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Anyone who has spent any time on the internet will have seen this. You do a search for a product or service, look at a few options, and for the next few days, you'll see whatever you found advertised back to you in web pages. It's annoying because either I've already bought the product or else I've dismissed it as
Kicking off GNC's coverage of the Wearable Technology Show, I chat to Valentina of Nomi. Their bright backpack LED display keeps cyclists safe while doubling up as a mobile billboard. The Nomi uses GPS to locate the cyclist and then show adverts relevant to the local area, with the rider earning a small commission from the advertiser. Alternatively, the display
Newspapers. I know that you are having a tough time of it at the moment, but here's a way to make sure that I never visit your website and never buy your newspaper ever again. It's easy, just insert an advert into a news story and force me to click on it before you show me the rest of the
Nintendo has started doing something that is not making gamers very happy. The company has started taking the ad revenue from videos that players post on YouTube of themselves playing one of Nintendo's games. These are referred to as “Let's Play” videos, and people make them about all kinds of different video games (not just the ones from Nintendo). Have
If you are like me, then you probably do whatever you can to avoid having to watch commercials. Once in a while, though, it is worth taking a few minutes to check out an exceptionally well done ad. Such is the case with Audi's new commercial, which features Mr. Spock vs. Mr. Spock... sort of. Most people would recognize that
For the most part I don't find that Google ads are such a bad thing. They are relatively unobtrusive and they are generally based on such information as location and web history. Let's leave alone the privacy implications of those two facts and look more at where I recently noticed that it falls short - although, I confess that this will lead
Today Ford announced their latest advertising initiative, which involves the gaming world. No, you won't be able to play Angry Birds in your car via Sync, that would likely prove dangerous. What Ford is doing is branding their vehicles in video games, and it's actually not something new. They have been at this for a while, beginning in 1995 with