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  • advertising

    Student HP Ad Shows Beautiful Alternate Universe Where Printers Are Fast, Predictable, Musical


    In response to a call from Hewlett Packard for user-made advertisements, two students at London's Kingston University pulled off a mesmerizing synchronized printing routine with a stable of HP printers. More »
    07/09/09
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    By John Herrman

    Comment by Sticks Calhoun: PC LOAD LETTER? What the #$^@ does that mean? 7 Responses | Other threads

  • bad ideas

    Sony Promotional Image Shows Some Dangerous Behavior

    Sony's new press image is all fun and cheeky until that model drops his PSP into the tub and ends up with a seriously embarrassing obituary. [Kotaku]
    07/06/09
    21,023
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by DayWeSpilledThePaint_GitEmSteveDave: Wait,wait. How can this guy have legs/forearms that hairy, yet a chest so smooth? That just doesn't make... 17 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Anti-Abuse Bus Stop Ad Only Batters Women When Nobody's Looking

    Amnesty International has installed a new anti-domestic-abuse ad fixture in Hamburg, Germany which is equal parts clever and shocking: when you look at the photo, it's a smiling couple; when you look away, it's a dude punchin' a lady. More »
    06/26/09
    184,305
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    By John Herrman

    Comment by Noobs-R-Us: What about men abused by women? They should show that also. 17 Responses | Other threads

  • olympus

    Olympus Discovers Will It Blend, Uses It to Sell Cameras

    Have you guys heard of this "Will It Blend?" thing? Apparently it's all the rage on the internet! That's why the cutting-edge minds at Olympus jumped on this new fad to make a viral video of their own. More »
    06/22/09
    11,544
    44

    By Adam Frucci
  • wrongmodo

    Nintendo Wii Advertising Probably Sent Some Wrong Subliminal Signals

    This is certainly not a new image, but once you add the proper caption, the whole Wiimote-bridging-the-generation-gap concept gets a little bit disturbing. OK, it freaks me out almost as much as the JesusSwitch. [Thanks David]
    06/17/09
    81,139
    89

    By Jesus Diaz

    Comment by Grendel: This is when you know that the entire civilization has gone down the shitter; A gadget/tech blog on a slow... 18 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011

    The WSJ is reporting that DirecTV has conscripted the talents of software startup Invidi to show targeted—meaning local—ads to its customers, starting in 2011. More »
    06/17/09
    5,021
    33

    By John Herrman

    Comment by darkstar: Why is that bad? Low budget commercials are always the best. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • apple-baiting

    BART Tears Down DVD Jon's Apple-Baiting DoubleTwist Ad

    Now we're not saying BART is in cahoots with Apple. What we are saying is, BART took down a legally-purchased ad for having a "too dark" background, and then rejected the same ad when updated with a white background. Hmm. More »
    06/10/09
    28,174
    98

    By Dan Nosowitz

    Comment by Purple Monkey Dishwasher: BART took down a legally-purchased ad for having a "too dark" background, and then rejected the same ad when updated... 12 Responses | Other threads

  • bing

    Microsoft Rolls Out Bing Mobile Site, First TV Ad

    Bing's launch has officially reached stage two: Microsoft has rolled out a mobile version of the site, and debuted the search engine's first TV ad. How are they? More »
    06/03/09
    10,484
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    By John Herrman

    Comment by ok_go: I don't recall ever seeing google and yahoo making a tv ad for their search tool. This is a first. 5 Responses | Other threads

  • Adchitecture

    Building Calendar May Be Sexist but I Like It Anyway

    This outdoor advertising for Axe deodorant—integrated with the architecture of a female students' dorm—shows a page of a calendar, with each window showing a sexy girl making a day cell. More »
    06/01/09
    27,699
    61

    By Jesus Diaz

    Comment by OMG! Ponies!: Wow. It's like an advent calendar. An advent calendar with beer bongs and date rape. 11 Responses | Other threads

  • ads

    New Olympus DSLR Ads Put Animals On Ice

    These ads for the Olympus E620 DSLR show animals frozen in blocks of ice. This might be to highlight the camera's image stabilization, or it might be targeted at the coveted animal abuser demographic. More »
    05/21/09
    8,518
    49

    By Adam Frucci
  • image cache

    OMG, SPAM ASAP FTW!

