Burger King Mocks the Creative Power of AI With These Wonderfully Ridiculous...
"The Whopper lives in a bun mansion--just like you." Unless you're Sir Mix-a-Lot, that's probably not literally true. But hey, when your ad's copywriter is an artificial intelligence, you have to give...
View ArticleNetflix Trolls Kevin Spacey in Trailer for House of Cards’ Final Season
Netflix released a trailer today for House of Cards' sixth and final season, which makes clear that the drama is distancing itself from its disgraced former star, Kevin Spacey. Production on Season 6...
View ArticleContent Wins Over Viewers on Streaming Services, Nielsen Finds
Nielsen will report its findings on how consumers perceive new technological devices and services. As part of the first iteration of that, the survey found that content goes a long way in winning over...
View ArticleFacebook Added a Premium Option for Its In-Stream Video Ads
Facebook unveiled some new options for video ad campaigns on its platform. The social network said in a blog post that over 70 percent of its in-stream ads are viewed to completion, most with audio...
View ArticleThis Popular ‘Drawing Cafe’ Transports Patrons Into a Quirky Cartoon World
When was the last time you had a dining experience so immersive that you felt as if you had been transported to an entirely different reality--or had merely left reality altogether? While that may...
View ArticleHalloween Is Coming: What Are People Searching For on Pinterest?
There have been 95 million Pinterest searches related to Halloween over the past year, up 51 percent year-over-year, and Pinterest shared some of the top trending topics so that brands can get a jump...
View ArticleAs Google Turns 20, What Does Its Future Offer Advertisers?
Google turned 20 years old this month, and the first Google Doodle appeared on this day in 1998. Since its early days as a project at Stanford University--named Backrub--to rank webpages based on their...
View ArticleWatch Real Moms Celebrate ‘Unplugging’ in This Cheeky Breast Pump Video
Breast pumping is often a cumbersome task for women, particularly since many pumps on the market are contraptions complete with tubes and cords that require elaborate (not to mention time-consuming)...
View ArticleDespite the Exodus of Teenage Users, Facebook Remains the Optimal Platform...
Is Facebook losing its luster? eMarketer seems to think so--at least when considering the platform's projected decline in the growth of its teenage user base. With Snapchat's number of adolescent users...
View ArticleHow Fox Is Trying to Get Last Man Standing’s ABC Audience to the Show’s New Home
One day after Murphy Brown returned to TV for the first time in two decades, fall's other high-profile revival is about to premiere: Last Man Standing, which Fox picked up in May, one year after the...
View ArticleKevin Hart Wasn’t Going to Let an Eviction Notice Get in the Way of a Career...
Kevin Hart could have had a free ride at the University of Pennsylvania--his mother was a professor there--but Hart was determined to make it in comedy, a career he began at age 18. His drive has led...
View ArticleThis Comically Savage Election PSA Will Scare Every Millennial Into Voting in...
As the perplexing storm that is American politics rages on, countless groups are working to encourage voter turnout ahead of this year's midterm elections. One of these groups is Acronym, an...
View ArticleWhatsApp: Here’s How to Forward a Status Post to a Chat
Did you know that WhatsApp allows you to forward your Status posts directly to your contacts within a chat? Our guide will show you how this works. Note: These screenshots were captured in the WhatsApp...
View ArticleThis New Tool Makes Eye-Tracking Tech More Accessible to Web Designers
When it comes to understanding how exactly people browse the web, the eyes don't lie. At least that's the premise of an increasingly popular practice among web designers and advertisers: the use of...
View ArticleDreamforce Unfazed as Protests and Stunts Crash the Conference
Tech companies in San Francisco are no strangers to controversy, and Salesforce was met with two different ones at Dreamforce, the company's annual conference. On Sept. 25, the first day of the...
View ArticleHow ‘Swarming’ Can Boost Writers’ Creativity and Prevent Burn Out
When it comes to workflow, most creative agencies function in a simple linear structure. Large-scale writing projects are divvied up between team members. A single employee is in charge of a single...
View ArticleNearly 50 Million Facebook Accounts Affected by Massive Security Breach
A security breach at Facebook has affected nearly 50 million of the social media platform's users, Facebook said Friday. Facebook discovered the breach on Tuesday, informed law enforcement on Thursday...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger Bots Will Soon Have Multiple Personas
Facebook Messenger bots will soon begin expressing themselves through multiple personalities, but it's not schizophrenia--just one of the updates to Messenger Platform that were announced Friday....
View ArticleApple’s Latest Ad Is Larger Than Life—Just Like the New iPhone
Life is colorful and--based on photo sharing online--big. Big moments, big vacations, big colors. Life is just big. That's the premise of a new ad for Apple that's launching today, touting the brand's...
View ArticleHow Shifting Media Buy Away From Google and Facebook Can Lead to More...
Mobile variety is in short supply for marketers. With the duopoly maintaining near-total dominance, alternative ad-tech players struggle to break through. This means media buying is often limited to...
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