Virgin Media coats millionth TiVo in Gold (Gold!), always believed in your soul

Virgin Media coats millionth TiVo in Gold Gold!, hires Martin Kemp to always believe in your soul

Companies might not be able to mention that big sporting event, but that doesn't stop them from being clever. Virgin Media UK is one such enterprise, which decided to award its millionth TiVo customer with a gold medal in the form of a similarly-colored TiVo box. Rather than risk the ire of the IOC's lawyers, the company used the moment to (perhaps sarcastically) celebrate the release of Spandau Ballet's Gold. Bundling bassist-turned-soap-star Martin Kemp into a van, he turned up at the door of customers Allan and Christine Ward with the glistening PVR and a 3D-ready TV to surprise the couple. We don't know if he told the husband and wife from Nottinghamshire that the HDTV market is like a high prison wall, but we hope the gift of a new home entertainment system leaves them standing so tallllllllllll...

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Terra Offers Free Wi-Fi in Exchange for Dog Poop

Coca-Cola rolled out some vending machines in Singapore that gave people free cans of Coke if they hugged it. And now a Terra, a Mexican internet service provider, has launched a similar campaign where free Wi-Fi is up for grabs.

Free public Wi FiAnd Terra doesn’t want hugs. What they want instead is dog poop. Yes, you read that right. The duration that the ISP will be giving free Wi-Fi to the area where their poo weighing stations are located depends on how much poop has been placed in it.

The more poop there is, the longer users in the area will have access free Wi-Fi.

This is only a publicity stunt by Terra and will probably be phased out in a few weeks or so. And it’s a shame, considering that it’s a pretty good incentive to give people to clean up after their pooches.

[via Lost at E Minor via Dvice]