Over 300 deceptive scam advertisements detected across the Middle East, with some reported losses of over US$10,000 Dubai: Group-IB, a leading creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, announced that it has uncovered scammers across the Middle East leveraging fake betting game advertisements on social media to target users and steal […]
DUBAI: Russia has blazed a new trail in space, developing technology that will soon enable advertising high above the Earth as early as next year, and shooting a full-length feature film at the International Space Station (ISS). Participating in ‘Russia: Space’, held as part of Expo 2020 Dubai, Russian company Avant Space unveiled details of […]
Cadbury Dairy Milk always comes up with relatable advertisements, with the latest one featuring Shah Rukh Khan. In the video interestingly, Cadbury shows how to bring Diwali joy to local businesses and how to help them grow more. Take a look at the ad below. Cadbury used machine learning to recreate Shahrukh Khan’s face and […]
Ever since their 1988 “Just Do It” ad, sports brand Nike has become known for producing commercials that spark a conversation and leave a lasting impression on viewers. Last year saw the brand tackling the negative undertones in queries launched at tennis star Naomi Osaka — in spotlight this year as well for donning several masks […]
Ridiculed once again in a film featuring fictional Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, the ex-Soviet state of Kazakhstan has embraced the joke this time round and adopted Borat’s catch phrase to try to attract tourists. “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” a follow-up to […]
In the 1990s, when I graduated and was contemplating career choices, I had two options I could explore armed with an English Honours degree: advertising and journalism. Both were (allegedly) meant for those with a flair for writing, and I was made to believe I was in possession of that trait. Family members kept repeating: […]
The controversy over an advertisement by Indian jewellery brand Tanishq shows us how broken we are. Tanishq put out an advertisement that promotes religious, cultural harmony and all hell broke loose in the troll republic. How dare Tanishq show anything that promotes love, mutual respect among communities? Boycott calls on twitter followed. Tanishq was branded […]
