eBay for real-world labor. When users, called senders, post a task, they also invisibly declare the maximum amount they'd pay to have it completed. Runners then bid on the task by declaring the minimum amount they would accept.
In LA, Activate drinks has set up what it calls a human-powered vending machine. Angelenos can hop on, peddle for 30 seconds (way too short if you ask us but we're sure Activate doesn't want to cause any fat, lazy Americans a heart attack) and get a free drink.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Noid, the irksome and hyper Domino's character who was best avoided in TV commercials that began airing in 1986. To celebrate, Domino's has brought the character back-on Facebook. He's the star of a new Facebook game from Crispin Porter + Bogusky called Noid's Super Pizza Shootout.
Did you know that Miracle Whip is so divisive a condiment that it can break the bonds of true love? That's the silly premise of a contest the Kraft brand is running. The "Not for Every Relationship" video contest encourages couples to explain how the spread can hold a relationship or break it up.
Beverly Willett (Coaltition for Divorce Reform) has taken to National Review Online to call for a protest.
A new jelly candy in the U.K. called Guzzle Puzzle (made by the Natural Confectionary Co.) has quite the Willy Wonka-ish marketing hook. There are five different flavors-cinnamon, lime, orange, banana, and raspberry-but you can also combine three pairs of flavors to make new ones: cinnamon + lime = cola; orange + banana = bubblegum; and raspberry + lime = pink lemonade.
The online auction site has launched Fashion Outlet, a virtual outlet mall in the US, allowing shoppers anytime to access discounted designer fashion.The new site extends eBay's selection of clothing, shoes and accessories with deals on merchandise direct from a collection of brands and top retailers, including Neiman Marcus Last Call, BCBG, Spanx, Brooks Brothers, Reeds Jewelers, Jockey, William Rast, Fila, Timberland, Custo Barcelona, Hanes, among others.
Created by BBDO San Francisco for Barefoot Wine and Bubbly, this billboard is made up of 17,500 of pieces of trash picked up on the beach.
promotes the upcoming film by director Jason Baffa called One Beach, a film about art innovators who support clean and sustainable beaches with their art.
"Apparently, someone at Twitter thought it would be a good idea to plaster advertising on top of iPhone users' Twitter feeds. (Disclosure: I do not own an iPhone or an iPad, luckily, so I was spared from the #dickbar.) As depicted above, the so-called #dickbar is a strip across the top of the Twitter app's timeline showing trending topics and advertisements."
London design firm Berg and the London office of the Japanese ad agency Dentsu have announced a line of augmented reality toys called Suwappu. The little figurines have swappable heads and bodies; depending on how they're configured, they interact differently and draw different environments for themselves in the augmented reality world.
Adidas painted over a portion of a graffiti wall in Poland, a famous one connected to the hip-hop scene, in order to make a canvas for sponsored graffiti/advertising. Now there's an outrage.
calling Amazon Prime the "modern day loyalty program"
ShopRunner is a competitor to prime that lets users get free shipping for an annual fee from a number of retailers e-commerce sites
"Best Buy is also expanding its services up in the sky. Today it has launched a new music streaming offering-appropriately enough called Best Buy Music Cloud. On the surface, it sounds strikingly similar to what Apple will be offering users in its iCloud music service, but with a few differences:"