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Dish’s Ads to End All Ads

Dish Network Corp. plans to promote its new ad-skipping feature with, ironically enough, a television ad — that is, if broadcast TV networks agree to run the spot.

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Dish Network Offers DVR That Removes Ads

Dish Network Corp. released a feature on its digital video recorder Thursday that automatically removes commercials from shows aired by major broadcast networks, threatening to seriously undercut billions of dollars in broadcast television advertising.

My So-Called Social Super Bowl

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.
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The Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (Comic)

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.
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The Best Retail Ads of the Holiday Season Get the Ugly Sweater Treatment

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.
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eBay’s New National TV Campaign Calls Attention to Mobile Shopping

EBay’s new ad campaign kicked off this week to promote something a little unexpected: Shopping from a mobile phone.
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eBay Commercials Coming to Let You Know “It’s Not Your Mother’s eBay Anymore”

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.
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TV's Next Wave: Tuning In to You

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.

New Amazon Kindle Commercial Highlights iPad Drawbacks

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.

Groupon Backpedals After Viewers Fail to See the Humor and Compassion, Will Pull Super Bowl Ad

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.

iPhone Strains O2′s London Network

AOL Now Aol.

Microsoft Gags on Puke Ad

Gates Logs Off