Will a cat in your store window incite purchase? The answer is probably no unless you’re a pet store, or perhaps Bromwell’s. Founded in 1819, Bromwell's claims to...

Saw this sign today in the window of a store near my office. It recently went out of business when its owner retired. It’s interesting to me because Craigslist gives...

Next time you head to Japan, you may just see evidence of Big Brother. NEC has been working on a plasma display screen that houses a camera. It can identify a...

Filed under: Storage We're not too sure how the advertising director that green lit Hitachi's bizarro perpendicular recording video is still on staff, but sure enough, he...

Interesting coverage from Ad Age of a recent talk given by Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the magazine's annual Madison and Vine conference in Beverly Hills. Google,...

Filed under: Displays, Wearables Not that London isn't the unofficial home to weird ads or anything, but this one is just taking things way too far. Reportedly, deodorant...

You know the story by now: highly original TV comedy series airs on niche channel and before you can say “rip off”, a bunch of somewhat similar (but not...

When monetizing a blog most people tend to put up a bunch of 125×125 pixel ads, something of an unofficial standard. I believe this is Michael Arrington’s...

The company announced a new ability to provide a unique mobile visitor count to websites with the latest release for Bango Analytics. They now claim first mover status on...

Paul Graham, Mr Y Combinator, has posted 30 big areas that he thinks need improvement and has challenged the world's engineers and entrepreneurs to come up with the...

Ask Me, Ask Me, Ask Me...Originally uploaded by D..R..I was talking to one of my colleagues about briefing the agency, and how to get the work you really want.It was...

As same sex marriages continue in California, all eyes are now on the amendment on the November ballot in California that seeks to overturn the state supreme court ruling...

I wrote a long post on Social Media Czar - a job I would not mind being because I see it as an extension of Web Analytics - in other words, I think a Web Analyst...

Modell's own peculiar definition of "low price guarantee, we will beat any ad" surprised reader Randy when he tried to get them to honor it on a baseball glove he bought,...

In a brilliant move that's sure to make both newspapers and social networks around the web jealous, the New York Times and LinkedIn, the leading US social network for...

Advertising Age takes a look at a not-so-well-known perk in many an ad agency: The company bar. Yes, for those unfamiliar with this Madison Avenue pastime, there are many...

[Following the rabbit hole from today's Monday Morning Memo, will lead you to this fine piece of Wizardly Wisdom. We teach this to our clients, and this week Roy...

[Posted by Shar VanBoskirk] Word is that TimeWarner is in talks with both Yahoo! and Microsoft about potentially selling AOL to one of the two. To be honest, I...

It's sometimes nice to see irrelevant news stories; look at the popularity of "Offbeat" sections if you need any proof.  Business-oriented individuals...

It may be tired to bring up Minority Report, but remember the scenes in the movie where our hero gets bothered by interactive targeted advertising wherever he goes?...