Facebook's Fixing Its Mobile Advertising Problem
As Internet use moves from the big screen to littler pocket computers, Facebook is struggling with turning its popular, yet buggy, phone aps into money-makers. During its IPO filing last week, Facebook candidly admitted that even though over half of its 845 million members log into the social network via their cell phones, the company doesn't know how to make money off those eyeballs. "We do not ...
With ads for Super Bowl, watch or break away?
In Sunday's high-stakes world of Super Bowl commercials (each 30-second spot sold for $3.5 million), everyone from automakers to a yogurt company will try to attract the eyeballs of viewers, competing against the urge to use game stoppages for potty breaks.
Eyeballs Taste Like Oysters, Apparently
Oysters are an aphrodisiac to some, and are prepared in a wide number of ways. Do you like oysters? Well, you may not for long after reading this story. You see, a man in Connecticut has some first-hand . . .
Chemical Brothers ? the movie: do not adjust your eyeballs
The Chemical Brothers' famously psychedelic live act has finally been captured in film ? with flying cutlery and clowns. Alexis Petridis reports on Don't Think Adam Smith is the first to admit that his debut feature film is not the easiest sell in the history of cinema. "There's no real narrative strand," says the director. "It's 85 minutes long, it's got paintballs exploding ? and clowns. I was ...
Super PAC attack! Paul, Perry ads have grabbed most eyeballs online
"The campaign isn't about ads," Mitt Romney said during Saturday's Republican debate in South Carolina. "It's about issues." That may be true in theory, but, after getting off to a slow start, the 2012 presidential race may set records for both the number of political ads aired during the campaign and the amount of money [...]
