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Newark Mayor calls Jersey Shore’s Snooki out for texting while driving
09 September 2010 1:22 PM | View CommentsTexting while driving has increasingly been outlawed, and Tweeting falls under this category.
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Apple allowing outside developer tools, releasing review process
09 September 2010 9:10 AM | View CommentsUncle Steve has decided to play nice, and is now allowing outside companies to use their development tools for iOS4.
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Gov 2.0 Summit wrap up
08 September 2010 9:54 PM | View CommentsToday I was incredibly lucky to be invited to cover the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington DC. Pennies for thoughts?
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One celebrity makes up 3 percent of all tweets, requires dedicated servers
07 September 2010 6:52 PM | View CommentsAn anonymous Twitter employee has stated that three percent of all tweets relate to one celebrity. Any regular Twitter user should know who.
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Tron, Portal 2 and more PAX news, Duke Nukem lives
05 September 2010 5:05 PM | View CommentsGame Rant has some brilliant coverage of PAX, including Portal 2 and Tron. A healthy round up of what you should know.
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Ads that suck Archive
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Ads that rock: Old Spice
Posted on June 30, 2010 | View CommentsCommercials can make or break a brand, and Old Spice has been on a roll, with butter and manliness. -
Ads that Suck: Microsoft uses Charlie the Unicorn for IE8
Posted on May 13, 2010 | View CommentsDon’t get us wrong when we say Microsoft isn’t the spawn of satan, but abusing Charlie the Unicorn is just wrong. -
Ads that rock: McDonalds?
Posted on May 8, 2010 | View CommentsThere are often rather bland or terrible ads that come out of fast food companies, but McNastirs have proved that wrong. -
iPad: Video in Action (wink)
Posted on January 27, 2010 | View CommentsCheck out the promo video for the iPad, pretty sweet ey? -
Ads That Suck: Apple’s Top of the Line ad
Posted on August 26, 2009 | View CommentsWhat person on this planet would choose a Mac when Patrick Warburton is selling you a PC. Basically this commercial says that Mac’s never get viruses, which clearly is a lie. So if you don’t want this voice over celeb to be your salesmen buy... -
Free Credit Report costs you time and patients
Posted on December 16, 2008 | View Commentseditor@playthismag.com/www.playthismag.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvcfO3yVjQ] Free Credit Report.com not only is using annoyance as a form to capture it’s audiences’ attention (like the $5 foot long Subway commercials) once you sign up the process can be beyond annoying. Play This signed up to Free Credit Report so that... -
Ads that suck: Direct TV (Frank Caliendo series)
Posted on November 11, 2008 | View CommentsFor those who do not have Direct TV, there is a good chance that you are bombarded by the network based commercials from Direct TV featuring the worst impressionist, Frank Caliendo. His show has not only received some of the worst reviews, TBS refuses to...