Robotic Sex Toy Company Offered $50,000 of Media by YouPorn After CES Pulled...
In 2018, the Consumer Electronics Show faced charges of sexism after it failed to secure a single woman speaker for its keynote speeches over the course of the event. This year, those charges are again...
View ArticleInstagram’s iOS Users Will Soon Be Able to Share Feed Content Across Multiple...
Instagram confirmed that it is rolling out the ability to publish feed posts to multiple accounts simultaneously to all iOS users. A spokesperson said, "We are rolling out this feature to provide a...
View ArticleWant Facebook Engagement? Post Videos, and Make Them Funny or Inspirational
The keys to driving engagement on Facebook? Post video content and inspire people or make them laugh, according to a new study by social media management tool Buffer and content marketing tool...
View ArticleWhy Brands Like Pabst and GoPro Still Rely on Fans for Marketing, and...
As the first day of CES wrapped up and attendees headed out into the cool desert air for industry dinners and parties--or the casino floor to try their luck--Adweek caught up with three senior...
View ArticleHow Technology Is Reshaping the Concept of Play
A huge, but slightly unsung, portion of the CES convention floor is devoted to games, sports and how we play. In part two of our tour guide series with OMD USA, which is providing curated tours for...
View ArticleSuper Bowl LIII Is ‘Over 90% Sold’ With 3 Weeks to Go, CBS Says
CBS ad sales chief Jo Ann Ross and her team began selling ads for Super Bowl LIII as soon as Super Bowl LII ended last year. Now, with just over three weeks left before the Big Game, Super Bowl...
View ArticleA Brooklyn Bodega Is Selling ‘Jakelin’ Coke Bottles to Honor a Child Who Died...
Coca-Cola bottles have become well known in recent years for the wide variety of names found on their labels, and the brand has even empowered fans to order their own custom-printed names. Now a group...
View ArticleSears Chairman Eddie Lampert Refuses to Let the Chain Go
Sears chairman Eddie Lampert's investment firm upped its bid for Sears Holdings to nearly $5.1 billion, and the retailer will live to see at least Sunday. According to a regulatory filing, as of Jan....
View ArticleYou & Mr Jones Acquires Majority Stake in Company Behind Unilever’s In-House...
Today, global "brandtech" network You & Mr Jones announced perhaps the largest in an ongoing series of acquisitions across the marketing space since its 2015 launch with the purchase of a majority...
View ArticleFord and Audi Partner With Qualcomm to Demo 5G Cars That Talk to Stoplights
Qualcomm is offering a glimpse at how the next generation of wireless service could lay the groundwork for a self-driving future. Today, at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, the telecom chipmaker...
View ArticleThe Daily Show With Trevor Noah Brilliantly Spoofs M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’
Sharp-eyed viewers who watch The Daily Show with Trevor Noah tonight will something familiar during the first commercial break. In partnership with Universal Pictures, the network's branded content...
View ArticleHBO Created Soprano Nicknames for Brands, Celebs and More. Here Are Some of...
Most of us go through life hoping not to earn a strange nickname, but a Sopranos nickname worthy of the mob lifestyle? That might just be an offer you can't refuse. HBO's Twitter account today has been...
View ArticleLincoln and a Popular Dog Photographer Help Reunite Pets With Owners After a...
As wildfires rapidly devoured Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, the evacuation of residents was understandably chaotic. People took what they could, yet, unfortunately, pets often got lost in the panicked...
View ArticleThese Marketers Are Aligned on One Goal: Instilling Deeper Consumer Connection
As we continue our series of interviews with brand marketers at CES from our Adweek Insights Studio here in Las Vegas, we caught up with Alyson Griffin, vice president of global marketing for Intel,...
View Article18 Super Bowl Ads That Inspired the Creative Industry to Step Up Its Game
An objective person could watch Super Bowl advertising and plausibly think: "Yeah, that's a good ad." Of course, in the ad agency world, creatives tend to be a little more critical, picking little...
View ArticleWhat Marketers Can Learn From CES’ Voice Tech Hits and Misses
As expected, there was a ton of buzz about voice tech at CES this year, thanks to toilets, shower heads and trash cans you can talk to. There was even a robot that, if asked, pours you a beer. It's all...
View ArticleWhy the DNC Is Embracing Personalization in Its Email Marketing Strategy
Of all the factors credited for the so-called blue wave of Democratic legislators elected to the House of Representatives in November, there's one that doesn't seem to be on many people's radar:...
View ArticleAT&T and T-Mobile Say They’ll Stop Selling User Location Data
AT&T and other telecom companies say they plan to stop selling sensitive customer location data to third parties. The decision, announced on Thursday evening, comes days after an investigation by...
View ArticleTwitter Is Considering Adding Status Updates, More Messaging-Like Features in...
Twitter first landed on the tech scene as a text-message based social network, and nearly 13 years later, it's thinking about adding features that will bring Twitter back to its roots. At the annual...
View ArticleThis Security Stunt Cleverly Illustrates What a Cyber Attack Would Look Like...
What might it look like if some sketchy characters targeted a business in the real world using cyber crime tactics? Global insurer Hiscox decided to demonstrate on a bike shop to help illustrate the...
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