Amazon’s Kindle ads have long gone after tablets over readability in sunlight, which is fair. But now that its Kindle Fire is a glare-prone LCD turbo-tab itself, the company has chosen a new battlefield: price. Hold on a sec! More »
This is very neat: Someone took the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and ran all the parallelisms with Matthew Broderick’s reprise for the 2012 Super Bowl. It was a great job, although Ferris is not Ferris anymore.
As part of the UK promotion for the company’s new microwave pre-baked potatoes (called jackets there for some reason), McCain has outfitted 10 bus shelters with giant 3D spuds that release the aroma of a freshly baked potato. More »
If you watched this year’s Super Bowl, you probably noticed one thing: Madonna looks good for a 53-year-old. Oh, and also, the commercials sucked. Screw Brady and Manning, where the heck is the creativity, ad people? You guys are boring me. I need something more than King Elton John and moonwalking dogs. More »
Last week’s IPO filing was bound to see Facebook push for extra revenue, and it is. The Financial Times reports that Zuckerberg is bringing ads to mobile devices in the next two months. More »
Microsoft is running a series of ads in major newspapers this week that take advantage of Google’s new privacy policy. The boys and girls in Redmond suggest you ditch Google and use their online products instead. More »
Say hello to The Bold Team. Sadly, this animated foursome is RIM’s attempt to capture the youth market. They urge the younger generation to “Be Bold”. Something tells me it won’t work. More »
So, last week, the internet was all a-twitter about a Matthew Broderick teaser that seemed to hint at a new Ferris Bueller movie. Except, predictably, it wasn’t — it’s just an ad for Honda cars. More »
It’s about .co domain names! It has girls in it! Danica Patrick! Jillian Michaels! Bodypaint! And… it predictably teases you into going to GoDaddy’s website to “see more”. Oh yeah, and it predictably sucks. More »
