Tag archive: Yoko Ono

Being dead isn’t necessarily a handicap to appearing on TV. John Lennon, the iconic former Beatle, was shot dead in New York in December 1980, but digital technology means he’s back on small screens appearing in an ad for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC). OLPC, formed in 2005, aims to provide poor children around the globe with cheap, solar-powered laptop computers. One way of doing this is making them available commercially under… Read More

The Beatles' Apple Corps has struck a deal with MTV parent company Viacom and Harmonix to bring the Beatles into the digital music age for the first time. And it will be a grand entrance: The Fab Four will be the the subject of a special edition of the popular video game Rock Band. Although no pricing or firm release date information has been set, the game was conceived in conjunction with surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo… Read More

You don’t need to be a Beatles fan to known the name of the late John Lennon, who remains one of rock’s greatest icons. His legacy might remain in his music, but at the Consumer Electronics Show a new facet of that music was introduced as his widow, Yoko Ono, launched the new, non-profit, sate-of-the-art John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.   Along with pop stars Natasha Bedingfield, Pat Monaham, and will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas… Read More

Cupertino's Apple, Inc. and The Beatles' Apple Corps have signed a new trademark agreement which puts decades of trademark disputes concerning the Apple name and logos behind them. Under the new agreement, Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to “Apple,” and will license some of the trademarks back to Apple Corps, for their continued use. “We love the Beatles, and it has been painful being at odds… Read More