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Bravo Samsung, Your Ad Actually Makes Me Want To Buy a Washing Machine

For some reason washing machine commercials are still stuck in the 1950s. They mainly feature scenarios targeting the suburban housewife who’s struggling to juggle the responsibilities of a busy household: an approach that’s as non-inclusive as it is insulting. So Samsung, we applaud you for thinking outside the box with this brilliant ad for your…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 22

Did George Lucas copy Star Wars‘ opening catchphrase from an ad in a fashion magazine?

Check out this ad, which appeared in a 1974 issue of Vogue Magazine. Does it remind you of anything? Did you feel a faint disturbance in the Force, as if a million Star Wars fans were realizing that absolutely everything in George Lucas’ seminal classic is borrowed from other sources — even the iconic phrase…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 26

Internet Explorer Says the Mayans Were Right Because IE10 Is Actually Good Now

In another excellent ad for Internet Explorer 10, IE pokes fun of itself saying that the sign of apocalypse is here because Internet Explorer 10 is actually good now. This follows up their hilarious video ad which showed Internet trolls saying IE10 sucked… less. What a hot streak of hilarious self deprecating humor! https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-looks-deep-in-the-heart-of-internet-explorer-5964250 This…

Tech News Casey Chan Dec 20

Report: Automatic Video Ads (With SOUND?) Coming To Your Facebook Feed

If you think the auto-play commercials on sites like ours are annoying, get ready to have it in your face times a billion: Ad Age says video ads are hitting Facebook. The transition, which AdAge’s anonymous industry sources say will begin in the first half of 2013, will stick video commercials in your browser, tablet,…

Social Media Sam Biddle Dec 18

Famous robots come out of the woodwork in new GE ad, including our favorite android!

Remember all those weird and seemingly inexplicable robot sightings we reported on last month? As suspected, it was all part of an elaborate viral marketing campaign — we just weren’t sure who was behind it. As it turns out, it was General Electric, who has now released a television commercial in support of this “Brilliant…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 17

If You Want Me To Sing In Public You’ll Have To Do Better Than a Free Coke

Coca-Cola has long been associated with the holidays: from polar bears with questionable diets, to the myth that the company created our modern image of the man in red. But this year the company’s Christmas marketing efforts completely miss the mark. Instead of turning caffeine addicts into spies for a free bottle of sugar water,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 14

Is Every Single Tech Ad Making the Same Basic Geometric Mistake?

You’ve seen the pose. One or two phones or tablets standing straight up. Another leaning up against the first at an angle. And somehow, they’re all the exact same height. ARRRRGHHH. You learn this crap in middle school, right? Reddit pointed how absurd this seems earlier today. But hold on! Another redditor, bananaseepeep, illustrates that…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Dec 10

Smart Store Displays Trigger Product Demos When You Pick Something Up

A Japanese clothing retailer has installed new display racks in its store outfitted with a device called the DLabHook which promises to make decision making a little easier. When a customer removes an item from a rack, a promotional video is played providing more info on the product while it’s demo’d by a model. The…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 10

Famous Photos Taken As Selfies Are So Damn Hilarious

Selfies are hilarious photographs people take of themselves. It’s a close cousin to the MySpace mirror shot and birthed from the proliferation of smartphones and point and shoots and really, there’s nothing more awkward than catching someone in the process of taking a selfie. So when you take these famous photographs and repurpose them as…

Tech News Casey Chan Dec 6

Verizon Wants to Watch and Listen to Your Life While You Watch TV

Last week, Verizon filed a patent for a set-top box that detects what you’re doing while you watch TV, and serves you advertising accordingly. Ew, weird, companies watching what I do while I consume content. Big brother! Chill, son. “Methods and Systems for Presenting an Advertisement Associated with an Ambient Action of a User” describes…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Dec 5

Self-Updating LCD Grocery Shelf Labels Are Pure Genius

It seems the rumors of e-ink based displays’ imminent death at the hands of tablets were greatly exaggerated. Despite a glut of portable color screen devices now on the market, e-book readers are more popular than ever, and a company called ZBD Solutions now wants to use the e-ink technology as easily updateable store signage.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 30

The Secret to Making Food Look So Delicious in Ads (Hint: Slow Motion)

You know when you watch a beer commercial or an ad about fruit or anything relating food and think, man, that looks absolutely delicious? And then when you go to the market to get that same exact food, it looks absolutely nothing like the commercial. It happens every time! How do ad men make the…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 29

