Universal Music Group announced the introduction of Six-String, a premium iPhone application promising a virtual guitar experience incorporating original master recordings of chart-topping hits. According to UMG, Six-String requires users to pluck, strum and change chords a la the smash Guitar Hero franchise--players can hone their skills in either Practice Mode or Studio Mode, and after the game&...

Universal Music Group was early to tap into the whole music gaming phenomenon by partnering with Tapulous to make iPhone apps for artists such as Lady Gaga and Souja Boy Tell ‘Em. Now it’s branching off and working with others to create even more gaming applications.

Los Angeles - Major record label Universal Music Group on Tuesday introduced its own guitar-simulation game application for Apple's iPhone. "Six-String" challenges users to pluck, strum and change chords while playing along to master recordings owned by Universal. The $4.99 app comes with six tracks, while more than 20 additional tracks may be purchased and downloaded for the game. ...

The Qtel Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an exclusive Strategic Marketing Partnership (SMP) with Universal Music Group to offer unlimited music for customers across key international markets. Under the terms of the deal, Qtel will be able to offer unlimited music downloads via mobile and the Internet to its customers. In addition,

A month after launching Thumbplay Music, a cloud-based subscription service promising unlimited, on-demand access to content from labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Music, Thumbplay announced agreements with 20 additional partners, boosting the number of tracks under license to more than 8 million. The mobile entertainment destination said ...

Mobile developers seem to be really keen to cater to the needs of music fans. With more and more applications and software for music being launched for mobile devices, here’s one more to add to the never-ending list of music-related updates. Universal Music Group (UMG) and Netbiscuits collaborate to extend UMG’s line-up of direct-to-consumer mobile

Universal Music Group (UMG) is expanding its direct-to-consumer mobile content and services offering for music fans through an agreement with mobile publishing platform, Netbiscuits. As part of the agreement, UMG will leverage Netbiscuits' B2B web software platform to launch mobile...

For Netbiscuits, an attention-worthy big deal was inevitable. The decade-old company operates on of the worlds largest B2B web software platforms, and yet few have every heard of it. Today, with its partnership with Universal Music Group, thats about to change. Of course, even before UMG, Netbiscuits had some fancy names tied to its corporate name,

Universal Music Group announced it will team with mobile publishing platform Netbiscuits to expand its direct-to-consumer mobile content and services. Per terms of the agreement, UMG will leverage Netbiscuits' B2B web software platform to introduce artist-branded mobile websites, promising consumers opportunities to interact and share personal media with other fans as well as purchase content...

New York - Universal Music Group said on Thursday that it ahs partners with Netbiscuits to expand its direct-to-consumer mobile content and services. Under the deal, Universal will use Netbiscuits' platform to launch additional artist-branded mobile sites and services, offering features like the ability to make purchases directly from their phones. read more