Red Bull Music Academy, a world-travelling series of music workshops and festivals, has launched its World Tour. The 10 World Tour stops are Berlin, Cape Town, Detroit, London, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Rome, Sao Paulo and Toronto. The stops feature concerts workshops, art installations, studio sessions and parties in extraordinary locations, taking visitors beyond the beat.

Johnnie Walker, which launched a massive campaign to celebrate Chinese visionaries and pioneers earlier this year, has introduced another installment of its ‘Step inside the circuit’ initiative, unveiled in January. The campaign was created to highlight the brand’s partnership with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 team and pay tribute to the drivers with a series of short black-and-white films and a range of consumer engagement pieces like the ‘Step inside your ultimate drive’ extension, developed by iris Singapore and launched in July, or the new ‘Go Face to Face’ Facebook application.

Google search data revealed that people tend to turn to internet and online tools for information and communication during crises. The last week Hurricane Irene only proved the importance of National Preparedness Month, a campaign initiated by the FEMA Ready to teach Americans how to prepare for emergencies. On this account, the major technology developer yesterday introduced a new Google Crisis Preparedness website with information and educational tools on using technology to prepare for crises.

LG Electronics is working hard to provide its consumers with solutions, which help save money and space. The brand has released the light, portable and cost-effective Scanner Mouse or LSM-100, which can be used both as a mouse and scanner to capture, save and edit hard copy documents. With the new device, which is already available from Amazon, eBuyer.com, Dabs and Scan.co.uk from £89.99, old and big scanners pass into history, giving way to more innovative offerings.