A team of US computer scientists have investigated how the business model spam works, ie. how profitable it is to send out spam or “illegal messages”. In order to conduct the study, seven scientists became spammers themselves.
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Evian Facial Spray
Evian Facial Spray rehydrates skin suffering from overheated and dry air. It revives your makeup throughout the day, and makes you look fresh by replenishing that much needed moisture. People who want others to look at them should order the Evian facial spray. Evian sells a product called “Mineral spray” for around $10. According to make… Continue reading Evian Facial Spray
In reality Photoshop would look like this
Ever wondered how Adobe Photoshop would look in real life? Art Snob Solutions have rebuilt the software with natural, real materials. The color swatches, ruler, font panel, tool palette, … simply everything is handmade. This is NOT a photoshop job!
Tropicana: We’re not red, we’re not blue. We’re 100% orange
Simon Owens told me about a non-traditional branding project he’s been working on for Tropicana: an abstract visualization of the aggregate conversation on Twitter showing frequency and context of election-related words.
What makes a blog post popular?
The people at mSpoke blog started their series with a very interesting topic: What makes a blog post popular. To start, we’ll need a bunch of feed items and measures of popularity and writing quality. For the popularity measure, I will use the feed item’s NewsGator attention score. While Newsgator has done some additional work… Continue reading What makes a blog post popular?
Hotel Alicja: Double-Check The Pictures!
Seen a valuable offer for a nice hotel on the internet!? You should double-check all images and perspectives! 🙂 It’s a fake but a nice fake.
Mac Vs. PC Campaign: An Analysis
The cultural differences of both companies are reflected in their current commercials. Who’s getting more momentum out of the campaigns? Apple and Microsoft are constantly throwing adverts at their users not showing cool product features but promoting their company image. While Apple’s “Get a Mac” campaign tries to present the mac as progressive and cool,… Continue reading Mac Vs. PC Campaign: An Analysis
Wifitising: SIXT Guerilla Marketing Idea
Airports usually have loads of car renting firms trying to pitch their offer to the customer. Here’s a great guerilla marketing idea for German company SIXT at the Hamburg airport: setup a couple of wifi stations and give them each a different name. What you’ll get is cheap but effective wifi advertising. I’d call it… Continue reading Wifitising: SIXT Guerilla Marketing Idea
I’m a PC in front of the Apple store
Microsoft parks a “I’m a PC” promotion booth right in front of the Apple store in Birmingham, England. The move is an extension of the Redmond-based software giant’s $300 million advertising campaign aimed at cleaning up the image of its Windows Vista operating system, which has been tarnished at the hands of Apple’s long-running “I’m… Continue reading I’m a PC in front of the Apple store
Pepsi Redesign Gets Official
Pepsi reached out to 25 “digital and social media influencers” with three separately-shipped packages. The first contained five cans representing logo design from 1898 to 1950. The second contained five cans from 1962 to 1998. The third contained the newly launched can design – six of them full of actual Pepsi. Also included was a… Continue reading Pepsi Redesign Gets Official