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In what could be the next big trend in online marketing, Burger King has launched a '404 error page' campaign on the social news site Digg to promote its latest cheeseburger deal. According to Brand Freak, when a user visits Digg and enters an incorrect search, this error message will appear on the screen: "Looks like your search had a typo. Maybe you've got tiny hands?" If that ...
Burger King's ad campaigns have become incredibly weird and uncomfortable in recent years, particularly the spots featuring a disturbing big-headed King mascot. In its latest and most inappropriate (depending upon whom you ask) offering, Burger King is currently targeting British men with a crude and base promotion that has nothing to do with food or the hamburger chain.
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Ah, the American legal system, affording every red-blooded citizen the right to sue every other red-blooded citizen for the most inane reasons. According to the Miami New Times, Florida woman Elizabeth Espinal filed a lawsuit in April against Burger King, alleging the fast-food giant flooded her inbox with spam text messages. She claims the texts, which were first received in April 2008, caused ...
Microsoft has tried various slightly odd marketing schemes to grab some attention for Windows 7 here in the U.S. ranging from distrubingly cute commercials and a partnership with 'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane to house parties that have received much deserved mocking. Overseas, the promotions have taken on an strange numerological slant, working "7" into everything. In the Netherlands it ...
The benefits of friendship will never rival the beauty of free food. Burger King found that out the hard way. Facebook has disabled the Whopper Sacrifice application after 233,906 "friends" were sacrificed in the name of hunger (or obesity). In case you missed it, Burger King released a Facebook application that promised a free burger if you removed ten people from your friend list. It is a ...
The folks at Burger King have come to Facebook and they're not making many friends. Actually, they're asking you to sacrifice yours, we learned from the blog So Good. The fast food purveyors have released a new Facebook application in conjunction with the debut of the Angry Whopper (a spicy version of the original), giving the new burgers away for free. Of course, there is a slightly ...
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On the plane to LA for my 13th E3. Will have to photoshop Jason on all my photos this week.
Let's get to 1k followers. What do you like best? Ambiguous laments about my personal life, snide cultural commentary, or, you know, fashun?
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