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Here's What A Barbie Doll Would Look Like If She Had A Real Woman's Measurements
It's different to rationally know that a Barbie doll's figure is based on wishful — and anatomically impossible — thinking, and then see the gaping disparity between what the doll and an average woman...
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Jay-Z's $5 Million Samsung Deal Will Change Music Forever
Record companies have spent more than a decade keening that free music was the subsidence in their basement and the dry rot in their rafters – so they are unlikely to be grandstanding about the fact...
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The US Government Spent $630,000 To 'Buy' Facebook Fans
The US State Department was Wednesday under fire for spending $630,000 over two years to win millions of "likes" on its Facebook pages at a time of severe government austerity measures.A scathing...
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Insane Red Bull Video Shows Biker Acting Out A Childhood Fantasy
BMX rider Danny MacAskill made an fantastic new edition to his MacAskill's Imaginate series. The video transforms a child's imagination into MacAskill's reality. Redditor otiotori posted the link on...
View ArticleBillboards Across America Will Sing 'The Star Spangled Banner' Today
In honor of Independence day, Clear Channel is celebrating the holiday by having its digital billboards across the United States sing the "National Anthem" through the July 7.Ad Age reports, "an...
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People Are Now Exchanging Cronuts For Sex On Craigslist
The $5 cronut — croissant and donut hybrid — is in such high demand in New York City that people are now creating Craigslist ads offering sex for the pastry.A particularly gross ad is titled ""Seeking...
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A German Company Has Created A Way To Beam Ads Through Windows Into Your Brain
Sky Deutschland, the German unit of TV provider Sky, and an advertising company called BBDO have invented an insane new technology that broadcast ads directly into people's brains.It uses something...
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Amazon Accused Of Screwing Small Publishers By Increasing Prices Against...
Now that Amazon has all but killed off brick-and-mortar bookstores as a source of competition — leaving huge stretches of the globe where online book sales are the only option — it is quietly raising...
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Jay-Z Wants A Ton Of Private Data From Anyone Who Downloads His...
Good morning, Adland. Here's what you need to know today:Jay-Z's Samsung-sponsored download of his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," asks for a huge amount of personal marketing data before anyone...
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Twitter May Have Handed Microsoft A Huge Victory In Its War Against Google...
Twitter's decision to honor "Do Not Track" settings in web surfers' browsers when it launches its ad exchange will doubtlessly be greeted with bunting and champagne at the headquarters of...
View ArticleSamsung Has A Bizarre Anti-Apple Commercial Airing In Iceland Starring Some...
It's a commercial for Samsung's flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone. We first spotted it on BGR.And we're not entirely sure what to make of it:SEE ALSO: Everything you need to know about Apple's next...
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Blue Jays TV Network Shows Us The Future Of Sports Advertising And It Is...
Sportsnet is now placing advertisements on one of the last remaining ad-free areas of a sporting event, the playing surface. Unless Major League Baseball steps in, the fans' views of baseball games is...
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Maurice Levy Talks Succession At Publicis
When The Drum meets with Maurice Levy, long-time CEO of international marketing group Publicis, it is in the shade of the sun-soaked terrace of the Majestic Hotel on La Croisette in Cannes. He is...
View ArticleSamsung Brings In Dancing Ninjas, Goat, And Actual Apples In Bizarre Ad...
Samsung has released a bizarre advert in Iceland mocking its smartphone rival Apple using ninjas, a goat and an actual apple.The ad’s main character is happily relieved when his fruit apple – which...
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How Mobile Marketers Can Use Perfect Timing To Win Droves Of Female Customers
It’s a fact that women are now responsible for 85 percent of all purchasing decisions in the United States and recent research shows that they overwhelmingly prefer to shop in physical retail...
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A Google Marketing Exec Took Some Dramatic Early Pictures Of The San...
Google product marketing manager Krista Seiden was on her way from San Francisco to Phoenix yesterday when she tweeted, "Hmm, seems my life has revolved around airports recently."And then the Asiana...
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90% Of Customers Will Recommend Brands After Social Media Interactions
A new study conducted by the Internet Advertising Bureau has found that 90 per cent of consumers would recommend a brand to others after interacting with them on social media.The study focused on FMCG...
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Billionaire Carlos Slim Invests $40 Million In App Developer Shazam
LONDON (Reuters) - Smartphone app developer Shazam has found an unlikely ally in the form of Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, who is investing $40 million to back the development of the...
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Google Pays AdBlock To Make Sure Its Ads Are Not Blocked [The Brief] (GOOG)
Googlepays to have its ads NOT blocked by AdBlock Plus. The browser add-on has an "acceptable ads" feature which is on by default. Users can switch it off and block all ads. Here's AdBlock's...
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(Near-)Bust, Boom, Exit: Join Dan Porter And Other Entrepreneurs At Startup 2013
Former CEO and founder of OMGPop Dan Porter has gone through the full startup lifecycle, taking the leap from a high-profile corporate job to found a company in NYC. It almost went broke, then...
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