We ran across this on Twitter this morning, with the caption: This ad is definitely not going to work... pic.twitter.com/HtHWD4Q9im— Marc Cenedella (@cenedella) August 17, 2014 Yeah. Good point, there.
Troy Patterson says it well in Slate: Trivago, the Düsseldorf-based travel search engine, has a most peculiar on-air pitchman—a sallow avatar of middle-aged masculinity, a found object and a cult... read more →
Two stories today from the realm of social media. First, the biggest social media platform that you never heard of is shutting down. That's Google's Orkut. Never heard of Orkut.... read more →
We enjoyed this item over at CNNMoney: McDonald's tweeted a photo of the new Happy Meal mascot, saying: "Say hello to our newest friend, Happy!" But within hours, the new... read more →
Over at Adweek, they're grooving over the just-released ad for Samsung's new curved TV: It's one of the oldest, hoariest tricks in the book: using snippets of dialogue from films... read more →
When the first "Star Wars" movie came out in 1977, we still thought of the future as a time when we would enjoy flying cars, and space travel via hyperdrive.... read more →
Have you seen the above outrageous video, billed on social media and elsewhere as "Actual Bank Robbery In Detroit -- Absolutely Priceless !!!!"? Well, it's not an "Actual Bank Robbery."... read more →
We can identify with Allan Ripp's lament about LinkedIn in The Wall Street Journal. An excerpt from his op-ed piece, headlined, "Dear LinkedIn: I Love You, Please Back Off": So,... read more →
A blog over at The New York Times notes that making decisions on the basis of what's trending on Twitter can sometimes miss what's actually happening: The greatest challenge of Big Data — especially... read more →
According to the buzz, this was a kinder, gentler year for Super Bowl commercials. The buzz is right. The ads were less sexy, less edgy, more warm and mushy. Also... read more →