    It may not be pulled pork butt from Momofuku Ssäm Bar, but Spam gets geek points for making fun of their brand's intarweb meaning in this recent print ad. FTW indeed. [AP—Thanks Debby]
    05/17/09
    20,105
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    By Jesus Diaz

    Comment by bysty: Is it just me, or has the journalism of the site reached a level where lots of the stories really... 16 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    New Apple Ad Mocks Microsoft Laptop Hunters In Usual Smarmy Way

    Apple's new ad takes solid aim at Microsoft's recent much-talked-about Laptop Hunters ad series with the Apple style fully intact. In other words, it's really, really smug. More »
    05/13/09
    75,516
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    By Dan Nosowitz

    Comment by En0s0ne... Now with auto-tune commenting: Sweet sweet Apple... your marketing dollars are well spent. Well spent. Awesome ad, simply awesome. PS to all the iHaters that gripe... 53 Responses | Other threads

  • iphone apps

    Report: Popular Ad-Supported iPhone Apps Actually Make a Killing

    I'm not sure if it's because free, ad-supported apps are often crap, or because in-app advertising just doesn't seem effective, but this is honestly surprising: top 100-ranked free apps can make $400-$5000 a day. More »
    05/06/09
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    By John Herrman
  • advertising

    Google Chrome Short Films for the Browser That's Warm and Fuzzy

    Google commissioned 11 short films about its Chrome browser, ranging from exceedingly slick and excellently-soundtracked (below) to cool stop-action films. They're all very well-done and variously informative and adorable. [Google Chrome via TechCrunch]
    04/30/09
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    By Dan Nosowitz

    Comment by Michael Fischer: Very much like apple. The browser is almost identical to Safari 4. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • design

    Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton Create First Designer QR Code

    Let's face it, QR Code hasn't been very exciting. Just dots and squares. But this QR facelift, combining the designs of Louis Vuitton with Takashi Murakami, just made Kanye make a mess in his shoes. More »
    04/22/09
    8,428
    35

    By Adrian Covert
  • zune phone

    Microsoft's Prepping Advertising for Zune-On-Phone Software

    Adweek is claiming that Microsoft's "pink", which was code for the Zune Phone/Zune on Cellphone project, is in the looking-for-advertiser stage. This probably means it's getting pretty close (months, not years) to shipping. More »
    04/14/09
    5,681
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    By Jason Chen
  • cellphones

    Casio's Exilim Phone Ads Make Me Want To Buy An Exilim Phone Feel Like A Pervert

    There's a thin line between effectively using skin to sell a product and making your audience feel like sex creeps. With these vaguely porny Exilim C721 phone ads, Casio is nowhere near it. More »
    NSFW
    04/10/09
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    By John Herrman
  • advertising

    Fish Tank Bus Stop May Not Be Entirely Practical

    Wouldn't it be nice, while waiting for the bus, to have an aquarium full of fish to look at? At least for those first few days, until they die, at which point it'd get depressing. More »
    04/08/09
    6,543
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Kaiser-Machead: Or some random fuckhead might either smash the glass, or put something in there to poison the fish. I was... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Shocking: New Microsoft Ad Implies Macs Are Inferior


    Microsoft's new Lauren is a tech-savvy engineer with a complicated, foreign name, tasked with finding a laptop that'll address his needs for under $1,500. You'll never guess what this Microsoft-paid probable-actor decided to buy. More »
    04/04/09
    44,354
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    By Dan Nosowitz

    Comment by geekpi: *Shocking: New Microsoft Ad Implies Macs Are Inferior* Well duh. Because they are. 45 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Elvis Spotted In Bose Ad, Probably Just An Impostor

    A new Bose ad campaign features famous musicians in speaker-drawn portraiture by Nirmalya Chakraborty. Without the Bose logo, they'd make for some great t-shirts. [Ads of the World via Neatorama]
    04/02/09
    4,197
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    By Mark Wilson

    Comment by strangelove9: IMPOSTOR IMPOSTOR IMPOSTOR! There is no "e" in IMPOSTOR! Why can't you properly learn your own language??? 7 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Sony Has a Heart After All

    Even if it's this creepy, pulsating rig assembled from gutted Bravias, Walkmen and VAIO for a British football commercial. But where is all the blood? More »
    03/31/09
    8,786
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    By John Mahoney

    Comment by deaded: Looks a little like General Grievous to me. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Microsoft Plays MONSTER BALL!!!

