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- Was Windows 7 totally your idea?
- Crispin, Porter + Bogusky -- the ad agency that is behind a variety of Microsoft's recent ad campaigns (everything from the confounding Gates/Seinfeld skits, to the Laptop Hunters, to the newest Kylie happy talk series) -- is launching yet another group of ads starting this week. by Mary Jo...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- New Windows Phone ad an alternate universe where Office is your friend
- Microsoft ads? Weird?How can you say that about the company that brought you those classic Gates/Seinfeld spots???
- Tags: advertisement, Microsoft Office, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- Probably the most awful, soul destroying thing I've ever seen
- wow those were just AWFUL..thats about 6 minutes of my life i wont get back. CHEESE CITY! lol.RE: Probably the most awful, soul destroying thing I've ever seenYou are goddammed right. IT feels like I am watching the cast of Barney, as they keep nodding their heads at each...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Blonde, video, second video, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Microsoft's Windows 7 ad campaign kicks off
- Cute. [NT]ntCute.Not sure it's effective though. It may be. But... flows like a book ad. Will probably be effective only in certain segments. So I bet we will see a couple very different ads.RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 ad campaign kicks offlooks like they brain washed her, since when 6 year...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, advertisement, car, operating system, Microsoft Corp., lemon, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- New Apple ads target Windows viruses and headaches
- Apple has released two new television commercials that take coordinated swipes at Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 without ever actually mentioning Windows by name. "Top of the Line" features comic actor Patrick Warburton, best known for his portrayal of David Puddy, Elaine Benes' boyfriend in 10 episodes of...
- Tags: Advertisement, PC, Apple Inc., Virus, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about them
- Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about themI heard it here firstI hadn't seen these commercials, nor did they strike me as particularly buzzworthy. Are people really talking about them outside of Silicon Valley or perhaps the IT universe?You nailed the marketing problem on the head......
- Tags: Palm Pre, Palm Inc., advertisement, Pre
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- The Mac ads: Still simple, still entertaining
- The PC ad war is in full swing, with Apple's new lineup of commercials just starting to hit the TV airwaves. Funny thing, though, these commercials are countering Microsoft's "Laptop Hunter" campaign. Nope, they're the same as always. Simple, yet entertaining. Fellow ZDNet blogger...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- The Microsoft ads are working
- The Microsoft ads are workingThat's BSROI and TCO compared to what???the iDiots have struck again!!Oops !NTStupid consumers ;)[i]"I don?t care about the Macs. Whatever. We have a Mac base in many of our schools that is serving us well and that we have on lease for another three years. I...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Desktops, Microsoft AD, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., TCO, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- The Microsoft ads are working
- My users want Windows. Where three months ago users were enthusiastic about Mac and some were excited about or at least open to Linux implementations in the coming years, now users are asking about Windows 7 on the new purchases we have coming up. I don't...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- New Windows ad hits a nerve (again)
- New Windows ad hits a nerve againwhat?the original story or the post indicating the Apple insider article, that articulated the stupidity of redmond script writers, and the stupidity of our tech savvy Giampaolo, i just confirmed the stats on the Hp that Giampaolo buys, its crap and the shine scratches...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Construction, Operating systems, Pretty Much, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, window, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-04-05
- Microsoft's "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person" ad tries to kick Apple where it hurts
- Microsoft's "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person" ad tries to kick Apple where it hurtsTo be honestMS hasn't much to crow about in terms of pricing. $300 for Win7 or Vista? For what? So I can do the [I]same things that Win2k or Ubuntu does now?[/I]....
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., advertisement, Microsoft Windows 2000, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-03-29
- Microsoft ad: 'I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person'
- Microsoft ad: 'I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person'olePigeon would HATE this computer!!Is the screen too small? Nope.Is the hard drive too small? Nope.Is it too expensive? Nope.So what is wrong with the laptop she bought? It comes in a brown box.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-13615-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=62493&messageID=1152605[i]it turns out that it ships...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., advertisement, Mac person, laptop computer, PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- I am Linux (and so can you!)
- If you watch TV, you're likely to see tons of Windows ads and Apple's "I'm a Mac" ads, but where are the Linux ads? There have been a few TV ad campaigns featuring Linux (thanks IBM!) but overall, Linux is absent from the airwaves. The Linux Foundation wants to do...
- Tags: Advertisement, Video, Linux Foundation, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Microsoft launches new phase of its 'People-Ready' ad campaign
- If you think the Jerry Seinfeld-Bill Gates spots were Microsoft's biggest ad blooper, you might have forgotten about the $500 million "People-Ready" campaign the company launched in 2006. That campaign entered a new phase on January 12. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., People-Ready, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- Zune problems? All should be fine by Midnight
- Zune problems? All should be fine by MidnightSo, by letting your kids and yourself... have an ear-splitting volume of music free day (and hopefully prolonging your hearing, which does NOT recover), Microsoft should be sued?Better I think to thank them for their ineptitude which lead, hopefully, to a day of...
- Tags: Y2K, Microsoft Zune, Zune problem, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- Users reporting 30 GB Zune failures
- Users reporting 30 GB Zune failuresZuneInsiderThe Zune team know about it and are looking into it. You can check their progress on twitter @ http://twitter.com/ZuneInsiderThe 4 Gig versionswe gave to the kids this year have had no issues to date.I assume the software/hardware to be much the same between models,...
- Tags: GB Zune failure, GB Zune, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- 2008 Between the Lines
- Welcome to the year in Between the Linesâ€"in about 5 minutes I hope. 2008 was a wild one and January feels like it was 20 years ago. Here’s a brief recap…. January: The year kicks off with the usual Consumer electronics show, which is then upstaged by...
- Tags: Google Inc., Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, IT-spending Expectation, Document Management, Social Networking, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Vista-related e-mails I'd like to read (but probably won't)
- Vista-related e-mails I'd like to read (but probably won't)This whole mess is just a public relations problem for the Vista brand, andMicrosoft in general. Microsoft will move as quickly as possible to get the Vista brand off of shelves. MS should also move to settle this case out of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), e-mail, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Apple's 2008 ad budget: $486M
- Apple's 2008 ad budget: $486MSo, the Apple ad making fun of Microsoft spending on ads...So, the Apple ad making fun of Microsoft spending on ads doesn't apply to them...Sorry, I meant this as a reply to the first post.A meaningful comparison would be Apple's [b]total[/b] advertising with Microsoft's [b]total[/b] advertising.This...
- Tags: advertisement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
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