It just got that much easier to hear from Santa Claus this year. Coca-Cola has teamed up with Cameo to offer fans a variety of experiences with Kris Kringle this holiday season, starting with the ability to get a personalized video from Jolly Old St. Nick himself. Click here to read the story
In online gaming parlance, Coke’s new advertising effort to engage with the gaming community is getting “smoked”—and that’s an extreme understatement. As of today, a YouTube video accompanying the beverage giant’s new Real Magic “global brand philosophy and platform” had earned a whopping 56,000 dislikes to 3,900 likes. Click here
Earlier this week rumors circulated that Facebook was planning to change its company name next week as it focuses on building a “metaverse.” The name change could be formally announced at the social network’s annual Connect conference on October 28, or sooner. Reports online suggest it is meant to signal
Bananas come in all shapes and sizes, and that might be the fatal flaw of the “banana for scale” meme—you have to see a banana in-person to know how big it is. A banana could be small enough to fit in a lunchbox… or it could be 40 feet tall.
Looking to make Taco Bell synonymous with tacos across the globe, the fast food giant today kicked off two new major marketing initiatives. The first aims to grow global awareness by taking ownership of the taco emoji that lives on all of our phones. The second taps into Discord’s highly
The Nerds Candy brand is teaming up with the (objectively) nerdy game Dungeons & Dragons. Together, they will launch a campaign of limited-edition Nerds Gummy Clusters and Rainbow Nerds Theater Box packaging, which both feature a team of new, D&D-inspired Nerds characters. Click here to read the story at the
The humble gif (Graphics Interchange Format) was first developed by computer scientists back in ’87, and similar to the meme it has come a long way since then. Gifs are used to add some spice to WhatsApp chats or tweets when they are feeling a little lackluster, but there is
VMLY&R is giving young talent a chance these days. Very young talent. The agency’s new Wendy’s ad was “written and directed” by Julien Jantos, whose mom Megan posted his initial sketches on Twitter. “Free @Wendys ad written by their biggest fan (aka my son),” Megan wrote. Click here to read the story
There has been a steady drumbeat of news leading up to the release of US intelligence documents pertaining to unidentified flying objects. Unlike the past, the UFO headlines aren’t in the supermarket tabloids, instead they are in The New York Times and The New Yorker. Click here to read the story at thedrum.com.
When you walk 10,000 steps in a day, your Fitbit rewards you with a jiggle and some virtual fireworks, giving you a reason to pause and smile with pride. When you practice a foreign language on Duolingo multiple days in a row, you earn a “streak” and are encouraged to