Category: Badvertising

Gawker Hacking: Now In Coupon Form

Gawker Hacking: Now In Coupon Form

Internet bargaineer Woot.com has sent out emails for $5 purchases using the coupon code CHANGEYOURPASSWORD.  The email, pictured above, also refers the reader to a snarky NYTimes article about the fiasco which asks, at one point, “Why would people have a Gawker account?” Live by the snark, die by the snark.

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I’m Sorry About The Hipster Commercials

Microsoft has just pulled a “controversial” ad for the new Kin phones, citing complaints that the ad encouraged sexting. There were also furries in it so that could also be the reason.

AT&T Fails At Being Not Evil

AT&T Fails At Being Not Evil

I am the Lorax and I speak for the trees. AT&T earthy-crunchiness doesn’t justify fees.

Can't You Call It The Buscemi?

Microsoft Pink To Be Microsoft Kin; No Word On Where The P Went

The Pink Phone is now the Kin. Let the name hate begin.

Senate Candidate Marco Rubio (left) and Florida Governor Charlie Crist (right)

Evidently, FoxNews Doesn’t Like Back-Waxing

Fox News has a DNC ad based on a Greta Van Susteren interview pulled, citing copyright violation. The central issue of the ad: whether a GOP Senate candidate got a hair cut or a back wax.

This Is Not A Magical Device

Apple’s Claims In The iPad Ad Copy Are All Probably False

Apple’s ad copy regarding the iPad is nothing but an assortment of lies and fabrications. These ridiculous claims can be disproven without even seeing the iPad.

Curse Malcolm Gladwell

Curse Malcolm Gladwell

Take your lingo and shove it.

Watch: Will It Shred (A VW Bug)

Watch: Will It Shred (A VW Bug)

Watch a 1974 VW Bug get fed to an industrial shredder. Warning: contains fake hippies and bad acting