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French Illustrator Whose Comics “Inspired” Star Wars Finally Getting the...
Several years ago, we discovered what some had known for decades: That George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy had borrowed, rather liberally and without giving credit, from a French comic series...
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Facebook Reboots Trending Topics—Again—as Fake News Festers
Facebook’s Trending Topics—an innocuous-seeming module that has become a magnet for controversy over bias and fake news—is getting another reboot. The post Facebook Reboots Trending Topics—Again—as...
View ArticleMarketers express hope for a more pro-business FCC under Ajit Pai
For Azher Ahmed, evp and director of digital at DDB, Pai’s best path forward is a moderate one. “It makes sense to adopt a moderate stance, instead of completely backing off from net neutrality,” he...
View ArticleEggo’s Role In ‘Stranger Things’ Turns Into Free Super Bowl Mention With More...
“It’s smart. Brands need that cultural currency,” said Azher Ahmed, evp director of digital at DDB Chicago. “People hate commercials, but if you get them to think back to childhood, where that stuff’s...
View ArticleHow smart TV maker Vizio’s privacy settlement hurts programmatic TV advertisers
“Unfortunately, issues like this make it harder for ethical marketers to be smarter and more relevant in our messaging,” said Azher Ahmed, evp and director of digital at DDB. “These are exactly the...
View ArticleChicago Egotist: Azher Ahmed on Trends for 2017
In the first of a series, The Chicago Egotist connected with Azher Ahmed, EVP and Director of Digital at DDB Chicago to find out what big trends, ideas and challenges he sees ahead for 2017. He has a...
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This Absolutely Stunning Oreo Art Will Blow Your Mind
Oreos are great for so many things — dunking in milk, recreating in weird flavors, just plain eating. But it turns out Oreos also make a great canvas. Tisha Cherry is a full-time occupational...
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New free iPhone app lets you instantly unshare photos you’ve sent through...
When your relationship with someone is going well, you’re often liable to send photos that may be a bit, err, compromising. That’s all well and good, until things turn south and your relationship...
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Google’s VR painting app lands on the Oculus Rift
Tilt Brush, Google’s virtual reality painting app, is available today on the Oculus Rift, complete with a few tweaks to make your 3D art take shape as naturally as possible. Tilt Brush landed on the...
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Keeping an eye (or three) on your AdWords competitors
Columnist Daniel Gilbert of Brainlabs unleashes another AdWords script — this time helping you keep track of what your competitors are up to. The post Keeping an eye (or three) on your AdWords...
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Watson can diagnose heart disease by looking at medical images
IBM’s Watson technology has helped doctors before, but usually by poring through databases before offering its advice. Now, it’s ready to look at the patients themselves — or rather, their body scans....
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Conversational AI and the road ahead
In recent years, we’ve seen an increasing number of so-called “intelligent” digital assistants being introduced on various devices. Although the technology behind these applications keeps getting...
View Article$10,000 worth of SNES games found by U.S. Postal Service and returned
A video game archivist/historian, who goes by Byuu, was awaiting a shipment of $10,000 worth of SNES games. His package didn’t arrive, and what USPS gave in response was baffling. The post $10,000...
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Can Robots Help Children With Autism?
An anonymous reader writes: Sunday is World Autism Awareness Day, and landmarks around the world will “light it up blue” as a show of support, including New York’s Rockefeller Center and the White...
View ArticleWhat Agencies and Brands Expect From Apple’s Siri Homecoming
“We’ve built prototypes for brands on Alexa and are working on one for Google Assistant,” Azher Ahmed, exec VP-director of digital at DDB Chicago, said in an e-mail. The agency’s emphasis is on...
View ArticleWhat Snapchat’s Dancing Hot Dog Means for the Future of AR
“I don’t think there’s a brand team that doesn’t see an immediate application for it,” said Azher Ahmed, director of digital at DDB Chicago, who said he has played around with Facebook’s new AR Studio....
View ArticleLBB: The Dawn of the Desktop
Want to know what’s got me excited about tech? Desktop PCs. Seriously. Hear me out. With 4K TVs on the rise, enhanced picture quality is of marginal interest for most people. However, the enhanced...
View ArticleWhy Marketers Are Concerned That 280-Character Tweets Will ‘Dilute’ Twitter’s...
Or as DDB Chicago’s evp and director of digital, Azher Ahmed, put it, “For brands, keep the lawyers at bay. Nobody likes tweet disclaimers.” Why Marketers Are Concerned That 280-Character Tweets Will...
View ArticleLBB: What the Net Neutrality Ruling Could Mean for Advertising
Following the FCC’s repealing of net neutrality, brands and advertisers are left questioning the consequences to their business models. The ‘information superhighway’ is an analogy often used to...
View ArticleSpeaking @ Sysomos Summit NYC
I’m honored to be on a panel at the Sysomos Summit in NYC on February. Details here: https://sysomos.com/summit-newyork/
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