Seriously, Enough With This Apple Holiday Ad

Apple’s new holiday ad has been called, in turn, endearing, note-perfect, and, in a spasm of enthrallment, perhaps Apple’s best iPhone commercial ever. I think maybe I saw a different ad.

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Facebook Video Ads Are Here (And This Is What They Look Like)

Facebook Video Ads Are Here (And This Is What They Look Like)

Earlier today, the Wall Street Journal published a rumor suggesting that Facebook would announce its new video ads this week. Now, Facebook has made the launch official—and here’s how they look.

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WSJ: Facebook’s Autoplay Video Ads Will Arrive This Week (Updated)

WSJ: Facebook's Autoplay Video Ads Will Arrive This Week (Updated)

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that long-rumored Facebook autoplaying video ads should arrive this week. Great.

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Kim Dotcom’s Baboom service will hijack web ads to give you free music

Kim Dotcom portrait

Kim Dotcom built his reputation on free services — much to the chagrin of some people — and he’s revisiting that turf with his upcoming music offering, Baboom. As he explains in an interview with Wired UK, the service will be an “iTunes-Spotify hybrid” that both sells music and offers it for free through ad deals. However, its approach to ad-supported tunes is bound to raise eyebrows — users will install a browser plugin that replaces web ads with those from Baboom, paying surfers with cash that they can spend on songs. Typical users could earn 10 free albums a year through their browsing habits, Dotcom claims. The tech luminary will demonstrate the concept by soft-launching Baboom with his own music in January, following up with full service a few months later. The business model is intriguing, although it may face stiff resistance; we can’t imagine that rival advertisers and website owners will enjoy losing revenue.

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Via: MusicWeek

Source: Wired UK

How to Tell Google Not to Use Your Face in Ads

How to Tell Google Not to Use Your Face in Ads

Google’s rolling out its new your-face ads today, so here’s a timely reminder on how to tell them to knock it off.

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This One Ad Sums Up Everything Wrong With Technology

A man misses his bus so that he can stare at his phone. A woman ignores a meeting so that she can stare at her phone. A man stays late after work so that… well, you get the point. No, this isn’t a cheeky indictment of our smartphone-obsessed culture. This is—somehow—a celebration of it.

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You Won’t Believe These Perfectly Synced Drones Aren’t CGI

Autonomous quadcopter drones aren’t all about flying into dangerous areas where humans fear to tread. Besides being disposable, they also make for perfectly precise pint-sized pilots, as this Lexus ad entitled Amazing In Motion demonstrates. When you watch it, keep in mind that not a single quadcopter in the commercial was faked through CGI—they’re all real drones flying in perfect precision.

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16 Instagram Ads You’re More Likely to See

16 Instagram Ads You're More Likely to See

Another week, another batch of photoshop champs. This time, we asked you to show us what the upcoming Instagram ads are actually going to look like. While this particular challenge didn’t require too much skill, there was plenty of room for wit, and you guys (mostlyish) delivered.

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Photoshop Contest: What Instagram Ads Will Actually Look Like

Photoshop Contest: What Instagram Ads Will Actually Look Like

Earlier today, we got our first look at what Instagram ads will look like when they start popping up in our feeds a few weeks from now. The sample Instagram showed off was innocuous enough, but the only thing this one was selling was the promise of subtlety. When the real deal hits, you can bet that message will be coming in loud and clear.

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This Russian Rifle Fires 800 Rounds Per Minute–Underwater

Russia’s naval special forces, like our Navy SEALs, spend about as much time underwater as they do above it. As such, these aqueous commandos typically are required to carry at least two firearms, one for land assaults and a second outfitted for underwater combat. But this amphibious rifle is equally effective in both environments.

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