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Samsung Galaxy S II commercials continue to cock a snook at iPhone fanboys

January 24th, 2012 7:34pm No comments

Samsung Galaxy S II commercials continue to cock a snook at iPhone fanboys

Samsung is continuing  its rather witty advertising campaign to highlight the advantages of the Samsung Galaxy S2 over the iPhone – and we have to say we’re still enjoying them.

Scroll down for the latest three instalments (and an explanation of what ‘cocking a snook’ means).

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Alfa Romeo snatch much-prized ‘most amount of water balloons burst by a car’ world record

December 7th, 2011 11:58am No comments

Alfa Romeo snatch much prized 'most amount of water balloons burst by a car' world record

If you’re in the market for a car with above average water balloon bursting capabilities, then it seems Alfa Romeo have just the car for you.

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OFT slapdown on celebrity Twitter endorsements

January 10th, 2011 11:16am No comments

OFT slapdown on celebrity Twitter endorsements

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced that it will be investigate the growing practice of celebrities pocketing cash and goods in return for endorsing products on Twitter.

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Apple’s FaceTime videos: barf bag required

July 12th, 2010 12:00pm 5 comments

There’s no doubting that Apple has created some tremendous adverts over the years – even the hideously smug “I’m a Mac” adverts were hugely effective – but this latest batch advertising the FaceTime feature on the iPhone 4 really is scraping the barrel o’cheese.

If you can sit through these four slabs of mawkish, crass, sentimental attempts to sell you a luxury, high end product through cheap emotional manipulation you surely have a stronger stomach than us.

Click on for the worst adverts we’ve ever seen from Apple.

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HP’s ‘Let’s Do Amazing’ TV ad campaign amuses – videos galore

March 12th, 2010 9:30am No comments

HP's 'Let's Do Amazing' ad campaign amuses

With the company shelling out no less than $40 million on this TV campaign,  HP are looking to make a splash with the public, with a slew of adverts hitting YouTube.

Labelled with the grammatically worrying tag of, “Let’s Do Amazing,” the adverts are led by Rhys Darby of “Flight of the Conchords” fame, and on first look seem moderately amusing.

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Google rolls out ‘DoubleClick for Publishers’ ad serving tech

February 22nd, 2010 4:25pm No comments

Google rolls out 'DoubleClick for Publishers' ad serving tech

Google have announced what they’re describing as “the next generation of ad serving technology for online publishers,” and are calling it DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP).

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