Category: advertising

EVERY Tech Commercial Is The Same (Video)

Have you ever watched two ads from AT&T, Samsung, Microsoft, or just about any other tech company, and thought, “I’ve seen this ad before, but with different actors”. The fact is, they’re all the same! College Humor pointed it out with this poignant satire of a tech commercial, where everyone in the commercial literally spells out how cliche EVERY tech commercial is. Watch it,...

Apple Releases Badass Mac Pro Cinema Trailer [Video]

In their usual grandiose fashion, Apple released a movie-like trailer for the new Mac Pro. Using “James Bond”-esque music, fast moving camera pans to show the beautifully sharp curves, and other cinematic techniques, Apple drummed up excitement. In the end, the Mac Pro transforms into fire, then earth, showing its magnitude. This ad is different from past mac ads, usually shot on white backgrounds,...

This 1993 Ad Predicted GPS, the iPad, and Movies on demand

One ad campaign from 1993 has proved itself to be incredibly predictive. The campaign, themed “You Will”, and produced for AT&T, predicted things like the iPad, GPS, videochattingm and more, all a decade before these things came into existance. “Borrowed a book from thousands of miles away”. Just as on the touch display in the commercial, we can now rent a book straight from...

Moto X

Google’s Moto X Brings The Virtual Assistant Hands Free (Video)

The first Moto X commercial is out, showcasing Google’s latest flagship phone, and the first ad has a particular focus on the Google/Motorola Moto X’s modified Google Now. Google Now – Google’s voice search/assistant service which can already find restaurants, and direct you to your appointments amongst other things- now requires no touch interaction. Without even picking up your Moto X, you can ask...

5 Ads That Convince Us Microsoft Has No Clue What They’re Doing – Microsoft Worst Commercials

Despite hiring political advertising superstar Mark Penn, Microsoft seems to have no clue how to advertise their own products. Here’re three commercials that show this. These are certainly Microsoft’s worst commercials Microsoft Loves The iPhone They say no press is bad press. This commercial for the new Lumia Windows 8 smartphone, seems more an ad for the iPhone, than for the Lumia. The Lumia...