According to The Wall Street Journal, a basic, 30-second ad for Super Bowl XLIX costs a whopping $4.5 million. What a world we live in when two different free-to-play mobile games are able to afford Super Bowl commercials. This comes on top of the regular advertising the apps have had during regular season NFL games. The two games advertising in these premium slots are Game of … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
BMW recalls the Today show learning the @ symbol
In 1994, Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric got to learn about the @ ('at') symbol. It was off the air but that doesn't mean the cameras are not rolling. Playing on that same cluelessness that seems common knowledge now, BMW promoted their i3 model car as a similar "newfangled idea". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jwWwJ-Mxc … [Read more...]
Coca-Cola solves cyberbullying while making sysadmins cringe
Coke's #MakeItHappy Super Bowl commercial brings cyber bullying to light. Meanwhile, spilling the bottle of Coke inside the data center should make any sysadmin cringe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibgvkXm9Qkc … [Read more...]