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Eccentric Millionaire John McAfee Gets Naked, High and Humped in Instructional Uninstall Video
Millionaire software developer-turned-jungle-dwelling recluse-turned recent murder suspect John McAfee is here with a four-minute video about uninstalling his namesake software because life’s just weird like that sometimes. In this video,...Show More Summary
Wednesday Morning Stir
-If you have about nine minutes to spare, here are your Cannes, Day 2 highlights, which include OMD Australia (Sydney) and O&M Amsterdam picking up Media Agency of the Year and Media Grand Prix awards, respectively. link -In cased you...Show More Summary
Apple Finds Its Footing Again With Evocative Film About Third-Party iOS Apps
My colleague Tim Nudd recently wondered if Apple, at a crucial time of transition in the company's history, had lost its voice in the new "Our Signature" manifesto commercial. The company speaks clearly and with great confidence, however,...Show More Summary
Tuesday Odds and Ends
-Among other notable Cannes happenings today, the Barbarian Group picked up a Grand Prix Lion in the newly created Innovation category for its creative coding platform, Cinder (highlight reel above, video explaining the technology here). -Google-owned Motorola has reportedly shifted its global media duties–without a formal review–to Digitas. Show More Summary
Perhaps Guy Who Directed ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ Will Convince You to Buy a Lexus
From Team One and director Jonas Åkerlund (whose music video reel includes Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up,” Blink 182?s “I Miss You,” and Madonna’s “Ray of Light”) comes a new campaign for the Lexus IS. As you can see, Lexus is reallyShow More Summary
Vegetarians Have a Beef With Red Robin's Garden Burger Ad
Back in January, Red Robin basked in the glow of good publicity after the manager of one of its North Carolina restaurants comped a pregnant patron $11.50 and added a good-luck message to her bill. Aww! The coverage this week, however, is closer to aww-ful, as the chain is taking heat from vegetarians for a commercial touting its 24 burger options. Show More Summary
Easy Affiliate Store Builder For WordPress
Datafeedr makes it very simple to build an online store, even for someone that has very little experience creating websites. Watch this quick video to see it in action...
7 Marketing Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies
Who doesn’t love a good eye-tracking study? With the ability to take a lot of guesswork out of conversion rate optimization, eye-tracking software and heat maps can reveal some startling insights into increasing conversions (and avoiding sales killers) that can benefit every business. Today we’re going to go over 7 important eye-tracking studies that give [...]
Microsoft Bashes Siri Again in New Ad Showing Off Dell's XPS 10 Tablet
Microsoft vents its inferiority complex with Apple yet again—by humiliating Siri—in this new spot from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, following a similar ad last month that got more than 5 million views on YouTube. The new spot compares Dell's XPS 10 tablet to the iPad. Show More Summary
Mother's New Campaign for Optimum Is Completely MIDWULS
Mother New York made up a word, "MIDWULS," using the last seven digits of Optimum's phone number, and created an integrated campaign around it. MIDWULS, we're told, is "that incredible feeling that comes when you get a great deal on TV, phone and Internet" by signing up with Optimum. Show More Summary
Who Will You Hook Up With at Cannes This Year?
- Have some fun. Drop a name. You never know who you'll hook up with (or wish you had) while at Cannes Lions.
- If you missed it, here's the video of 13-year-old Nick LeGrande making the opening pitch at the Yankees Athletics game from...Show More Summary
How to get $48 in 15 seconds
The Dollar Shave Club is famous for building a business selling discount razors based on one fantastic viral video. But their real secret? It’s easy, easy, easy to buy from them. So when they launched a new product — butt wipes for men — I clicked the link. It took less than 15 seconds to [...]
Thursday Odds and Ends
-Digitas, one-half of Team Sprint, of course, is promoting the wireless carrier’s partnership with Twitter and the NBA during tonight’s Finals with the help of Minnesota Timbervolves star, Kevin Love (above). -It looks like Lou ReedShow More Summary
Has O'Charley's Created a Poor Man's Ron Swanson?
I doubt I'm alone in believing that Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson (played by Nick Offerman's mustache) is one of the best characters in TV history. The folks at O'Charley's seem to be such fans that they've created their own "spokes-patron" who seems to be an homage to television's favorite steak-devouring Libertarian. Show More Summary
Huggies Makes Pregnancy Belt for Men So They Can Feel Their Baby Kicking
Huggies and Ogilvy & Mather Argentina made a belt for men that allows them to feel their unborn baby's kicks. The belt is synced up with the real-time movements of the baby in the mother's belly, apparently through some kind of wireless sorcery. Show More Summary
Volkswagen Uses Sinatra's 'My Way' to Great Effect in Schizophrenic New Ad
adam&eveDDB once again gambles on an unconventional approach for Volkswagen in this new U.K. spot, which offers cornball renditions of "My Way," including one performed on pan pipes, for the first 40 seconds (more than half its running time) while keeping the Golf GTI out of sight. Show More Summary
Crescent Moon Becomes the Lime in the Bottle on Heavenly Corona Billboard in NYC
The moon isn't made of cheese. It's made of lime. Corona and ad agency Cramer-Krasselt have put up a fun billboard in New York City which—on certain nights of the month, from a certain angle—makes the waxing crescent moon look like a slice of lime resting in a Corona bottle. Show More Summary
McGarryBowen Loses Philly Cream Cheese Biz
Well, this is news to us, but yes, the Kraft Foods camp has confirmed that it’s recently discontinued its relationship with McGarryBowen Chicago in regards to its Philadelphia Cream Cheese account in the U.S. (BBH took over for JWT in Europe). Show More Summary
Elm Takes Creative Helm at DDB California
In case you haven’t heard the news today, 15-year Deutsch LA vet Jason Elm, who last served as EVP/group creative director on Diamond Foods and Playstation (he was joined by 180LA alum Gavin Lester on the latter account late last year) has assumed the chief creative officer post at DDB California. Show More Summary
Domino's Tests Delivery of Pizza by Remote-Controlled Drone
Drones are in the news for all sorts of horrible reasons, but Domino's might salvage its reputation somewhat by eventually—someday—using them to deliver pizza. The company's DomiCopter—a joint effort by U.K. drone specialist AeroSight,...Show More Summary
