Gizmodo: advertising

Expat Ad Agency Crams English Cottage Inside Its Office [Design]

Sam Biddle — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Take a quick look around the offices of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and you might think you missed your plane to Shanghai. Rooms ripped straight from a meticulous English household offer a respite for the homesick, and commentary on Shanghai's boom. More »

You Know When You're Biking and You Hit That Wall? [Imagecache]

Kyle VanHemert — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:20:00 EDT

That may or may not what this bike shop in Altlandsberg, Germany had in mind when they decided to put up 120 old bikes instead of a sign. I'll take that red one by the vine, please. [Flavorwire via Notcot] More »

SunChips' New 100% Compostable Bag Is Hilariously, Ear-Damagingly Loud [Canthearyou]

Kyle VanHemert — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:16:15 EDT

There's one kinda big problem with SunChips' new 100% compostable bag: It's noisy as Hell. An Air Force pilot says it's louder than the cockpit of his jet, and this video test pegs it at a potentially damaging 95 decibels. More »

Xbox 360 Commercial Pulled, for Using PS3 Footage of Same Game [Gaming]

Kat Hannaford — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:27:00 EDT

Ha! Hahahaha. Sorry, please excuse my laughter—I just find it hilarious that the advertising agency employed by Microsoft thought they could get away with showing PS3 Final Fantasy XIII scenes. "Wot, it's the same game, innit?" More »

Apple's Strangling iAds With Creative Control [Iads]

Kyle VanHemert — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:42:03 EDT

Apple's iAd platform is here, but the advertisements themselves are still few and far between. According to the WSJ, Apple's desire to closely control the creation of the ads has slowed their arrival. More »

Earn a Graduate Degree in Texting!!!11 [Humor]

Kyle VanHemert — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:40:00 EDT

There's graduate school, where you're encouraged to throw yourself into your studies, and then there's Graduate School, where you're encouraged to throw grammar out the window and recruit your friends via text message. [Reddit via Huffington Post via Daily What] More »

MetaMirror Concept Unites Your Tablet and TV [Concepts]

Kyle VanHemert — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:30:00 EDT

It's happened to us all. One minute you're just vegging out, letting the gentle glow of your TV wash over you, and then the next thing you know a computer is sucking away all your attention. Let MetaMirror play mediator. More »

Leaked Google 'Vision Statement' Shows the Company Warming Up to Selling User Data [Privacy]

Adam Frucci — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:20:00 EDT

In a seven-page "Vision Statement" made in 2008, the top brass at Google is shown weighing their options between not being evil and keeping up with new companies selling user search and surfing data to advertisers. More »

Rubik's Cube Head: Puzzlingly Gross [Ads]

Brian Barrett — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:40:11 EDT

Had your breakfast yet? Might be best not to watch this man assemble his head on an empty stomach. Still, however disgusting, it's one of the cooler commercial effects I've seen in a while. More »

The Japanese Certainly Know How To Sell Slow-Motion Cameras [SlowMotion]

Rosa Golijan — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:40:00 EDT

I have to congratulate whoever is behind these videos advertising slow-motion cameras, because I'm convinced that I need one. The bikini-clad girls and the pudding-covered men are enough to make me want to create an epic slow-mo film. More »

Microsoft's Ad Sales Team Killed Effort To Redefine Browser Privacy [Microsoft]

Kyle VanHemert — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:39:00 EDT

After Microsoft killed Kin, stories swirled attributing its mismanagement to warring fiefdoms inside the company. A WSJ report suggests that a similar conflict curbed an effort to overhaul privacy in IE8, with ad sales winning out over the browser group. More »

Feds Pushing for Stronger Privacy While You Shop Online [Privacy]

Sam Biddle — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:28:50 EDT

Congress is getting behind a policy "rethink" regarding online privacy, including the implementation of an FTC-enforced "Do Not Track" list. Such a list would allow shoppers to opt-out of advertising and behavioral tracking that follows customers from item to item. More »

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Joseph David Van Alstyne — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:49:04 EDT

Gap is now using QR codes in their promotional material. This is what I received in the mail just yesterday. More »

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New Droid X Ad Thumps iPhone 4 Bumpers [Fight]

Brian Barrett — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:36:12 EDT

Motorola's officially not pulling any punches, with a full-page Droid X ad in the NY Times today making it clear that their phone don't need no stinking bumper. If their last ad was a jab, this one's a full-on haymaker. More »

Apple Patent Application Shows Ad-Supported Version of OS X [Apple]

Adam Frucci — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Could Apple be prepping an ad-supported version of OS X? A newly-unearthed patent application shows that they've at least been toying with the idea. More »

Minority Report Intelligent Digital Billboards Are Real [Billboards]

Casey Chan — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:00:00 EDT

You remember those billboards in Minority Report, the ones that personalize what they display depending on who stands in front of it. Tokyo is rolling out digital billboards that do the same thing. More »

NYC's Sexiest Billboard Doesn't Care For Dumphones [Ads]

Brian Barrett — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:20:00 EDT

See that beautiful model there, frolicking with a few of her friends? No? Well, your smartphone can. This billboard—and two others like it—is one giant QR code that in this case gives particular significance to augmented reality. More »

Sony's New Point-and-Shoot Press Shots, Brought To You By a Canon Camera [Busted]

Kyle VanHemert — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:00:00 EDT

Look at this pleasant tableau: two square-jawed gentlemen and one of their attractive lady friends enjoying a brand new Sony point-and-shoot. And so beautifully photographed! (By a Canon 5D Mark II.) More »

Twitter's Earlybird Account Will Pump You Full of Time-Sensitive Deals [Twitter]

Gary Cutlack — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:43:46 EDT

Twitter last night launched its Earlybird promotional account, which is an attempt to make a bit of money by offering time-limited, sponsored deals from advertisers to all its followers. We know you need to start making money, Twitter—but affiliate sales? Is there really no better plan than pumping out Amazon links? More »

iAds Are Here Today. This Is What They Look Like. [IAD]

Brian Barrett — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:52:12 EDT

One of iOS4's tentpole features—right up there with multitasking and folders—launches today. It's called iAd, and it's coming to hog your screen and your bandwidth. Here's what one of the first looks like. More »

Droid X NY Times Ad Sneaks In iPhone 4 Jab [Fight]

Brian Barrett — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:41:39 EDT

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Release the hounds! First Nokia writes a post about how holdable its phones are, and now Motorola's touting that Droid X "allows you to hold the phone any way you like." In this full-page NY Times ad, no less. More »