Samsung Says Not Involved in Israeli Ad That Has Iran Upset

The Korean electronics firm says it had no part in an ad done by an Israeli cable company that shows one of its tablets blowing up an Iranian nuclear facility.
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Ferris Bueller Is Back, and He’s Driving a Honda Mom-Wagon (Video)

After a blog ruins Honda’s Super Bowl surprise, the car maker puts the ad up early on YouTube.
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Digital Marketing Start-Up Thismoment Raises $7.3 Million From Sierra Ventures

Another day, another pile of funding for a social marketing start-up.

Off With Their Heads! More Beheaded Siri Ads for Apple iPhone 4S (Video)

Apple seems to like to cut off the heads of all adults — kids appear to be spared the semi-beheadings — in these latest ads for its new iPhone 4S featuring the Siri voice control feature.
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Image2Play Connects Images to the Videos They Came From (Demo at AsiaD)

Image2Play, which demoed today at AsiaD, attempts to bring images taken from movies back to life by reconnecting them with the movies from which they originate — all in your Web browser.
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Twitter Ramps Up Its Ad Plan Again, With Ads You Haven’t Asked To See

Coming to some of you, in about a month: Ads in your Tweetstream, from Twitter accounts you don’t follow.
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Who’s to Blame for Yahoo’s Q2 Revenue Rout? The Line Forms Around Back…

What happened to Yahoo revenue? Display sales in the U.S. gets the blame this quarter. While coming up with a new thing to blame for Q3, Yahoo execs try to explain it all for you.
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News Corp. Gets Ready to Say Goodbye to Myspace

Myspace’s time with News Corp. is coming to an end. Then again, it’s been headed that way for quite some time–it’s just that News Corp. is now being that much more forthright about it.

AOL's Ad Turnaround Still Isn't Here Yet

But Wall Street wasn’t expecting Tim Armstrong to say otherwise.

Motorola Goes After Apple’s iPad in Super Bowl Teaser Spot for Xoom Tablet

Aiming to turn the tables on Apple, Motorola is trying to pitch its upcoming Xoom tablet as an alternative to the dominant computing culture–the same tactic Apple once used against IBM.

Web Ad Dollars Finally Overtake Newspapers

Google, Myspace Finally Land New Ad Deal

Stephen Colbert Wins Twitter!