The “Break it Down” Blog

EA Busted for Misleading Ads

While most hardcore gamers probably recognize that Wii games’ graphics are not as high quality as the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3.  However, the average consumer is probably not aware of that. So, when EA decided to use Xbox 360 graphics in their ads for Wii versions of their games Advertising Standards Authority caught them [...]

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Black Friday Deals

God… I had forgotten what this time of year gets like around Black Friday; well it’s getting closer, which means “Black Friday” deal leaks from now until the night before. Dealsea has summarized all the known ads thus far, here are the good ones: HDTV Deals of Black Friday 2008 Costco Black Friday 2008 Ad Amazon Black Friday 2008 [...]

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Apple on the Offensive-Offensive with New Mac Ads

You could probably say the first time Apple ever released the “I’m a Mac” ads, they were on the offensive against Microsoft, beginning a war on perception of which operating system and computing platform was superior. Microsoft didn’t reply for years, but after giving Mac all the fodder they could ever want with the abortion that [...]

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Charter ISP To Begin Injecting Ads

If you haven’t had your ear to the ground on the issue of ad-injection by ISPs, I’m about to get your blood boiling. Basically, ISPs are starting to dabble more and more with analyzing your behavior online and injecting ads into the pages that get served back to you, regardless of the actual content being served [...]

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