This is a Volkswagen Golf print ad that appeared in South African copies of Auto Trader magazine that's actually edible. It was accompanied by the line 'Eat the Road. Seriously, Eat It' and was made from "glutinous rice ...

That's right -- 12.5 million. Or just one sent to the right guy *wink*. But now researchers are convinced there's a way to drastically reduce (NOT add 4+ inches to) the amount of spam by convincing a few ...

Small-blocks, get it? Like the engines, yo! This is the trailer for the upcoming sequel to Cars (cleverly entitled Cars 2), made in LEGO blocks by Patrick Boivin for Disney and Pixar. The original Cars (which came out in ...

Representatives from Facebook, Apple, Google, and the Federal Trade Commission testified on Thursday before the Senate's Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance Subcommittee concerning ...

iAd-supported versions of apps targeted at kids may soon disappear from the App Store, thanks to an apparent change in Apple's iAd policy. The ...

Google Maps and Street View have become so useful that it's hard to imagine living without the services sometimes. Street View is especially useful ...

Nice Stark mug. Remember Volkswagen's Superbowl commercial featuring the lil Vader who couldn't harness The Force that captivated audiences and stole our hearts? Well this is a Marvel parody advertising the new Thor movie that, from what I've seen so ...

It seems that the advertising campaign for J. J. Abrams‘ latest movie, Super 8, has gone viral with a very unique spin. Last week, a number of news outlets reported receiving a package from Paramount Pictures containing a short film strip, ...

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports that ad-supported music service Spotify is bringing strict limits to its service, allowing users ten hours listening time per month and a lifetime total of five plays per track. Rory Cellan-Jones discusses how ...

European advertisers have begun hopping on board with a new set of guidelines (PDF) that will allow users to block cookie tracking. The rules, ...

Apple is officially hopping on the "Do Not Track" train, adding support for special opt-out headers in the version of its Safari Web browser ...

Amazon has sold loads of cheap Kindles ever since it decided to introduce a WiFi-only model and drop the price ...

Pandora's Android app transmits a plethora of personal information to third parties after all, at least according to an analysis done by security firm ...

theweatherelectric writes "As noted by the Mozilla Blog, the AP News Registry is the first large scale service to support the Do Not Track (DNT) feature of Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9. They write, 'The Associated Press (AP) is ...

The legality of Google's business practices in Europe have drawn increased criticism over the last year or so, and now things are about to ...

iandennismiller writes "I've been keeping an eye on this viral marketing campaign called Petite Lap Giraffe — it's the DirecTV ads with the Russian guy and the tiny giraffe. I was pretty quick to debunk the existence of the giraffes, ...

Google has had some luck in the courts when it comes to selling ads with trademarked keywords, but European companies buying those keywords may ...

This is a commercial for the Sony Experia PLAY phone featuring Kristen Shaal (of Flight of the Concordes and The Daily Show). There's actually a whole series of these ads floating around (which I posted after the jump), all ...

Wireless operator Clearwire has had a bumpy few months, and now things are getting worse. A lawsuit has been filed by 15 users over ...

Using word blocks to press things into people's skin so they walk around as free advertising: good idea. Using red-hot metal to press things into people's skin so they walk around as free advertising: better idea. The ad ...

adeelarshad82 writes "Apple was deemed top of the product placement charts last week after getting its computers, iPads, iPods and other items featured in 30 percent of the top movies at the U.S. box office in 2010. Apple had roles ...

French search company 1PlusV has added to the European dogpile on Google, accusing the search giant of keeping the little guys down when it ...

This is a short commercial for the new 2011 Dodge Charger, which advertises the vehicle as the leader of the human resistance against robots. They really should have run that by me first aside, I'll allow it. And ...

The back-and-forth between AT&T and Verizon over the quality of their wireless services ended up making its way into some high-profile primetime commercials. ...

Best Buy appears to have revealed even more details about the Motorola Xoom tablet, which is looking more and more ...

Seen here looking suspiciously like Rodney Dangerfield's lovechild, a man explains Samsung's experiment to drop 200 paper airplanes from 36,500 meters (119,750 feet or ~22 miles) above Germany. Each plane contains a Samsung SD card with messages uploaded from ...

Better go check your Facebook profile pic to make sure it's suitable for advertising—the company has begun using real users' ...

jfruhlinger writes "If you're planning on checking into Starbucks using Facebook Places, your friends may soon see your profile picture in a Facebook ad for Starbucks — and, it goes without saying, you won't be paid a dime. You can't ...

In an attempt to win friends and influence people sell more bacon, egg & cheese biscuits, Caribou coffee shops had these bus stop oven ads placed around Minneapolis. You see, they're heated. Aaaaaaaand probably overflowing with homeless people ...

krou writes "The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is cracking down on 'Twitter users and bloggers using their online presence to endorse products and companies without clearly stating their relationship with the brand.' They described such endorsements, including 'comments ...

Jacob53 writes "Scott Kurnit is a very bright guy. He founded About.com, and has raised over $8,000,000 for his new business AdKeeper. So, who am I to judge? But his new start-up sounds more like a Saturday Night Live skit ...

wiredmikey writes "A new format that YouTube has been testing for a while officially launched today. YouTube is launching TrueView, a new ad format that lets users skip over ads they aren't interested in — and advertisers are actually okay ...

Microsoft's partnership with ESPN to bring streaming sports to the Xbox 360 may be the tip of a streaming video iceberg. According to sources ...

The latest data from Millennial Media's Mobile Mix report suggests that a large mix of devices on a variety of carriers is pushing Android ...