UK bans iPhone ad
The iPhone has been advertised on the TV for a while now, but it seems that these adverts are now to be banned because the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has deemed them to be misleading.
Complaints were made about the adverts claims that the iPhone gives the user access to all parts of the internet, but [...]
Orangina Ad banned
The soft drink known as Orangina has always produced adverts, which reflect the background of the drink, a sort of southern French feel to it. However, occasionally companies want to revamp their image, which may have got a little stale.
However, a French based advertising agency got the contract to make a series of new and [...]
Gay marriage cards on the way
Hallmark is the largest greetings cards company in the US, so they are unlikely to be one of those firms that get things wrong, which is why we should be looking at their latest product. The new line for 2008 is same sex marriage cards in a variety of designs.
This move follows the legalisation of [...]
Watching what you eat
In today’s ultra busy world, depending on where we work, it is natural for us to pop out and grab something to eat. This is normally going to something quick, easy and comes under the heading fast food.
The problem is that because of the availability of food in its various forms it is all too [...]
Pizza Hut the spammers
It is funny how different people and businesses relate to spam. In most cases, spam is any email that received by someone from a person or company who is unknown to the recipient. By this has recently become blurred, especially from large organisations like Pizza Hut.
This is what they sent out to people that they [...]
Humans threat to the world
Consumerism has had the most impact on the world’s climate according to research by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
They have been studying records that date back to 1970 and have come up with the conclusion that man is responsible for the current state of the planet and is set to become the biggest [...]
Tiffany to fight eBay ruling
It was almost four years when Tiffany & Co decided to take the online auction house eBay to court over the amount of counterfeit products for sale on their site.
However, last month a Judge ruled that eBay could be responsible to examine every single item that is listed on the site for authenticity.
Naturally, for a [...]
Shop owner finds Homer euro coin
The one-euro coin is a universal currency, which can be used throughout Europe, but each country makes their particular coins that have their own distinctive markings pressed into them.
In Spain’s case, they have like many countries, the image of their King, but in the northern city of Aviles, a coin with a different leader has [...]
The iPhone app that does nothing
As we already know there are over a thousand applications for the Apple iPhone, most of these are useful for the person who buys them, otherwise there would not be any point in buying it at all!
Well you would have thought so, but in these days of financial pressure, there are still those people who [...]
Food prices mean extra security
You can always tell when things are getting tough; people begin to take extra measures to secure their property. However, some people take this just a little bit further than other do.
In Germany, there is a family who have gone to extremes to protect themselves when they go down to the local supermarket. They do [...]