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They Shall Not Grow Old

By Anya Ow / December 21, 2018 / Comments Off on They Shall Not Grow Old

They Shall Not Grow Old is a remarkable documentary by Peter Jackson, remastering and recolouring archival WWI footage overlaid with old interviews. Via the New York Times:  As the director of elaborate fantasy epics like the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies, Peter Jackson has become known for meticulous attention to detail. Now he […]

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A 2018 Film Supercut

By Anya Ow / December 20, 2018 / Comments Off on A 2018 Film Supercut

This beautiful video is a 2018 film supercut consisting of tons of trailers of films from this year spliced together. Includes Into the Spiderverse! Via Gizmodo:  There’s no denying 2018 gave us a lot of great films—but it was also about teasing those great films. In a world where promoting a movie can be almost […]

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Why Advertisers are Tracking Your Emojis

By Anya Ow / December 19, 2018 / Comments Off on Why Advertisers are Tracking Your Emojis

Why advertisers are tracking your emojis: part of the continuous media engine hell bent on knowing absolutely everything about you, we’re guessing. Via the Daily Mail: As if tracking the websites you visit, your location and Google searches wasn’t enough, now brands may be looking at your emojis to serve up the next advertisement you […]

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White Ops and Ad Fraud

By Anya Ow / December 18, 2018 / Comments Off on White Ops and Ad Fraud

White Ops, cybersecurity company that protects against ad fraud and other forms of automated threats has a new and important PSA out about ad fraud. More about 3ve and Methbot, via the Verge:  The Department of Justice has unsealed indictments against eight people who allegedly ran the infamous online advertising scams 3ve and Methbot. The […]

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Why Women's Pockets Suck

By Anya Ow / December 17, 2018 / Comments Off on Why Women's Pockets Suck

Why do Women’s Pockets Suck? They’re either too small, or entirely decorative, or are placed in an inconvenient location on the clothes. Via Mic: People have a lot of feelings when it comes to pockets. In short: They are great only when you have them and only when they are large enough to stuff anything […]

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Payless and Palessi

By Anya Ow / December 14, 2018 / Comments Off on Payless and Palessi

Payless created a prank store called Palessi along with fashion influencers in order to prove a point about the fashion industry. Via Wharton: An elaborate advertising prank by discount retailer Payless ShoeSource is raising eyebrows and important questions about the ability of marketers to manipulate consumer behavior. The ruse took place in a mall near […]

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Avengers 4 Endgame

By Anya Ow / December 13, 2018 / Comments Off on Avengers 4 Endgame

Avengers 4 Endgame has released a trailer for its upcoming film in 2019, catching people up to everything that has happened so far. Via News.com.au: In the relatively short history of trailer drops, has there been a trailer drop as feverishly anticipated as this trailer drop? Let’s all say it together again: trailer drop. Specifically, […]

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Burger King Trolls McDonalds

By Anya Ow / December 12, 2018 / Comments Off on Burger King Trolls McDonalds

Burger King trolled McDonalds with its Whopper Detour — after going viral, the Burger King app was downloaded over a million times. Via Adweek: Sometimes, trolling pays. Burger King got national attention this week for offering 1-cent Whoppers to those who drove up to a McDonald’s location (and then, presumably, drove away to redeem their […]

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Happy Socks x Pedro Pascal

By Anya Ow / December 11, 2018 / Comments Off on Happy Socks x Pedro Pascal

Pedro Pascal has teamed up with Happy Socks to showcase their socks (and underwear line…?) in a retro dance video within a diner. Via Forbes: What better way to go into the 2018 holiday season than with a video made to lift anybody’s spirits? Happy Socks, the famed Swedish sock label known for its quirky […]

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Group Facetime with Elvises

By Anya Ow / December 10, 2018 / Comments Off on Group Facetime with Elvises

Group Facetime on iPhone creates a community of diverse but tech-savvy lonesome Elvises to promote the automatic face detection feature. Via The Drum: A group of disparate but tech-savvy Elvis Presley impersonators are the stars of Apple’s latest ad, which aims to promote the automatic face detection feature of Group FaceTime. ‘A Little Company’, the […]

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