Lauren Goode in Social on February 6 at 4:19 pm PT
Last night, I took a rare break from social media and opted for a real-time, real-life Super Bowl instead. And somehow … I saw the same game everyone else did.
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on January 4 at 2:59 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 2 at 6:00 am PT
Here are some of the best retail spots of the holiday season, the ones that motivated throngs of people to shop and spend record amounts online.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 16, 2011 at 4:07 am PT
EBay’s new ad campaign kicked off this week to promote something a little unexpected: Shopping from a mobile phone.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 20, 2011 at 5:19 pm PT
EBay is kicking off a TV campaign to help bring back consumers, who may not have purchased anything on the site since the retailer was only auctioning off used goods.
Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 7, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
The television is channeling you.
Data-gathering firms and technology companies are aggressively matching people’s TV-viewing behavior with other personal data—in some cases, prescription-drug records obtained from insurers—and using it to help advertisers buy ads targeted to shows watched by certain kinds of people.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 22, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Amazon has released a new TV commercial that highlights the Kindle’s benefits over the iPad right when a feud could be developing between Apple and various publishers.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 7, 2011 at 1:34 pm PT
Groupon is planning to issue a response this afternoon to the thousands of people who flooded its Facebook and Twitter channels, accusing the daily deals site of exploiting others in its Super Bowl commercials for its own good.
UPDATE: It will soon announce that it is pulling the most controversial ad, about Tibet.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 19, 2011 at 11:54 am PT
How do you make money giving away $20 for $10? “Saturday Night Live” explained this a long, long time ago.
John Paczkowski in News on March 15, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT
Looks like Palm is rolling out a new ad campaign. The first ad debuted on the Web a few moments ago and it’s an enormous improvement over the company’s previous efforts.
