Tag: ADVERTISEMENT

If you've spent any of the last couple of years on the surface of the Earth breathing and talking to people (as opposed to hiding in the depths of the planet with the mole people), you've no doubt heard of GoDaddy and its tradition of airing risque ads during the Super Bowl. The ads always generated quite a bit of attention -- one was even pulled by the network before it could air -- but this ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Second_Installment_of_Gates_And_Seinfield_Saga'; The second installment of the Bill Gates / Jerry Seinfeld saga has been released, and we'll level with you: if they keep making them this good, we don't really care what they're about. See for yourself after the break. [From: Microsoft] [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] ...

You know those situations where everyone knows something yet no one is courageous enough to just blurt out the obvious? Pardon us, but yes, people do actually use their DVRs to skip commercials. In case our word isn't good enough for you, research firm Oliver Wyman has just completed a study which found that 85% of the 1,000 global participants used their DVR to skip at least three-quarters of ...

Apparently July is a hot month for ad trials in Japan, as just weeks after a number of 65-inch digital posters were installed in a Tokyo train station, in flies word that yet another consumer-luring installation is being tested. Recruit and NTT Communications are delivering Scent-emitting LCD Display Systems to an underground mall in the heart of Japan, each of which rely on a 42-inch LCD and a ...

Look, LG, it's all well and good the Secret has a touchscreen and that sweet DivX-capable 5 megapixel camera, but making a viral video that can only be described as early-'90s softcore voodoo porn and ends with a sheepish phone call from the dude's mother is probably not the best way to highlight those qualities. Video after the break -- warning, it's just a hair on the NSFW side. ...

NBC is gearing up to launch its second YouTube competitor, Didja.com. The first is a yet-to-be-named joint venture with FOX to offer TV shows for download. So, what's Didja, then? Didja will show only advertisements. Sure there's a certain irony to a Web site that will sell advertising space on a site designed to show ads, but hey, who are we to judge? Didja.com will be loaded with classic ads, ...

Starting today, eBay is accepting bids for dead air. Through a partnership with Bid4Spots of Encino, California, the world's leading auction site now lets advertisers vie for unsold radio inventory from 2,300 stations in the top 300 U.S. markets. This comes on the heels of April's news that Google's had struck a deal to sell ads with Clear Channel, the country's biggest operator of radio ...