Congrats to Heather and Jason, who took Swiffer to task earlier this month over its use of of J. Howard Miller's "We can do it!" iconography to sell cleaning products to women. After coverage spread to Huffpo, Mediaite, Yahoo News, MSN Money, TheWeek, International Business Times, Christian Post, Jezebel, CrabbyGoLightly, Red Alert, ABC and elsewhere, Proctor and Gamble pulled their campaign and apologized. See? Complaining works! If you see something dumb, say something smart.
Drama recap: Swiffer's wretched "We Can Do It" co-optation
CNBC sting: most ad networks accepted fake news site full of scraped content
CNBC's Megan Graham set up a website full of scraped news from other sites. Most ad networks she submitted it to approved it for ad placement. I only put a… READ THE REST
Public information film from Finland urges parents not to drink around kids
Hirviöt ("monster"), was a 2012 public service announcement from Finland in which the adults have been day drinking. It asks: how different are you drunk? The ad was quite effective,… READ THE REST
That time a ninja turtle starred in pickle advertisement
This ad features Raphael, the teenage mutant ninja turtle, brandishing pickles. It's not a perfectly on-model Raph — one commenter at YouTube describes it as "my sleep paralysis demon" —… READ THE REST
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Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager
We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds
While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST
