Tag Archive 'ads'

Will Apple force you to watch ads?

And now, a word from our sponsor.
Yes, this is true: Last year Apple Inc. filed for a patent on technology that would force you to watch advertisements, no matter how hard you tried to avoid it.
First made public back in October, the notion is getting more attention thanks to an essay in [...]

Microsoft to Yahoo: Last night was great. I’ll call you, promise.

What’s left to say about the Microsoft-Yahoo ad deal? How about, So long Yahoo, it was nice knowin’ ya.

My 10 top top 10 lists for 2008

It’s that time of year again, when magazines and bloggers compose top 10 lists for just about everything. Here are my favorite top 10 (or 12, or 20) lists for 2008.
10. The 10 worst political ads of the season. Ads named by professional pols as the worst of the worst: from campaign jingles gone [...]