    Fine Microsoft, you've got us. If you stop these crazy ads featuring mutants and basketball, we'll take Lauren back. We just hate that it came to this, pain and damage that cannot be undone. [copyranter]
    03/31/09
    7,984
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    By Mark Wilson

    Comment by Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys: If you hold L + R + Start + X and enter BAL for they player name, you get to... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Someone Found Microsoft's Lauren! And She's an Actress

    We were hoping to catch up with Microsoft's "Lauren," a regular gal who Microsoft surprised with $1,000 to buy a laptop...in a national commercial. And it ends up she's an LA-based, SAG-eligible actress. UPDATE More »
    03/30/09
    115,316
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    By Mark Wilson
  • advertising

    Microsoft Marketing Team Now Exclusively Advised By Internet Commenters (But It Works!)

    You've heard it before, and it's true: Macs are more expensive than PCs. There's not much more to say about that! Unless, of course, you have a vested interest in casting Apple as elitist. More »
    03/27/09
    42,641
    353

    By John Herrman

    Comment by Slappy McSlapp: This is slick-- It's like asking someone to buy the best car they can for $14,000 and then decrying how... 81 Responses | Other threads

  • ads

    Honda Creates Pixel Art From Hundreds of Car Headlights

    This new Honda ad uses hundreds of car headlights to make pixel art. It's neat looking, but you've got to wonder how much energy they wasted making this ad for a hybrid car. Ironic? [DailyWhat]
    03/26/09
    20,077
    61

    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Kaspir: hypothesizing that this was made with real cars, how did they get all the lighting to sync with eachother to... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • zunes

    Nick's Zune Warehouse Sells Zunes by the Pound

    If you're in the market for a Zune, you might as well go to the store that's completely dedicated to everyone's favorite portable media player. More »
    03/24/09
    18,833
    131

    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Albert Samuel: The more I hear "I Love my Zune" on comments and stuff I become convinced that people aren't... I'm sorry... 24 Responses | Other threads

  • billboards

    Snowing Billboards Screwing Up Careers in Norway

    Imagine lumbering, blurry-eyed and beat-down to the bus stop on a Monday morning. Just then you notice that the billboard at the stop is snowing—alerting you to optimal skiing conditions at the nearby resort. More »
    03/23/09
    20,709
    49

    By Sean Fallon
  • sheep

    Sheep-Powered LED Display Lights Up Welsh Hillside

    In one of the funnest examples of merging animals with technology yet, these herders took to the hills of Wales to create huge sheep-driven LED displays. Baaaad ass! More »
    03/18/09
    47,667
    40

    By Elaine Chow

    Comment by Nathan Benson: i call shenaaaaanigans..... get it.... b/c they're sheep... i lead a sad life.... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • sprint

    Sprint's Dan Hesse Is Not As Likable As He Thought

    Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's sorta-classy black-and-white ads have been canned. Could bespectacled Verizon guy or spiky-haired Alltel guy get the axe next? Please? More »
    03/14/09
    14,451
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    By Dan Nosowitz

    Comment by Curlycarlos123: I've always liked those commercials... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • ads

    Bus Ad Shames You Into Joining a Gym by Showing Everyone Your Weight

    This bus ad for Fitness First in Rotterdam, The Netherlands gives you the hard sell via shame. It uses a scale in the seat to display just how fat you are to everyone around. More »
    03/13/09
    57,037
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Kaiser-Machead: I'm glad I don't care if people see what my weight is. Personally, if someone thought you looked either good or... 15 Responses | Other threads

  • directv

    Inappropriate DirecTV Commericals Won't Help Win Any Customers

    CollegeHumor looked at those DirecTV ads where they reenact a famous scene from a movie and asked "what if we used horribly inappropriate movies?" Hilarity ensues. More »
    03/11/09
    35,037
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Jon Cousins: What's the third movie? 10 Responses | Other threads

