Xoom’s coming soon, but how is Motorola going to introduce its iPad foe to the general public? The Super Bowl, of course! And the biggest tech ad to invoke 1984 since… well… hmmm, let’s see. Oh, right. Apple. More »
Ahh, the ’80s. When safety precautions barely existed, and kids could get excited by the mere thought of a 4-sound electronic console. Just look at their happy little faces. Even the dog is smiling. [Boing Boing]
Don Dodge was Microsoft’s champion in the startup community, their connection to the crazy world that gave us Facebook and Twitter. They laid him off a month ago. Now we know what he really thinks about Microsoft. It’s bad. More »
Lee Clow stepped down as the chief creative officer of TBWA/Media Arts Lab, Ad Age reports. Clow and TBWA/Media Arts were responsible for many of Apple’s most popular advertisements. More »
The kid who sued Amazon for eating his homework just won in court, to the tune of $US150,000. More »
Back in 1984, IBM was Big Brother—dominating one big unified world of beige and mainframes—and Steve Jobs was the rebel. In 2009, Apple and Jobs are the Big Brother of media in a world of white earbuds. More »
