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Microsoft Pusses Out on Family Guy Special
9:55AM Matt Buchanan | Microsoft’s involvement in the Windows 7 Family Guy hackathon is cancelled. Family Guy’s writing team pulled out one too many idea balls about incest, the Holocaust and feminine hygiene, making it “not a fit with the Windows brand”. More »
Networks
Verizon Bitch Slaps AT&T In “There’s A Map For That” Commercial
3:20PM Rosa Golijan | I’m not a fan of Verizon, but their newest ad made me giggle like a little girl. It’s a nice little jab at AT&T through mockery of Apple’s “There’s an app for that” tagline. [YouTube via Digital Daily]
Games
New PS3 Ads Tease Internet Rumours, Lazy Boyfriends
11:50PM Danny Allen | Amazingly enough, Sony’s new U.S PlayStation 3 ads actually make sense, and have a sense of humor. The first spot is a tongue-in-cheek look at pricing rumours (hey!), while the second spruiks the joys of the Interwebs. More »
Random Stuff
Girl From Mac-PC Knock-Off Ads Is A Lot Hotter Than Justin Long
11:40PM Jesus Diaz | Mi gusta chica mexicana, si. Ella es muy sweet. Mi no gusta Justin Long, porque es cojones obnoxious. Si? Claaaaaro. Los Mac-PC knock-off comerciales de television de cable company Yoo, however, es malo malo. Chingada. Tortilla. Tacos. Chimichanga. [Thanks Rodrigo]
Phones
Look Familiar? Bell Canada’s Palm Pre Ad Mimics The iPhone
3:30PM Danny Allen | What’s more unsettling than Tamara Hope’s Palm Pre ads? Just how similar Bell Canada’s Pre ad looks to the iPhone spots we’ve seen for years. Everything from upbeat music to the disembodied hand is there. Watch them side-by-side: More »
Random Stuff
Eight Worst Spokesassholes In Recent Memory
1:20PM Rosa Golijan | Each day I get a little bit sadder that Billy Mays is no longer with us. Good thing there are so many spokeassholes vying for position in the marketing pantheon. More »
Entertainment
11:00AM Nick Broughall | The Freeview marketing campaign rolled on over the weekend, with the second commercial being shown on all the FTA networks at 6:29 last night. But does it clear up all the confusion over extra channels? Hell no! More »
Second Freeview Ad Still Doesn’t Explain Anything, Promises 5 Free New Channels
11:00AM Nick Broughall | The Freeview marketing campaign rolled on over the weekend, with the second commercial being shown on all the FTA networks at 6:29 last night. But does it clear up all the confusion over extra channels? Hell no! More »
Computers
The Snarky Fine Print in Apple’s ‘PCs Are 100 Percent Trouble-Free’ Ad
6:00AM Matt Buchanan | Have you watched Apple’s new Hodgman ads? The “legal copy” ad is the most cutting—every time Hodgman says how easy-to-use PCs are, a wall of fine print explodes upwards. MacJournals has transcribed all of it. More »
Computers
Apple Counterattacks Lauren With Four New Hodgman Mac/PC Ads
12:35PM Jack Loftus | Apple has fired back, in an unsurprising way, at those new Windows ads we’ve been hearing so much about lately (you remember Lauren, yes?). The counterattack comes in four new, but familiar, flavours: More »
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