How Cities Reshape Brand Narratives


Refurbished phrases and branding elements seem to cycle through advertisements and public relations messaging every few months. Last year Ford spokesperson Mike Rowe started using the word “fresh” to...
    






Yahoo serves malware up to 2 million European visitors


Yahoo has admitted that rogue ads served up by its ad servers in Europe infected computers with malware reports The Guardian. All the users had to do was visit the Yahoo home page in Europe to get...
    






The Weekly Oil & Gas Follies


The Weekly Oil and Gas Follies – Volume 27, January 6, 2014   In which we drill down into the @GDBlackmon Twitter feed to briefly chronicle the week’s silliness, foibles, fake news and real news...
    






‘Anchorman 2’ Crosses $100 Million: Lessons To Be Learned


With all of the talk about whether or not Wolf of Wall Street  is endorsing its behavior (nope) whether American Hustle is a little overrated (yup), and whether or not your kids know the words to “...
    






Facebook sued for allegedly monitoring private messages


Facebook is now at the center of a new controversy that accuses the social network of monitoring the private messages of its users. For what? Among many others, the plaintiffs Matthew Campbell and...
    






Five Crazy Easy Tricks To Boost Your Memory


If you think your memory is getting worse, you’re probably right. There’s considerable research that as we rely on technology for information retrieval, we’re losing our ability to keep content in...
    






Video Ads to Appear on Facebook News Feeds This Thursday


Facebook is to begin its video ads service pretty soon. These visually stimulating advertisements will appear in the news feeds of individual users. This will let Facebook partake of the $66.4...