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by Kurt Schlosser on November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 at 3:07 pm1 Comment

For the third year in a row, the Amazon boxes are singing to ring in the holiday shopping season. The new advertising spot from the tech giant features the smile… Read More

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Microsoft holiday ad captures joy of video games and inclusion as boy uses Xbox Adaptive Controller

by Kurt Schlosser on November 26, 2018January 31, 2019 at 7:59 am 8 Comments

When Microsoft created the Xbox Adaptive Controller, it set out to bring all the joy of video games to those who might face limitations in their physical ability to play.… Read More

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When it comes to marketing ploys, this one’s a whopper. Burger King has launched an ad campaign that uses Google’s “wake words” to trigger devices into describing the fast food… Read More

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Apple spent years trying to out-cool Microsoft in TV ads but now it’s the Redmond company accusing its top competitor of being “a bit square.” In a new ad, with… Read More

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