Microsoft is pretty sure its new Windows Phone is faster than your Android or iPhone. At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Microsoft conducted the "Smoked by Windows Phone" challenge. CES attendees were offered $100 if their smartphone beat the Windows Phone. According to the Seattle Times, the final tally for Windows Phone at the CES challenge: 30 wins, three losses, one tie. So what's up with the …
Your Dog Wants You to Buy A SuBee
Unlike VW, whose Super Bowl pooch went on a diet to give better chase the sexy red Beetle in the neighborhood, Subaru pooh poohed the Super Bowl this year, opting instead for a new dog-centric campaign from Carmichael Lynch instead. According to Auto Blog, Subaru has also launched two social networking app as part of this effort: Dogbook for Facebook and MapMyDOGWALK. Because some 70 percent of Subaru drivers …
UCLA Verus USC Verus Every Other Elite University in The World
Colleges and universities really ought to have incredible advertising to support their brands. UCLA isn't quite to incredible with this new work from Philadelphia-based 160 Over 90, but they're pretty far ahead of the pack, regardless. According to Stuart Elliott of The New York Times, the work underscores the growing presence of universities and colleges as advertisers in the media. Their goals include …
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Dog Is Leo Burnett’s Copilot
We don't feed our Lucy Purina Pro Plan and I don't know if dogs approve of this brand. What we can discuss here is the quality of the new ad campaign from Leo Burnett and Arc Worldwide. I like ads that evoke an emotional response, and that's easy to do when casting a dog or dogs, but it's not always done well. Here it is: The campaign launched during the 136th Westminster Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show …
Quattroooooooooo…
It's like Moby Dick, but Audi quattro is the whale and a Northwoods tow-truck driver is Captain Ahab. Filmed in sub zero temperatures in Alaska, "Ahab" was directed by Daniel Kleinman and edited by Cut + Run's Steve Gandolfi for agency Venables Bell & Partners. …
Get Your Taxes Done In South Central
Jackson Hewitt is putting the funk in tax season. Hey, someone has to. Directed by Will Hyde of Superfad for 22squared, the spots feature Montell Jordan's hit song "This Is How We Do It." "In most high-speed commercials, slow motion is the concept," says Hyde, "but with these spots, the technique is subordinate to the comedy itself. It's not often that you sincerely bust a gut on set, but the actors …
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Just Wear It
Today is a new day in Nike history. Take a look at the trailer: And the reveal: Life's a sport, make it count," says Nike. If there wasn't quite enough product in that reveal for you, watch this spot: Now we see! The Beaverton-based sportswear company wants us to wear their branded computers around our wrist all day -- not just when working out -- to constantly remind us to be active and to …
Rackets So Good They Ought To Be Illegal
Seattle's Wexley School for Girls is defending its client Wilson in a court of law public opinion. "These rackets are destroying young lives." Hilarious. …
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