Virgin Mobile's YouTube Ads Change When You Blink
Technology "BlinkWashing" seems pretty useless, but it's a ton of fun. Virgin Mobile has introduced a feature to its YouTube page that switches to a new ad at the blink of an eye. It's called...
View ArticleThe Psychology Behind The "Like A Girl" And Nationwide Super Bowl Ads
Entertainment Do emotional highs and lows help sell products? Like many people, I initially enjoyed the "Like a Girl" advertisement that Always, the menstrual-pad brand, ran during this year's Super...
View ArticleThe PC Attempts A Makeover, And A New Marketing Strategy
Gadgets The science behind the "PC Does What?!" campaign A new ad campaign from Microsoft, Intel, Dell, HP, and Lenovo aims to herald a new era of PCs… A new ad campaign from Microsoft, Intel, Dell,...
View ArticleDoctors Seek To Ban Prescription Drug Ads
Health Physicians say these ads do more harm than good This week, members of the American Medical Association voted to support a federal ban on advertising in an effort to help guide consumers and...
View ArticleGoogle Has 7 Products With 1 Billion Users
Technology It's also now more valuable than Apple Google had trouble with its would-be Facebook challenger Google Plus. But it still has billions of users elsewhere... Google had trouble with its...
View ArticleThis Is What Happens When Augmented Reality Takes Over
Entertainment Short film 'Hyper-Reality' imagines life dominated by holographic ads What happens when augmented reality goes from a novelty to ubiquity?
View ArticleHow People Are Cashing In On Pokémon Go
Entertainment It's the Pokéconomy, stupid! The Pokéconomy is here. As the game beats established apps like Tinder for user base in record time, everyone is scrambling to find ways to profit off of the...
View ArticlePokémon Go Is This Week's New Advertising Scheme
Entertainment Prepare to see endless references to the game. Everywhere. The popularity of Pokémon Go means that we're in for a real deluge of spoofing, awkward, and sometimes ill-advised advertising...
View ArticleSnapchat's New Patent Hints At Augmented Reality Advertising
Technology Ads could appear in your selfies The ephemeral social network seems to be developing an ad-overlay system that'll turn your snaps into ads…
View ArticleTeens who experience racism are way more likely to smoke
Health The correlation is strong, but the causation is more complex. A new study links experiences of racism to teen smoking, but the tobacco industry has targeted racial minorities for a very long time.
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