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John Malkovich Finds a New Best Friend, Siri, in Pair of iPhone Ads These two were made for each other

For those of you who were getting a little tired of Zooey Deschanel's iPhone commercial with Siri—you know who you are—here's a breath of fresh air. John Malkovich has stepped…

May 24 2012

Data Points: Taking the Tablet Temp Apple's iPad still dominates, but its hold isn't what it used to be

When the tablet market launched two years ago, it was a decidedly luxury buy. Since then, tablets have become more of a mainstream purchase, as the Apple iPad has dropped…

May 23 2012

Portrait: Punch Media Games, graphics and videos let you have fun with their content

Since the iPad launch, countless magazines have released apps for the tablet. But many have largely resembled their print counterparts. Rather than emulating print, Punch Media wanted to create something…

May 10 2012

First Mover: David Kenny The Weather Channel's new boss on helping people plan for everything

Specs Age 50 New gig Chairman and CEO. Old gig President and director, Akamai Technologies You’ve had sort of an interesting couple of years, moving from an agency trading desk, VivaKi, to a tech company, Akamai,…

May 04 2012

Steve Jobs Plays FDR in Long-Lost '1944' Apple Video Nine-minute spoof of classic '1984' spot

Amazingly, almost 30 years after it was made, a short film created by Apple as a spoof of its "1984" Super Bowl spot has finally surfaced. Called "1944," it's set…

May 03 2012

Study: Apple's Device ID Change Could Hurt Ad Revenues for App Developers Company urged to find alternative

Since the news last month that Apple had started rejecting mobile applications that access UDIDs (unique device identification numbers), the mobile ad world has been racing to come up with…

April 25 2012

34 Apple Commercials Starring Celebrities Zooey and Sam are the latest in a long line of personalities

In our review of Apple's new iPhone spots with Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson, we said the company doesn't often use celebrities. Technically, that's true—the vast majority of its…

April 23 2012

iPhone Game Tracks Cancer Patient Pain Toronto hospital turns to Cundari to build Pain Squad app

The challenge: getting kids undergoing cancer treatment—exhausted from chemo and radiation therapy—to keep detailed logs of their pain. The solution: disguising the chore with a crime-fighting iPhone game. Last month, the…

April 23 2012

New Fragrance Smells Like an Apple Product Being Opened Mmm, glue, plastic, rubber and paper

I never noticed that Apple products smell a certain way after you open them, but that didn't stop Air Aroma from turning it into a fragrance. The scent was designed…

April 18 2012

Ad of the Day: Apple iPhone Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel chat up Siri in the latest from TBWA

Apple doesn't often use celebrities in its advertising. (Hodgman and Long don't really count—they were both largely unknown at the outset of "Get a Mac," and they played characters, not…

April 17 2012

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