Smartphones and tablets have taken over in a big way, which is not news to anyone. Combining countless devices into one, the technology in these devices has become ubiquitous and, in many cases, unavoidable. But while many consider them to be a necessary tool in order to function, there is a particular community that has run...
An article by Adweek’s Robert Klara asks how many questions from your driver’s test were devoted to sharing the road with motorcycles. Not many, from what I can remember. This is a big reason why Allstate Insurance has partnered in an initiative to build awareness about the importance of driving safety and motorcycle awareness. Motorcycle enthusiast Nate...
For those of us without dyslexia, it is hard to picture what words look like to those that have it. Graphic designer Daniel Britton has helped shine a light on the learning disability by redesigning Helvetica into an actual Dyslexia typeface. After his designs were featured at an exhibition at the London School of Communications, he...
If you’re like me, you haven’t printed photos in, let’s see, forever! Like me, your digital camera has fallen by the wayside because your iPhone takes some pretty nice pics. You’re thrilled that you no longer have to go to one of those archaic fotomats, popular in the 1980s, to have photos printed. You’re even more...
As many of us know, the human race has caused lots of issues for animals and plant life around the world. Our tendencies for consumption and waste have caused major problems with our oceans, in particular. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean – is now bigger...
Things might not always be pretty in the world of social media. Sad, depressing, fed-up-with-the-world posts swarm newsfeeds daily. Sure, we all get a little irritated seeing those, but hey, we’re only human. Have you ever noticed that the brands you follow never seem to have those sad posts? Last week, Adweek talked to illustrator and author...
After 33 years and 6,028 episdoes, The Late Show with David Letterman has come to an end this past week, as the last episode aired Wednesday Night, May 20! From reviews of classic segments, to a final monologue – here is a top-10 list of how this final show, as Adweek writer Jason Lynch feels, was...
A publisher in Buenos Aires devised a way to plant a book and grow a tree. With actual paper books being somewhat of an antiquated media these days, FCB, a publisher in Buenos Aires, has created an innovative way to get kids ages 8 - 12 involved in being more educated and Earth conscious. Once the children...
Love? That's a pretty strong word, but when it comes to marketing technology, some things are pretty darn cool. Enter,URL Builder. As a free online tool from Google, URL builder is great for tracking custom digital campaigns in your Google Analytics account. The URL builder interface will build for you the proper page-tracking url to use...
Dubbed “one of the top ten things rocking the jewelry industry”, the Ring Cam will be making its industry debut at JCK Las Vegas. In this age of capturing important moments on video, Ring Cam has developed the only intimate, effective, first-person perspective for recording the all-important “yes” on video. Already in over 50 independent retail...