uTorrent is one of the world’s most popular BitTorrent clients, with most users preferring it over other solutions due to its lightweight operation and low memory footprint. BitTorrent Inc has slowly been adding new features into the client, upsetting some users in the process, but the latest change will no doubt be controversial. TorrentFreak reports that adverts will soon be integrated into the client that will should generate significant amounts of additional revenue for the company.
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GM and Facebook said to be rekindling advertising flame
Back in May, General Motors suddenly ceased advertising on Facebook. No specific details were given, although it was believed that the advertising campaign had little impact. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that GM and Facebook are in talks to resume advertising on the social network. Senior executives have confirmed that both companies are currently in talks.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S III ads crank anti-Apple snark
Samsung's Galaxy S III resisted Apple's best attempts to block it from sale in the US; now the Korean company is biting back with new adverts playing up the Android handset's powers of conversion. The phone's "Designed For Humans" tagline hasn't exactly proved convincing, but the newest series of promos play more on the Galaxy S III's abilities than they do dodgy marketing speech. More interesting, however, CNET spotted that Samsung has seemingly recycled one of the actors from its Galaxy S II campaign, implying that the new flagship phone is enough to coax even "creative" types away from their Apple phone.
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T-Mobile’s Carly drops the cute act – dressed in black for brand makeover
After T-Mobile's failed attempts to merge with AT&T they are looking to make some noise in the market and let everyone know they are here to stay. In what we are hearing is a "brand makeover" T-Mobile and their always attractive Carly Foulkes are dropping the cute and nice act in favor of “No More Mr. Nice Girl.” That will be their new tagline as Carly dresses in black leather with her shiny Ducati street bike.
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Apple Retina iPad advertisements finally cover the United States
You might not have noticed it if your Apple sensor is as normalized as your love for great advertising, but billboards, bus stations, and print ads across the United States have finally switched from iPad 2 to the new iPad for 2012. Have a peek back at our report on when the states were still sticking with iPad 2 advertisements to see the oddity the vast majority of the USA didn't find necessary to notice, then take a peek at a few of the new ads up this week. They've been up for a couple weeks, actually, everywhere from Minneapolis all the way down to San Francisco!
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Why iPad 2 still dominates Apple advertising in 2012
When the new iPad was released, we wondered how long it would be before Apple switched their billboard and bus stop advertising over to The New iPad – as it turns out, it doesn’t appear that they ever will. Why is it that we’re still seeing Apple displaying iPad 2 billboards across downtown Minneapolis, London, and San Francisco – aka across the United States and across the ocean to the UK? The answer is actually quite simple.
BlackBerry ‘not a toy’ ads may save the company
In an earnings call detailing an abysmal quarter for BlackBerry, Research in Motion (aka RIM) this week made a perfect case for the necessity of their "toy" ads out on the airwaves now. These advertisements are representing the BlackBerry Bold line of devices and have celebrities as well as unnamed users stating "We need tools, not toys." As RIM stated this week, it's time for a shakeup, and the ad campaign we're seeing right here may well be it.
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T-Mobile upsets customers with notification bar ads
While you could argue that Android is inundated with adverts in free games, apps, and search results, one area of the OS that has been off limits for the most part is the notification bar. KDDI infuriated Japanese users of Android handsets with push advertisement notifications from the Au One Market. The nightmare has apparently made its way to the U.S, with some T-Mobile users being struck with a similar fate.
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Google “without evil” philosophy rebuked
This week the "NEW" identifier on Google's newly revamped digital content store Google Play, formerly known as the Android Market, has drawn fire from those that would call it Evil. As any Google fan can tell you, one of the original sayings that made Google the company it is today was "Don't be Evil." Currently Google keeps this mantra alive in its extended "Ten things we know to be true" philosophy, one of which is "You can make money without doing evil." Google's front and center advertisement for their digital content store is being seen as a direct affront to that affirmation.
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Sony enlists Wes Anderson for Xperia S ad
Sony isn't leaving the success of its new Xperia range to chance: the company has turned to Fantastic Mr. Fox director Wes Anderson to create a stop-motion animation commercial playing up the Xperia S' "made of imagination" tagline. The advert - which you can see after the cut - is based on the robotic ponderings of eight year old Jake Ryan, and his guess at what's actually going on inside the new Xperia.
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Microsoft comes clean with Internet Explorer distrust
This week the folks at Microsoft have finally come to terms with the idea that nobody other than hipster's mothers, uncles, and half-naked girlfriends use the web browser known as Internet Explorer. They've released a new commercial which features a therapist speaking with a nerd about how he "used to" hate Internet Explorer and how, now that he's gotten past his madness, he can move on the IE 9. When you accept that you have a problem, the healing can begin.
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Obama Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights announced and detailed
One month and three days after Consumer Watchdog called President Obama to endorse "Do Not Track" and online privacy legislation during his State of the Union address, the President has proposed a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. The White House has called upon Congress to pass legislation that will allow the FTC Federal Trade Commission as well as state attorney generals to support and enforce the framework of this bill. This bill will act as a guard for consumers rights, allowing consumers to say when, if, and how their personal information is both collected and used online.
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