3 Ways Virtual Assistants Can Overcome Road Blocks and Stand Apart From...
Nowhere is artificial intelligence evolving as quickly as with the virtual assistant "wars" playing out. Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant and the entry-level players are locked in an innovation...
View ArticleSofa Startup Burrow Knows You Would Rather Be Doing Absolutely Nothing Right Now
A quick scroll through the old Instagram feed on any given day might lead you to conclude that there's just not enough going on in your life. For example, have you spent every weekend this summer...
View ArticleAdidas and Twitter Are Teaming Up to Livestream High School Football
Adidas and Twitter are teaming up on Friday Night Stripes, a slate of eight livestreamed high-school-football games featuring nationally ranked teams. The games will be available to logged-in and...
View ArticleActivision Consolidates $100 Million Global Media Account With OMD
About a month after retaining 72andSunny as its creative agency of record, Activision, the video game giant behinds such franchises as Call of Duty and Destiny, has consolidated its global media...
View ArticleVerizon Partners With Apple and Google for 5G Streaming
Verizon selected Apple and Google as its initial video streaming partners for its residential 5G rollout, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Bloomberg initially reported the rumors. The long-anticipated...
View ArticleNorthwestern Mutual Sends Media Account to Horizon Next
Northwestern Mutual has chosen Horizon Next, the direct marketing arm spun off from Horizon Media as a stand-alone entity last year, as its agency of record following a review. Horizon Media declined...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds’ Snarky Out-of-Office Emails Are So Popular, They Melted His...
Ryan Reynolds doesn't mind telling you his email address. In fact, he just shared it on national television. There's just one problem if you're trying to reach the actor turned owner of Aviation Gin:...
View ArticleDennis Quaid Gets Super Meta About Insurance in Esurance’s Clever New Spot
Introducing your new favorite brand spokesperson: Dennis Quaid for Esurance. The actor stars in a new spot for the brand as part of Esurance's new brand platform, created by Leo Burnett Chicago. While...
View Article3 Ways for Marketers to Integrate Automation Into Marketing Strategies
Over the past few years, we've seen Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple doubling down on machine learning and automation. With both maturing quickly and more platforms following suit, we're beginning to...
View ArticleOlay Celebrates the Fearless Women Who Are Tired of Being Told They’re ‘Too’...
If you've ever been called "too" something--too much, too ambitious, too emotional, whatever--you know it can be a gutting experience. The insult is apparently so common, women told Olay, they're tired...
View ArticleInstagram Reacted to the Hack That Locked Users Out of Their Accounts
Amid widespread reports of a hack locking Instagram users out of their accounts, the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network shared steps victims should take to restore their accounts, as well...
View ArticleFacebook Birthday Fundraisers Have Raised Over $300 Million in Their First Year
Facebook celebrated the first birthday of its birthday fundraisers by announcing that more than $300 million has been raised for nonprofits through the feature. Head of product, social good Asha Sharma...
View ArticleSteve Stoute’s Translation to Part With Chief Creative Officer John Norman
Translation, the independent agency led by media mogul and industry outsider Steve Stoute, confirmed today that it has agreed to part ways with CCO John Norman. The arrangement has reportedly been in...
View ArticleYou Now Have a Chance to Help Run an Old Spice Marketing Meeting
If you've ever had a hankering to join Old Spice's marketing team to chip in on the myriad wacky ideas that make their way to the consumer universe, now is the time to rejoice. The brand is hosting the...
View ArticleU.S. Army Review Delayed for Another 90 Days Following McCann Protest
The U.S. Army delayed its already contentious agency review yet again this month after incumbent McCann Worldgroup filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). According to...
View ArticleTwitter Users Are Blocking Hundreds of Brands in the Hopes of Pressuring the...
Tens of thousands of Twitter users this morning blocked hundreds of accounts associated with major brands like Nike, Pepsi and Uber in an effort to pressure the embattled social media platform into...
View ArticleThis Ad Tricked Viewers Into Turning Up Their Volume, Then Scared the Crap...
Can an ad be evil and still be good? Because a recent 6-second promo for horror movie The Nun was rightfully pulled from YouTube for being too shocking. But at the same time, as ad trickery goes, it's...
View ArticleResearchers Find a Majority of Americans Want Tech Companies to Be Regulated
Despite all of the hearings on Capitol Hill about how Facebook, Google and Twitter handle everything from privacy to fake news, U.S. lawmakers haven't done much yet to regulate tech companies. However,...
View ArticleT-Mobile Wants to Eradicate ‘Customer Service Hell,’ Create a Better...
T-Mobile is on a mission to improve customer service. The company is revamping the way it cares for customers, enlisting real people to answer customer calls and messages--rather than the typical...
View ArticleAretha Franklin Was a Pioneer of Pop Culture and an Advertising Icon for 50...
Aretha Franklin was one of those very few talents who elevated everything she touched, bringing her signature blend of passion, dignity and joy not only to decades of music but also to Hollywood and...
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