Tag: TARGETED

As it's done with just about everything in the world of technology, Japan has just taken targeted advertising to a whole new (and wholly creepy) level. According to a new report out of Tokyo, several companies have begun testing digital billboards that can instantly identify the age and gender of anyone who walks in front of its attached cameras. Once the data is collected, the billboard then ...

Share OK, now this is getting out of control. He took our cool, our precious YouTube time, and now, he's making our marriage proposals. As we reported earlier, the Old Spice guy has been going on a Twitter tear the past couple of days, sending out personalized, bite-sized thank-you-commercials to targeted celebrities, bloggers and plebeian followers. Throughout the campaign, he's received (and ...

Google's next strategic foray into new business is going rock the very Internet to its core. It appears the search colossus has set its sights on the total domination of the oft-ignored fart machine industry. For evidence, look no further than the Google Ad Words that recently plopped up in the Gmail account of one Switched staffer. "Fart Machines $12.95 ea," the ad screams, which, we're ...