Tag: SUPERBOWL

While I'm not a huge sports fan, I can appreciate a good ad when I see one; and the Super Bowl sometimes feels like it's as much about the ads as it is about the sport. YouTube Ad Blitz is an official YouTube channel going strong since 2007, with over 21 million channel views. It shows all Super Bowl commercials, uploaded instantly once they're broadcast in-game. Saw an ad you liked? Now you ...

Foursquare is taking advantage of Super Bowl madness to launch a new feature: promoted events. When the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers face off this Sunday, anyone who checks in at the game will get a special Super Bowl badge. You don't have to be one of the people who spent hundreds of dollars on tickets to get in on the Foursquare action. Just shout "Go Steelers" or "Go Packers" ...

If you're a football fan, or you're simply into delicious statistics, take a look at Google's Packers vs. Steelers search analysis. Apparently Googlers are sports fans too, and as the big G has offices in both Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, it thought that some good ol' Google Insights analysis was in order. There's a ton of graphs which we're not going to replicate here, but here's some ...

I'm about to shock you with my most blatant 're-newsing' to date. I pray, what with the spectacular Super Bowl tonight, that you can forgive me -- well, at least the Americans amongst you. OK, the Americans from the Deep South. BUT ANYWAY... Computerworld has a gallery of the 10 best Super Bowl technology ads, from 1976 (Xerox!) to present day (Garmin). They're all classics that you've ...

If you missed any of the Super Bowl commercials last night, or got caught with your head in the fridge when a good one was on, you still have the chance to watch them again. YouTube has a listing of 35 commercials that ran last night during the Super Bowl's U.S. broadcast that you can watch over and over til your heart's content. Not only that, users can also rate the commercials through the ...