Every season, 32 teams hope to make it to the Super Bowl. In that spirit, here are 32 tech companies from Super Bowl ads over the years. Just like NFL teams, some of these companies have flourished; others haven't fared nearly as well.
Steve Jobs may be gone, but he’ll be remembered for changing the way we thought about everything from computers to music and movies
Since DVRs have basically eliminated the need to sit through commercials, we turn our attention to YouTube. That’s where Verizon’s first iPhone commercial has cropped up. It’s 30 seconds of clocks ticking, fingers and toes tapping, and a girl who smiles when one of the clocks strikes midnight—presumably on February 10th when the Verizon iPhone [...]
If you’re American and of a certain age, then your childhood was probably filled with Kenner’s Star Wars toys, and your memories filled with these very commercials for them. Admit it: You kind of wish adverts were still this cool.
Clever marketing schemes get me every time.
Friday, we got word that Justin Long would Mac no more after Apple officially pulled the plug on the clever Mac vs. PC ad series. In tribute, the guys over at One More Thing Podcast have put together a montage of Apple’s Get A Mac commercials’ best moments. It makes me want to put on [...]
It looks like Apple has finally shuttered its Get a Mac campaign once and for all, pulling it from its site today.
Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, [...]
Another year, another Super Bowl not watched. I know lots of nerds are actually into watching the Super Bowl. I could never get behind watching a game I don’t play, played by people with whom I don’t have very much in common. I suppose there are passionate regional loyalties in play, plus genuinely interesting strategic [...]