Microsoft Looks Deep in the Heart of Internet Explorer Trolls

You may not have noticed—why would you have?—but Internet Explorer has actually gotten markedly better! Better enough, anyway, to possibly soften to hardest-hearted internet troublemaker. https://gizmodo.com/the-five-best-new-features-in-windows-8-consumer-previe-5889122 And while you’re still probably right to stick with Chrome, kudos to Microsoft for keeping the bar in this video at just the right height: progress is progress, and…

Tech News Brian Barrett Nov 29

If You Didn’t Know, Condoms Are Much Stronger Than Water Balloons

In this hilarious video about Durex condoms, boys are tossing water balloons that explode all over the sidewalk and leak onto people. But if they use a condom? No matter the pressure, no matter the friction, it stays strong. So yeah, condoms are better than water balloons at not ripping. [Vimeo via Design Taxi]

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 21

This Brilliant, Punchable Car Ad Comes With a Tiny Working Airbag

As printed media becomes more and more irrelevant, advertisers have had to devise clever ways to grab a magazine reader’s attention. And to promote the safety features of its vehicles, Peugeot ran this brilliant ad that simulates what would happen in a head-on collision. To simulate the crash the reader is encouraged to punch an…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 16

This 1990 Philips Ad Is Awesomely Awful

Kudos to Philips for posting this incredibly awkward promotional spot called Moving Sound on the company’s official YouTube channel. If it’s not ashamed of the ad—which highlights everything terrible about the 1990s—then why should we shudder when watching it? And keep your eyes peeled for a few cameos by a young Javier Bardem sporting the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 15

The Ridiculous Requests That Ad Agencies Get

No matter how often you watch Mad Men, it ain’t always booze, sex and cigarettes when it comes to advertising because of the brain numb clients. They always have ridiculous requests like making the Vikings nicer or making the logo bigger. It’s hilarious what they ask for. These posters, made by graphic designers in Ireland,…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 10

Why Recycle When You Can Turn Your Old Hardware Into a MIDI Symphony?

At this point every city has a facility that will process all of your old electronics. But instead of doing the responsible thing and recycling your unwanted gear, it turns out you can turn it into a giant electronic symphony specializing in Bob Dylan’s hits. Thanks for the inspiration Brother! We all now have a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 6

This iPad Mini Ad Parody Is Actually Better Than the Original

Apple’s iPad mini ad is almost as adorable as the shrunken tablet itself, featuring it and its larger sibling playing a duet of Heart and Soul. But what about the rest of Apple’s hardware? They’re seemingly given the cold shoulder, which is what prompted the folks at Cinesaurus to create this all-encompassing parody that even…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 5

What’s It Like to Spend One Minute as James Bond?

Most marketing stunts are just plain annoying, but every once in a while one comes along that doesn’t make you completely hate the company behind it. Such is the case with this cross-promotion for Coke Zero and the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, which turned unsuspecting travelers into James Bond for one very exciting minute.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 19

Bravo Samsung, Your Ad Actually Makes Me Want To Buy a Washing Machine

Did George Lucas copy Star Wars‘ opening catchphrase from an ad in a fashion magazine?

Internet Explorer Says the Mayans Were Right Because IE10 Is Actually Good Now

Report: Automatic Video Ads (With SOUND?) Coming To Your Facebook Feed

Famous robots come out of the woodwork in new GE ad, including our favorite android!

If You Want Me To Sing In Public You’ll Have To Do Better Than a Free Coke

Is Every Single Tech Ad Making the Same Basic Geometric Mistake?

Smart Store Displays Trigger Product Demos When You Pick Something Up

Famous Photos Taken As Selfies Are So Damn Hilarious

Verizon Wants to Watch and Listen to Your Life While You Watch TV

Self-Updating LCD Grocery Shelf Labels Are Pure Genius

The Secret to Making Food Look So Delicious in Ads (Hint: Slow Motion)

Microsoft Looks Deep in the Heart of Internet Explorer Trolls

If You Didn’t Know, Condoms Are Much Stronger Than Water Balloons

This Brilliant, Punchable Car Ad Comes With a Tiny Working Airbag

This 1990 Philips Ad Is Awesomely Awful

The Ridiculous Requests That Ad Agencies Get

Why Recycle When You Can Turn Your Old Hardware Into a MIDI Symphony?

This iPad Mini Ad Parody Is Actually Better Than the Original

What’s It Like to Spend One Minute as James Bond?

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