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FaceTime Bug Found by Teen Puts Apple in Hot Water

February 1, 2019

Move over, Alexa – iPhones and iPads are the latest devices causing people to fear for their privacy, as a teen discovered a unique FaceTime bug this week. The fourteen-year-old boy was trying to set up a group call with his friends when he realized he could hear through his READ MORE >

Unexpected Bachelor Party Guest Makes Waves

February 1, 2019

Angelo’s Bachelor Party was supposed to be an 80s-themed snowboarding trip at Okemo Mountain in Vermont with his closest friends. But after a social media typo went viral, a new friend joined along. The hashtag #AngelosBachelorParty was buzzing this past weekend after an invite for Angelo’s bachelor party was accidentally READ MORE >

Kraft-Heinz Debuts NSFW Food Ad Ahead of Super Bowl

February 1, 2019

Last week, Kraft-Heinz’ DEVOUR line debuted a minute-long video to launch its newest campaign ahead of the Super Bowl – and it’s edgy, to say the least. The frozen food brand’s new message attempts to capitalize on the “food porn” trend, a common hashtag and label associated with delicious-looking food READ MORE >

CVS Leads the Anti-Airbrush Movement

February 1, 2019

The concept of editing photos to make them more appealing for advertising has long been a hot-button issue. Recently, CVS has been doing its part to stop it, at least in the beauty realm. Last year, the retailer announced its decision to phase out all retouched beauty imagery in store, READ MORE >

Social Media Overtakes Newspaper as News Source

January 18, 2019

Some say print is dead, and some say it isn’t – but at least as a source of news, new studies from the Pew Research Center suggest that social media has begun to take over. According to the data, which released last month, one in every five adults in America READ MORE >

Oscars to Run Without a Host

January 18, 2019

It’s been three decades since the Academy Awards have gone host-less, but it looks like this year’s edition will do just that. Near the end of 2017, social media users dug up offensive past tweets from comedian and actor Kevin Hart, who had been chosen as the host for this READ MORE >

New Gillette Ad Makes Waves

January 18, 2019

Gillette has been using the slogan “The Best a Man Can Get” as its tagline for years – and with a new campaign, the brand is taking it a bold step further. The 1:49-long video brings toxic masculinity to the forefront via video and audio clips that feature sexual harassment READ MORE >

Jay-Z is Now the Richest Musician in America

January 8, 2019

What do George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jordan have in common? As of this month, they are members of a very exclusive club: the only celebrities in America worth more than Jay-Z. The rapper came in at number 5 on Forbes’ yearly ranking of celebrity wealth, tied with READ MORE >

Disney Introduces Us to a New Aladdin

January 8, 2019

After seeing success with its live-action adaptations of “The Jungle Book” and “Beauty and the Beast”, Disney is getting ready to serve its next remake. Fans finally got an in-depth look at the new “Aladdin” in December, when Entertainment Weekly released a series of set photos. The most striking observation READ MORE >

Google Home’s Having a Hot Winter (So Far)

January 8, 2019

Amazon and its Alexa technology have taken the world by storm, but Google’s counterpart, the Google Home, has earned a lot of recent attention. At the beginning of November, Spotify and Google announced a partnership that would provide a free Google Home Mini device for subscribers to the Spotify Premium Family READ MORE >

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