of Ready Business.
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Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, this week demonstrated its AVANTA™ family of optical broadband access solutions for the entertainment industry in Hollywood. AVANTA is designed to accelerate the quality and speed of internet connectivity in the home — 100 times the bandwidth and speed of current offerings—enabling superior levels of rich media delivery to all consumers.
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Official Buddy Launch. Introducing the first direct Buddy; the pinnacle of customer service. There to help with any problem, 24 7 365. Watch how the Buddies, who are highly trained in everything, come to the rescue time and time again and inject some much needed human interaction into people\\\'s everyday lives.