  • bad taste

    Electrolux Vacuum Ad Pokes Fun at Suicide, Really Does Suck

    Wow. I've seen a couple ads of questionable taste in my day, but this one—in which a desperate "live jumper" takes a leap but doesn't hit the ground—really takes the cake. [Youku Buzz]
    03/10/09
    10,034
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    By Elaine Chow

    Comment by Révolution: It really sucks... like that video player. It ENFORCES the buffer O.o 4 Responses | Other threads

  • comcast

    Comcast Really, Really Wants You to Love Them Again

    Comcast, which most people consider the worst company on the face of the earth (well, before AIG and friends stepped up) really wants you to love them again. I mean, watch this Juno-esque commercial. More »
    03/09/09
    17,528
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    By matt buchanan

    Comment by DayWeSpilledThePaint_GitEmSteveDave: Cablevision promised me free 911 to switch back to them from FiOS. No chance. [consumerist.com] 10 Responses | Other threads

  • displays

    Flexible, Cuttable ViVid Screen Turns Any Window Into an Obnoxious Video Advertising Display

    People always compare new technology to Minority Report, specifically Tom Cruise's ridiculous multitouch command center. But the ViVid screen might bring another, more annoying part of that film into reality: omnipresent video advertising displays! More »
    03/05/09
    7,422
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    By John Herrman

    Comment by OMG! ThePrincessIsInAnotherCastle!: That's really the last thing in the world that's needed. Damn ads. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • I'm a PC

    Microsoft's Child 'I'm a PC' Ads Only Works With Little Girls Apparently

    The first two I'm a PC ads from Microsoft used little girls, and were super super cute. This latest one? Not so much. Nothing against little boys, but nobody likes them using a computer.
    02/27/09
    26,682
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    By Jason Chen

    Comment by Linux Chief hardware engineer: lol more failing ads by microsoft. Cmon guys get creative. 13 Responses | Other threads

  • ads

    New Bravia Ad Features World's Largest Zoetrope

    We saw them building it, and now here's the finished product. It's a neat ad, but I feel like seeing the zoetrope in person would be way cooler. [YouTube via Didn't You Hear?]
    02/24/09
    11,509
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by A Snake a Snake... OH it's a Snake!: That's really cool. Not sure how the zoetrope has anything to do with a 200Hz TV. Is that thing really... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • question of the day

    So What's Up With the iPhone Love on 30 Rock?

    No one is better at the in-show product placement—an increasingly necessary evil in the business—than 30 Rock. But while most of them are obvious—McFlurries, anyone?—Liz and Jack's iPhones have us confused. More »
    02/19/09
    24,132
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    By John Mahoney

    Comment by Bill Cocklover: I tell you why they like the IPHONE cause they are a bunch of MAC nuthuggers fags 20 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Fashion Aims at My Demographic with Legos and Retro Gaming

    I'm not a big follower of couture fashion, but that might just be because it hasn't been targeted to me. Yeah, that's the reason. But including Lego and video games might change that. More »
    02/11/09
    10,902
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Curves: You know the model is thinking, "I need a new agent". 4 Responses | Other threads

  • ripoffs

    Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy 'Viral' Ad

    You've probably seen Improv Everywhere's amazing Frozen Grand Central video — it's gotten over 15,000,000 YouTube views. Apparently, so has Sony, because they totally ripped it off without asking permission or giving credit. Weasels. More »
    02/06/09
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Earthslide: It's okay to copy. People copy people all the time ... watch, people will start copying each other by commenting... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    NYT: Microsoft's Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates Ads Were a Huge Failure

    The NYTimes has an otherwise duhh account of Apple's recent advertising success, but among the mundanity is this little confirmation: the Seinfeld/Gates ad was among the worst their quoted media expert has ever tested. More »
    02/04/09
    11,742
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    By John Mahoney

    Comment by futureboycolin: the mexicans (who obviously have no computer and don't watch tv in any language other than spanish) only recognize the... 18 Responses | Other threads

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