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Who Says You Can’t Do Something New With Billboards?

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Think about it, when was the last time you saw a truly unique billboard? I don’t mean a truly unique photograph or a great Photoshop trick on a billboard either; I mean a truly different idea of what a billboard can do.

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The AWSC Thumbnail: Week Ending 05/10/13

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The AWSC Thumbnail is a weekly digest of all of the stuff from the past week that we thought was pretty darn interesting – but didn’t write about – condensed and squeezed into one convenient place. By Robert Wagner.

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Rock Snooze. For When It’s Time To Wake The @$&! Up

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After a 6-year hiatus UOL 89FM has returned, screaming with a vengeance (see what I did there?) and to celebrate they’ve unleashed the only alarm app on the app store guaranteed to make you bang your head – my words, not theirs.

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“It’s No Secret,” J.C. Penney Needs This Ad To Resonate With Their Customers

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It’s no secret that J.C. Penney was struggling under former CEO Rob Johnson. So if you’re interim CEO Mike Ullman, what do you do? You start by making an apology to your customers.

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Apple’s Latest iPhone Spot Contains Only 13 Words But Speaks Volumes

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In their latest 60 second broadcast ad, titled “Photos Every Day,” Apple claims “Every day, more photos are taken with the iPhone than any other camera.” A mere 13 words of voiceover in a 60 second spot. A very effective 60 second spot.

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The Age Of The Second Screen Is Here

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A full 1/3rd of active Twitter users used the social network to discuss television programming in June 2012; up from 27% in January of the same year. The age of the second screen is already here.

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5 Brands With Vine Potential

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While a lot of brands have Vine accounts, a relatively small percentage of them have been using them particularly effectively, if at all. Here are 5 brands that have made an effort; attempting to do something (anything) interesting with the 6 second format.

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Kmart Ships Their Pants To Great Effect

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It might be the epitome of middle school humor but it works regardless; Kmart’s new “Ship My Pants” commercial is the funniest thing out there right now.

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Don’t Buy A 16GB iPad

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One of the most critical changes to come about with the retina iPad has been the size of the apps in the iOS App Store, particularly those apps in Apple’s Newsstand – and 16GB just doesn’t cut it anymore.

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Google’s April Fools’ Day Jokes For 2013

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Google’s “Street Sense” vehicles have “inhaled and indexed millions of atmospheric miles” to bring you Google Nose – now in beta, one of several Google April Fools’ Day gags making their debut this morning.

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