Verizon ‘vampire’ ad rips off Twilight, sticks it to AT&T
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/Verizon_vampire_ad_rips_off_Twilight_sticks_it_to_AT_T’; Hey, remember how all the lawsuits got dropped over the holiday period and we thought AT&T and Verizon would finally start to coexist like mature entities engaged in a civilized industry? Yeah, that didn’t last very long. Verizon is back with a biting ad campaign that continues poking fun at AT&T’s 3G coverage. The consumer is appropriately a vampire, whereas the young maiden keen on being consumed turns out to be… well, it’s more fun if we just let you watch it without any more spoilers. Needless to say, it’s some of Verizon’s funniest work yet. Head on past the break to see it.
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How many oranges does it take to charge an Apple? (video)
We’ve seen lemons power a digital clock, and we’ve seen an Orange tent energize a gaggle of Apples. But have you ever wondered how many oranges it would take to charge just a single Apple? Name games aside, we have to hand it to Imperial Leisure, the company that executed a new iPhone-centered advertisement aimed at raising awareness for Jaffa oranges. We won’t spoil the whole thing for you, but we will say that you’ll be far hungrier after watching than you are right now. Video’s past the break, per usual.
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CBS brings 3D advertising to Grand Central Station, glasses makers drink to that
We know good and well what kind of extravagant displays are available to gawk at in New York City, but now it looks like the locals will have yet another one to check out when they’re taking a breather from the rat race. CBS Outdoor has unveiled plans to deliver two solid hours (from 11:30AM to 1:30PM throughout February) of 3D advertising on an expansive, high-definition video screen installed within Grand Central Station. Unlike the glasses-free solution that we spotted at Intel’s CES booth this year, this one will still require onlookers to rock those heinous and soul-crushing glasses in order to “see” the “effect,” and with around 70,000 commuters passing by each day, we’d guess that the spectacle manufacturer who nabbed this contract is feeling pretty good right about now.
CBS brings 3D advertising to Grand Central Station, glasses makers drink to that originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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LG’s X300 ad strikes an amazingly familar tone
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LG’s X300 ad strikes an amazingly familar tone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Chevy Volt gets its own song and dance, humanity weeps aloud
And you honestly thought you’d see a decent return-on-investment from bailing these guys out.
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Gigabyte’s M1305 ad campaign says docking a laptop is like picking your nose
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/Eww_Gigabyte_wants_you_to_buy_laptop_and_pick_your_nose’; External graphics cards may well be a rarity these days, but we’re not sure if this simple fact justifies the launch of a grotesque and debatably heinous ad campaign. As you can so clearly see above, Gigabyte disagrees. In order to promote its Taiwanese M1305 CULV laptop cum external graphics card dock (housing an NVIDIA GeForce GT220 desktop VGA card), it released posters featuring a disoriented person poking his / her nose, each of which were presumably in the process of “doing some soul searching.” Curious as to what these ads actually say? “How good is an expansion dock with integrated graphics card? Plug in a Gigabyte laptop and you’ll find out!” Thanks, but no thanks Gigabyte — we’re currently preoccupied with flushing our memories of this visual disturbance you’ve just forced upon us.
Psst… two more posters after the break for extra raunchiness!
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Latest AT&T spot calls Verizon’s 3G network a headless, sluggish wannabe
We hate to point out the obvious, but it really seems that the marketing gurus at AT&T have this all wrong. Look guys — no one’s debating that AT&T’s 3G isn’t the fastest where available. We even saw as much ourselves. But Verizon’s recent slew of ads have been calling out the size of your 3G network, which you absolutely can’t argue is incredibly small when placed next to red-tinted competition. That said, AT&T is still fighting a battle to which no one has challenged it by employing the admittedly quirky Luke Wilson to show off just how much faster his favorite network can download a JPEG of himself compared to VZW. We’ve got to say that the results are fairly hilarious, but frankly, we would’ve rather seen that huge ad buy go towards a few more 3G towers here in the US of A. Vid’s after the break, per usual.
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