K.K. Barrett obviously favors good design, but only if the device works well as a tool first. He also explained why it was a good choice to go with Scarlett Johansson’s… Read more »
SoftBank’s endearingly weird ad campaign is crossing the Pacific. Sprint is recreating the commercials’ Shirato family in an American mold, introducing the multi-ethnic and multi-species Frobinsons to U.S. TV sets. Read more »
YouTube took the idea of a music awards show in an entirely new direction last night with the YouTube Music Awards — a deliberately messy showcase of its most popular content. Read more »
YouTube is launching its own music awards show, and Vevo is going live in Germany. Both announcements came on the same night, and both don’t mention the other long-time partner with… Read more »
Forget financial metrics and economies of scale. If Softbank succeeds in taking over Sprint this year, we just want to see one thing: Softbank’s bizarre but highly entertaining TV advertising on… Read more »
The Spike Jonze short film scenes from the suburbs, featuring music by Arcade Fire, was scheduled for a worldwide online premiere Monday. However, arthouse movie site MUBI got a last-minute request… Read more »