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Other networks make you wait until the end of your contract, but O2 customers can now upgrade their phones at any time. To dramatize this, O2’s Bubl robot crops up in some unusual places – the freezer, the dentist’s chair, ...

Latin America is one of the world’s fastest growing digital regions, so it’s a surprise to hear that Sapient, Publicis Groupe’s digital arm, did not have a base in there until now. Publicis has made amends with the acquisition of ...

Shaving your facial hair is about as incontrovertibly masculine as it gets these days, which is probably why shaving cream has become such an advertising battleground when it comes to definitions of manhood. New York-based brand Eos has come up ...

Royal Ascot hoves into view at the end of June (the week after Cannes if you’re that way inclined) with its usual daft ceremonies including the Royal Family parading down the racecourse – will Andrew get a ticket?) Dark Horses ...

We’re all used to seemingly disposable tech but it’s interesting that some people anyway are turning away from it, with companies like Back Market offering to renew the stuff. Was going to buy a recent-ish iPhone for someone the other ...

We haven’t had many ads this week -does anyone make them any more? – but we’ve found a couple. First up EA Sports from 20something. Watched it twice and still haven’t the faintest idea what it’s about – have you? ...

The ad business, like most people who aren’t fortunate enough to produce raw energy or weapons, is facing a more than testing 2023. The media is no exception and, just like our bigger rivals, MAA has to chart its way ...

Home surveillance systems ads are normally associated with crime, anxiety, and catastrophe, but these three spots from Marcel Paris focus on creating a sense of calm and reassurance instead. There’s really not much to see – a hamster in its ...

Stef Calcraft’s excursions into the media world since he left Mother, the agency he co-founded after a career as a senior client, have been interesting. First he became executive chairman of Dentsu Aegis Network UK (mainly but not exclusively media ...