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If You Need This Many USB Ports - January 29th, 2010

You’re doing it wrong. Image: kiske.

Tags: ads, fail, hardware, japan, lol, usb
Posted in fail, hardware, lol

 

The End of the World as We Know It - November 6th, 2009

Yep. It really happened. An ad appeared on the Google homepage.  

Tags: ads, droid, google, marketing, verizon
Posted in google

 

Facebook Lite: Already Getting Trashy - September 21st, 2009

When Facebook Lite launched just under two weeks ago, my immediate reaction was a sigh of relief, followed by the question “how long will it take them to trash up this one, too?” When I asked that question, I fully expected to find out by Christmas. I thought wrong.

Tags: ads, facebook, facebook lite, fail, marketing
Posted in fail

 

[UPDATED] Digg Hijacking Links, Diggbar Illegitimate - July 19th, 2009

[UPDATE]: Earlier today (Tues., 21 July), Jay Adelson posted an official statement on Digg’s blog detailing the company’s position on the diggbar issue. It reads as follows: Hey everyone, I wanted to clear up some confusion created over the past couple of days surrounding the DiggBar, specifically how Digg short URLs work. As we’ve stated [...]

Tags: ads, digg, fail, twitter, web
Posted in fail, news, social-media

 

Facebook's Response to Uproar Over Ads - July 18th, 2009

Facebook’s received a lot of attention in the three days since I posted about their use of users’ profile pictures in ads. Numerous blogs have covered the story since, including both DownloadSquad and Mashable, which invariably led to enough of a ruckus that Facebook felt inclined to address the matter. David Swain, of the Product [...]

Tags: ads, facebook, fail, TOS, web
Posted in fail, news, social-media, social-networking

 

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