Hard Drives for Fashionistas – The Samsung Costume (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In this age of tech savvy women and the rise in female fashion bloggers, there is a need for fashionable hard drives. Women need chic devices that will hold all their information, yet look right at place…

Digitally Record Your Scribbles – The Zpen

(TrendHunter.com) The Zpen is a mixture of technology and a throwback to the old days when we used to use pen and paper to record things instead of PDAs, mobiles, and computers.

All you have to do is attach the receiver…

Olympic Executions in China – Amnesty International Shot Ad

(TrendHunter.com) Amnesty International is really pissed off at China, and with good reason. According to their new, straight-to-the-point ad, “China holds the current world record of executions with executing 1,010 people…

14 Yahoo Innovations – From Yahoo Mail to 3D News

Yahoo Search and Yahoo Mail are only portions of the competing services Yahoo has launched in order to stay current with their biggest rival, Google.

From their own YouTube style video sharing platform…

Yahoo Mail Offline Free – Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop


Yahoo! beats Google in the race to create an offline email client with the release of Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop.

Besides working offline, the free e-mail software offers extra functionality, such as online…

Animal Sex Museum Exhibits – From Bambi Threesome to Gay Dolphins (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Did you know that both the male and female spotted hyena have penises? New York’s Museum of Sex (MoSex) shares this information and much more in its new exhibit, `The Sex Lives of Animals’.

“We’re creating…

Reruns, Reality Can’t Compete With ‘Dark Knight,’ ‘Mad Men’ for Buzz


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Two pop culture events served as bookends to this week: the premiere of "The Dark Knight," which busted box-office records with the latest chapter in the Batman saga, and "Mad Men," the adman saga of dark nights amid the light days of mid-century Manhattan that returns Sunday night to AMC.

Superhero Comic Book Games – DC Universe Online (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Dark Knight fans have a chance to interact with Batman in DC Universe Online, a new online multiplayer comic book game.

It was launched at Comic-Con by Sony and DC Comics this week, making it the…

I Pity The Fool That Yanked Mr. T Off The Air

The Mr. T Snickers ad that caused a stir this weekbeen taken off the air.

The AP says Mars Inc., which makes the candy bars, meant the ad to be funny, not offensive, and that’s why they decided to pull it. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation said the ad used stereotypes of gay men.

Readers may recall that this is actually the second time Mars has pulled a Snickers ad because of accusations that it was homophobic. In 2007, a Super Bowl ad featuring two men accidentally kissing over a Snickers bar was yanked after similar complaints.

Meanwhile, here’s another spot in that campaign:

FUN FACT OF THE DAY: Did you know that Mr. T is 56 years old??? Where does the time go?

9,580 Paper Dolls Sacrificed to Keep Converse Cool

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Anomaly/NY worked with Santogold, Julian Casablancas and Pharrell Williams of NERD to produce My Drive Thru, a paper doll music video for Converse.

Federal Minimum Wage? – Top 60 Things that Are Free (Land, Beer, Boobs and University)

(TrendHunter.com) This week we are showcasing the Top 60 things that are free in reaction to the federal minimum wage in the US rose to $6.55. The OLD federal minimum wage used to be $5.85.

Since that’s only a 70 cent…

‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner Talks to Adrants

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During this week’s Television Critic’s Association Press Tour held at the Beverly Hilton, MarKyr Media Co-Founder Marjorie Kase interviewed Mad Men Creator Matthew Weiner for Adrants.

AOL Shuts Down Everything Except Truveo

Cute Lepers Cure Terminal Boredom. Or Not

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Expectations are high when a press release promises, “Cute Lepers will Cure Your ‘Terminal Boredom’ This Summer!”

Fantastic Noodles: Pimp My Kettle, 3

Pimp My Kettle, 3

Advertising Agency: Clemenger BBDO Adelaide, Australia
Creative Directors: Greg Knagge, Geoff Robertson
Art Director: Adam Johnson
Copywriter: Matt O’Grady
Photographer: Derek Swalwell
Published: 2008

Fantastic Noodles: Pimp My Kettle, 2

Pimp My Kettle, 2

Advertising Agency: Clemenger BBDO Adelaide, Australia
Creative Directors: Greg Knagge, Geoff Robertson
Art Director: Adam Johnson
Copywriter: Matt O’Grady
Photographer: Derek Swalwell
Published: 2008

Fantastic Noodles: Pimp My Kettle, 1

Pimp My Kettle, 1

Advertising Agency: Clemenger BBDO Adelaide, Australia
Creative Directors: Greg Knagge, Geoff Robertson
Art Director: Adam Johnson
Copywriter: Matt O’Grady
Photographer: Derek Swalwell
Published: 2008

Women Make Less, and You Can Take That to the Bank

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To make a point about how women make less money than men in the work force, Swedish firm Miljopartiet de grona ran a print ad that compares currency featuring men to lower-value currency featuring women.

Renault: Scarecrow

Scarecrow

Vast redefined. Renault Logan, way more interior space from $11890.

Advertising Agency: Mayo Draftfcb, Quito, Ecuador
Creative Director: Carlos Serrano
Art Directors: Alejandro Munoz, Andres Santos, Sebastien Barrera
Copywriters: Carlos Serrano, Felipe Arcos
Published: July 2008

Renault: Boat

Boat

Vast redefined. Renault Logan, way more interior space from $11890.

Advertising Agency: Mayo Draftfcb, Quito, Ecuador
Creative Director: Carlos Serrano
Art Directors: Alejandro Munoz, Andres Santos, Sebastien Barrera
Copywriters: Carlos Serrano, Felipe Arcos
Published: July 2008