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How Firefox's Anti-Cookie Policy Could End Web Advertising As We Know It
Mozilla, maker of Firefox, roiled the online ad world when it announced its new default setting on upcoming versions of its web browser would block third-party cookies (tracking devices used to target...
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Apple's Ex-Ad Man: Samsung Has Stolen Apple's Momentum (AAPL)
Samsung has stolen Apple's marketing momentum with its smart ads that poke fun at Apple, says Ken Segall, a former ad man for Apple.Segall isn't just any former Apple marketer. He put the "i" in...
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Guess What Was Missing From The First Version Of The Poster For 'Casablanca'
Bill Gold, the 92-year-old movie poster designer who created iconic ads for A Clockwork Orange, Alien, and The Exorcist, gave a fascinating interview to UnBeige, the design blog, recently.He revealed...
View ArticleHow To Get Way More Food At Chipotle For The Exact Same Price
A Burrito Bowl and Burrito at Chipotle cost the same, but a Reddit user claims you get more food in the Bowl than you do in the regular Burrito.Seems too good to be true, we thought.So, we put this...
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Watch These Celebs React In Horror To Images Of Uncured Tropical Diseases
End7, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending seven different uncured tropical diseases, has produced a bizarre — and distressing — video showing the suffering of victims of conditions such as...
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The Secret Behind Bed Bath & Beyond's Perfect Towel Displays
Bed Bath & Beyond is famous for its immaculate towel displays that reach the ceiling. But the website Neatorama revealed what's really under the towel facade. Foam. "We've been sold a bill of...
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WEIGHT WATCHERS WORKER: 'We Are Paid Less Than Kids Who Work At McDonald’s'
Weight Watchers employees are frustrated by the pay disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Weight Watchers pays spokespeople like Jennifer Hudson and Jessica Simpson millions of dollars to tout...
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This Rube Goldberg Machine Removes The Creme From An Oreo Cookie
With its genius Super Bowl blackout tweet/photo and live tweet-along of the Oscars, Oreo has been on a tear on social media lately. Now, in another attempt to go viral, Oreo uploaded onto its YouTube...
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Red Bull's 'VIP Trip' Turned Out To Be A Nightmare Vacation To Belgium
It was supposed to have been the VIP trip of a lifetime to the Belgium Grand Prix.But Red Bull has been censured after sending competition winners on a budget haul dash across three countries, making...
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Google's New Ads Look Eerily Similar To Apple's Old Ads
Google hoped for headlines this week over its Chromebook, a high-end laptop with a touch screen, which "takes on Apple" and "aims for Apple's core."What people aren't talking about is how incredibly...
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AD OF THE DAY: Lionel Richie's 'Hello,' En Espanol, As A Taco Bell Commercial
No one can resist the power of Lionel Richie's 1980s classic, "Hello."No one!(Don't make me turn off the comments, below, OK?)But ad agency DraftFCB has created an ad for Taco Bell's new Cool Ranch...
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Why 'Do Not Track' Is Not A Death Threat For Online Advertising
A few months back, an advertising executive argued that more online privacy would kill free speech.Richard Frankel, president of the advertising company Rocket Fuel, titled the post “How the Do Not...
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Shazam Is Driving $300 Million In iTunes And Amazon Sales
It's a long time since Shazam was just that useful app to identify (or "tag") music playing in the real world. In 2013, the company has a burgeoning business based around people tagging TV shows and...
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Meet Anna Zielinski, The Cheerleader Who Became Amazon's Bikini Girl With A...
Anna Zielinski is the face — and body — in some of Amazon's Kindle ads.You've probably seen these ads, in which she's repeatedly shown lying by a pool or on a beach in a black bikini, fending off guys...
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Skinny Models May Hurt Sales
Forget the size zero supermodels - bigger girls can mean bigger profits say researchers from Warwick Business School.Bad news for big fashion brands today as a new study reveals that adverts which...
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Facebook Invited Almost Everyone To Its Ad Exchange BUT Google [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Facebook just welcomed AOL's Advertising.com — now AOL Networks — to FBX. While that's great for AOL and its advertisers, this recent invite...
View ArticleBefore She Was Famous, A Teenage Anne Hathaway Made This Voicemail Ad
Like a lot of actors, Anne Hathaway did some pay-the-bills jobs before she got cast in blockbusters like Les Miserables and The Dark Knight Rises. In the late 1990s, before cell phones existed in any...
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Here's The Pretty Clever Ad That HBO Is Running For Game Of Thrones In The...
There's still some advantages to print advertising. See this two page in the New York Times from HBO for Game Of Thrones. It's a clever way to promote the dragons that will be a big part of season...
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This Timeline Suggests A Twitter IPO Might Happen In August
The launch of Twitter's Ads API— an "application programming interface" that allows advertisers to plug their own ads into Twitter's ecosystem — will probably turn out to be one of the more significant...
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Ram's Farmer Tribute Made TED's 10 Ads Worth Spreading
Every year, TED creates a list of 10 ads that are worth spreading.From the well-known (Ram's Super Bowl tribute to the farmers of America) to the obscure, TED selects commercials that truly elevate the...
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