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Billboard Only Gives Number to Abused Children, Message Invisible to Adults

An ad campaign against child abuse has become a hit internationally, since being posted almost two weeks ago. The impact of the campaign has managed to cross country lines, since being debuted in Spain. It consists of street billboards showing two sets of messages, one for adults and one for children. The clever s...

7 May 2013
05:45 GMT

Infidelity Billboard – Wife's Message to Cheating Husband or Marketing Stunt?

A billboard which has popped up in North Carolina reveals scorned wife Jennifer's message to her cheating husband Michael, written in bold white and yellow lettering over a bright red background. “Michael - GPS Tracker - $250 (€193), Nikon camera with zoom lens - $1,600 (€1.240), Catching my LYI...

22 March 2013
08:01 GMT

“Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?” Pig Asks in New PETA Billboard

The people attending this year's Easter parade in Philadelphia's Street Headhouse District might get the chance to come face to face with the billboard featured in the picture above. This is because PETA wishes to see a vehicle showing this particular image of a slaughter-bound pig take part in the parade...

21 March 2013
09:30 GMT

Billboard Pulls Drinkable Water out of Thin Air – Video

The local University of Engineering and Technology from Lima, Peru, has created a very special billboard by working with Mayo DraftFCB. For those unaware, Lima is the second largest capital in the world that happens to be located in a desert. Obviously, deserts aren't fun, what with their tendency to be very s...

23 February 2013
05:53 GMT

The Billboard Hot 100 Now Uses YouTube Data

It's no secret to anyone that a lot of people listen to a lot of music on YouTube. It's mostly young people, but generally, that's who listens to music the most anyway. It's taken a few years, but the music industry is starting to accept this even if it's not happy with it. The latest sign t...

21 February 2013
12:21 GMT

“300,000 Apps for Everything You Love” – iPad Billboard

Deeming music apps as “Ear Opening,” education apps as “Elementary,” music titles as “Well Versed” and graphical apps as “Mind watering,” Apple’s new billboards do a great job at promoting the iPad’s endless functionality. While the TV ads may be losing the...

18 February 2013
04:25 GMT

Picture of the Day: Billboard Shows Weird Cat-Turkey Hybrid

The last time PETA decided to mix and match species in order to convince people to become vegetarians was for Thanksgiving. Now that Christmas is just around the corner, this green-oriented group saw fit to once again try and raise awareness with respect to how all animals, not just pets, need to be respected and l...

18 December 2012
16:41 GMT

“Mother of Dog”: New Billboard Shows a Canine Virgin Mary

Christmas is usually all about the birth of Christ (give or take a few presents, a Christmas tree and tons of food), yet PETA chose to also make it about the importance of spaying or neutering the cats and dogs people keep as pets. Their latest billboard, which they plan on displaying in various parts of the US as ...

12 December 2012
07:51 GMT

Art Project Brings Floating Forests to LA

The city of Los Angeles could soon be home to numerous floating forests, which come as a result of one man's idea to take your run-off-the-mill billboards and turn them into urban oases. This green-oriented project is known as Urban Air, and its goal is to provide the people residing in the city with some much...

6 November 2012
02:30 GMT

Halo 4 Breaks Billboard Video Game Soundtrack Record

Despite the fact that it’s not yet being launched, Halo 4 is already breaking records, with the soundtrack for the title already managing to become the best-selling soundtrack based on a video game product. According to a report from Billboard, the Original Soundtrack for Halo 4 sits in 50th place in the overall cha...

3 November 2012
03:50 GMT

PETA Reveals Highly Disturbing Billboard Meant to Promote Vegetarianism

Earlier today, we reported on how PETA now wishes to convince people that becoming vegetarians is beneficial both to animals, and to their health. More so given the fact that the US is presently facing a troubling obesity epidemic which only stands to worsen as the years go by. In order to do this, the organizati...

21 September 2012
11:09 GMT

Iconic Yahoo Billboard in San Francisco to Be Removed After 12 Years

With Yahoo's troubles these days, it's hard to remember that it was once the hottest thing in Silicon Valley, a company on the way up. The dot com era was filled with rising stars, some long gone, but Yahoo stood out.It was during this time that it put up one of the most iconic billboards in San Francisco a...

18 November 2011
12:04 GMT

Auto-Tune the News' Bed Intruder Song Hits the Billboard Hot 100

There are a lot of people out there trying to create viral videos, but few manage to put on a repeat performance. The Gregory Brothers, known for their Auto-tune the News series on YouTube, have, though, and each new video is better than the last. Their latest exploit, the Bed Intruder Song became an instant hit gett...

20 August 2010
05:55 GMT

Paris Hilton Sues over ‘Vacant’ Billboard

Paris Hilton, although a questionable singer and actress, makes millions of dollars a year off her image alone. No matter how much criticism she gets and despite the occasional bashing in the tabloid media, whatever Paris touches turns to gold, whether it be an endorsement for canned, sparkly wine or a perfume and wh...

10 November 2009
10:03 GMT

Computer Security Right on the Streets

The streets have always represented a great way to advertise your products, because you got your messages read no matter what. People are always there and it's a great opportunity to make yourself heard. This is exactly what McAfee aims to do, by placing some billboards in San Francisco Bay Area and in Dallas. ...

6 December 2007
05:11 GMT

Future Billboards Might Power Your House

Usually, billboards take high amounts of energy from the power grid in order to light up, especially during night time. However, this is about to change, as an electricity supplier from California has installed the first electric energy generating billboard in the U.S. This device produces energy with the help of 20 ...

5 December 2007
09:44 GMT

Google Attacks Car Drivers With Street Adverts

Earlier this day, I wrote an article about Google's last advertising tool which helps publishers manage their offline ads to be published in newspapers. "Now that the Mountain View giant already expanded its offering into newspapers and radio stations, do you think the next step in the evolution is targeting the...

21 September 2007
04:33 GMT


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