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Up, up and away with your MacBook Air [Video]

Say what you will about Apple but three is one thing they are very good at - advertising their products in a simple yet incredibly effective way. Take for example this gem that has showed up courtesy of ... continue

Print and Online Newspaper Ad Spending Defeated By Online Ad Buys In 2010

In 2010 a trend that pleases those of us in the online publication game emerged, advertisers decided it was time to focus their ad spending towards the online market, allowing online publications to earn more ad revenue ... continue

10 great mind bending images from Geof Kern

Inspired by "post-modernist" artists, Geof Kern is a world renowned American photographers who brings a unique touch to his images. It is a creative imagination that has attracted companies like Diesel, Neiman-Marcus, LG, Sony, Morgan Stanley, Vanity Fair and ... continue

Settle down guys, it’s only an Old Spice spoof

This is not an ad you would see from an American company but then the Brits aren't as prudish was we are so it was no surprise that some enterprising ad agency in England would have has ... continue

Helen Mirren paid $800,000 to pretend she plays Wii Fit

The Queen Dame Helen Mirren has earned herself an easy $800,000 by spending two days shooting commercials for Nintendo's Wii Fit. MSN reports that the 65-year-old actress was brought in to appeal to older consumers, which Nintendo has ... continue

Loss to Disney and Warner costs Triton $400k. Is Google next?

I was wondering how long it would be before this tactic would succeed but according to Kit Eaton at Fast Company two Hollywood giants have scored a major win against Triton Media and set a huge precedent ... continue

What that tasty looking fast food burger really looks like

There's a story that has been floating around the Web for the past couple of weeks about Manhattan artist Sally Davies and her McDonald's Happy Meal project. The idea behind her project is that every day she ... continue

Using exploding kids isn’t a good way to advertise for climate change

Not everyone believes in climate change and has as many passionate detractors as it does passionate proponents, but sometimes that passion can get a little carried away. Such is case with a series of ads narrated by X-Files ... continue

11 fantastic photo manipulations

It's one thing to take great photographs but to be able to turn them into interesting and unique images by manipulating the photos takes a real talent. Even better are the ones that make you take a ... continue

The most viral videos so far this year

I'm betting that anyone who spends any time on the Web will know about the now famous Old Spice ads t hat went ballistic just a couple of months ago. However it wasn't the first viral ad ... continue

Literally the most awesome iPad app ad you will ever see

Without a doubt this has to be one of the best ads going for iPad apps. I could go on and on about it but seriously just watch it and then tell me if I'm not right. continue

Next up for IKEA? Cats, lots and lots of cats

So what do you do with 100 cats all gathered into one place in one night on purpose? Well if you are the IKEA store in Wmbley, London, you use them as part of a "Herding Cats" experiment ... continue

The cost of Murdoch’s paywall experiment? 90% of The Times traffic.

Way to go Rupert. Not only are your reporters pissed at the drop in traffic but your advertisers are leaving in droves. All because you knew better than the rest of the web and put everything behind a ... continue

Who knew baby carrots were so sexy and cool?

I am not sure exact which side of the fence I fall on this advertising push by a bunch of carrot farmers - on one side I fell like falling down laughing and on the other I ... continue

Could this be our 3D augmented future?

There is a lot of buzz in the tech world these days about augmented information display but there are a lot of people who either don't understand what this idea means or they worry about the inevitable ... continue

Yet another hilarious use of the robots.txt file – A SEO job offer

For those of you unfamiliar with what a robot.txt file is the Twitter version is this: a file on a webserver that tell search engine spiders what they are allowed to index on that server. Pretty simple ... continue

That pretty Chatroulette girl taking her clothes off — She’s a wild one

You know the Web can be really nasty. One minute you're expecting that pretty girl in the Chatroulette window to take her top off and show you all kinds of goodness only to be faced with a ... continue

Apple could be the best thing to happen to online ads

It goes without saying that when Apple sets its sights on something there is never any doubt that it will do it right. From their laptops to mobile phones to their operating systems Apple's iron grip on ... continue

What an incredibly awesome billboard

We see them just about everyone plastered with MickyDee's and other fast food restaurant ads but this has to be one of the coolest billboards I have seen. via Neatorama continue

Those Minority Report style billboards – they might happen sooner than you think

The thing that most people remember from the movie Minority Report is the talking ads that are directed right at the person passing in front of them. Even though the movie is set far in the future ... continue

I suddenly have an insatiable thirst for some Perrier water

Who says that ads have to be boring or involve a hot guy with no shirt. Me, I'll go for the sparkling water anytime. Presenting Dita Von Teese as the next spokesperson for Perrier sparkling water ... continue

10 of the best ads in the world

Just as the movie business, television and theater business have their yearly awards to pick the best of the best so does the outdoor advertising business with its yearly Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. The 10 ads in ... continue