Nike has redesigned the look and capabilities of its FuelBand fitness tracker as part of a flurry of tech-based initiatives being prepped to capture more consumer data and secure its share of the nascent wearable tech arena. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCOBzjsJyEY The FuelBand SE is aesthetically similar to its predecessor, but will come in Pink, Green and Orange […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nwuk90Gc2A Samsung has unveiled its latest Leo Burnett-created ad for Galaxy Gear, featuring footballer Lionel Messi and music from Lorde. The Developer ad features a version of 16-year-old Lorde’s single Royals being sung by a series of children in a post-apocalyptic style city landscape. Filmed on the streets of Barcelona, the two-minute spot ends with […]
JWT London has picked up the £50 million EMEA advertising account for Canon. The agency won the business after a competitive pitch through AAR that began in July. The account moves from Mcgarrybowen, which will be retained in a smaller strategic role. Mcgarrybowen had handled the Canon work since 2000, when it picked up the […]
The advertising watchdog has banned a TV ad for Beats Pill speakers featuring the singer Robin Thicke from being broadcast before 7.30pm following almost 100 complaints from viewers who believed the spot was “offensive” and “sexist”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbtewxfcptw The spot features Thicke performing his single ’Blurred Lines’ alongside three female models in hot pants and see-through […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdQZHxiMfeM Developed by paint and painting supplies retailer Sherwin Williams, the ColorSnap Glass app lets wearers snap a picture of anything wherever they go for design inspiration. The app matches paint with the colors derived from the snapped photos, so users can go out and capture color inspiration before painting their room the same color. […]
Global underwear and casualwear company Fruit Of The Loom will be sending free pairs of cotton underwear to LinkedIn users who have gotten jobs or changed jobs within the last 30 days. This is for the company’s “Fresh Gigs” promotion, which is part of their “Start Happy” campaign. The campaign has a theme that is based […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2AjPfHTIS4 Samsung has fired up its hype machine to plug the looming launch of its first smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear. Marketed as a science fiction writers fantasy wrought real the device is being plugged in a series of YouTube adverts taglined ‘After all these years, it’s finally real.’ Depicted watches include unattainable gadgets from Knightrider, […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCCnWQT79HQ Samsung has launched a cinema advertising campaign to promote its S9C OLED Smart TV. The ‘Life in Every Pixel’ ad, created by Cheil UK, will run across UK cinemas until late November 2013. Logan Wilmont, executive creative director at Cheil UK, said: “The ad isn’t about features and technology, but the emotional response that […]
The Reebok One Series is a unique running shoe based on the concept of function-first design philosophy featuring technology you can ‘feel’. Built from back to front, the Reebok One Series features “Zoned” technology that caters to the way our feet moves, meeting the demands of runners through each phase of the “Gait Cycle”. The […]
Amsterdam-based creative production company Minivegas has created an interactive 3D installation for Sonos, inspired by the wireless audio specialist’s HiFis and featuring a hi-tech forest populated with fantastic plant characters animated through real-time motion capture so that they ‘dance’ with their real-life partners. The larger-than-life 3D landscape of an audio responsive forest, responding in time […]