Swedish Army Releases Super-Cinematic Recruiting Video
The Swedish military recently reached out to a couple of young, hip, talented producers in Sweden's electro music industry, and now their new recruiting commercial for amphibious assaulters looks like...
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Real Robots Spotted Hailing Cabs In Hollywood For Ambiguous Stunt [PHOTOS]
A strange PR stunt has sent real-life robots through the streets of major cities in California.While there's no official word why robots have been hailing cabs in Hollywood, riding ferries to...
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Yahoo Seems To Be Backing Off One Of Its Stupider Ad Placements (YHOO)
Yahoo is placing far fewer ads on a highly-trafficked page—the screen it shows users when they log in to a Yahoo service.That's according to Macquarie Equities Research, which put out a report this...
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Facebook No Longer Wants Your Vote (FB)
Facebook no longer wants its users to vote on the site's policies, reports Reuters.In 2009, Facebook attempted to defuse outrage over changes to its terms of service with a bold plan to have users vote...
View ArticleHow LinkedIn Chooses What News Stories You See
LinkedIn Today is a social business news product that appears on the very top of your LinkedIn page. This news aggregator brings top business headlines to LinkedIn's 175 million-plus members across 40...
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AD OF THE DAY: A Beer Can That Discourages Drinking
At first glance, these images of beer cans and champagne bottles do not look out of the ordinary, but a closer look at the labels shows a sobering message. The message requires the reader to pause long...
View ArticleHere's William Shatner's Singing Deep-Fried Turkey PSA [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, Adland and Happy Thanksgiving! Here's what you need to know before you dig into that turkey:Last year, William Shatner starred in a PSA for State Farm insurance teaching the masses about...
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Facebook's New Terms Of Service Suggests Ads Might Come To Instagram (FB)
The language in Facebook's new terms of service leaves the door quite open for ads to appear inside Instagram in the future, as pointed out in a tweet by tech reporter Christopher Mims.Here's the key...
View ArticleHow Companies Can Take Advantage Of The Way People Use LinkedIn
LinkedIn has carved a special and very valuable place in people's online lives, at a time when we didn't think we can manage yet another social network.Users build their professional identities on...
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Which Were The Best And Worst Ads Of The Year?
On Dec. 1, Business Insider will unveil the 10 best and 10 worst ads of the year.We've been monitoring ads all year, and so far we can say that the standard in both categories is very, very high.To...
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Here's Why I'm Not (Yet) Unhappy About Losing A Ton Of Money On Facebook...
Back in June, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and buy $1,000 of Facebook stock. I got 30 shares for roughly $31/share and, as history now shows, FB promptly tanked to $17.73 in the...
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BII REPORT: The Mobile Advertising Ecosystem Explained
We are in the post-PC era, and soon billions of consumers will be carrying around Internet-connected mobile devices for up to 16 hours a day. Mobile audiences have exploded as a result.Mobile...
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If They Didn't Pick Ferris Bueller, A Singing Jason Segel Could Have Starred...
One of the most memorable spots of the 2011 Super Bowl was when Matthew Broderick took the small screen to reenact the classic film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" for the Honda CRV.But Super Bowl campaigns...
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Heineken Paid $45 Million To Get James Bond To Drink Beer, And It Was...
When James Bond and Séverine imbibe the suave secret agent's drink of choice, rather than an alluring vodka martini reaching their lips, a cold one, of the pale ale Heineken brand, does the trick.While...
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Here's The Official Word On If Volkswagen Will Have Dogs In Its Super Bowl Spot
Deutsch LA created what is probably the most memorable spot in recent Super Bowl history, and it came in the form of a little boy in a Darth Vader suit.After agonizing over how the shop could possibly...
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AD OF THE DAY: Butter Sculptures of Famous Horror Movie Villains
This campaign for Italian health brand Aloe Cholestop shows the villains from "Saw,""Scream" and "Friday the 13th" standing atop of a stick of butter, warning about the deadly effects of high...
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Black Friday Shopping Hysteria From Around The Country [PHOTOS]
Black Friday — well, Thursday — has kicked off.Shoppers are scrambling to get their hands on the best doorbuster deals as various big retailers open up for the most frenzied shopping weekend of the...
View ArticleA Shocking Statistic About How Much Hewlett-Packard Spends On Advertising...
In the latest Coca Cola 10K they declare advertising expense in millions of dollars as follows:2009 $2,791 2010 $2,917 2011 $3,256I like to measure advertising expenses in "Coca Cola...
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This Luxury Brand Picked Kate Upton For Its Super Bowl Spot
Mercedes-Benz nabbed Sports Illustrated sensation Kate Upton to star in its coveted 60-second Super Bowl spot alongside Usher.Which is funny — or very strategically planned — since Upton just quashed...
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The 10 Weirdest Things For Sale In Facebook's New Gifts Section (FB)
Do you need a false, knitted beard?Or some really expensive beef jerky?What about a figurine of a man being stabbed full of kitchen knives?If so, then Facebook has you covered.The social network's new...
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