Monthly Archives: February 2008

Bill meets Mark

Posted on February 26, 2008 by manu prasad

Well, maybe Bill and Mark have met before in other contexts, but to actually have a promo of MS doing a facebook application in India is perhaps a first. And thats not all, there’s a game on zapak too. ‘Heroes … Continue reading →

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Connecting Ads

Posted on February 25, 2008 by manu prasad

A couple of posts back, I’d written about the possibility of brands getting together to make a TVC. And Hallelujah, they’re listening . Airtel and Nokia (and SRK and Madhavan) have teamed to bring us a combo ad, which though … Continue reading →

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Stan is young

Posted on February 20, 2008 by manu prasad

Does that make sense? At least as much sense as Youngistan? Unless you’ve been living in outer space, you couldn’t have missed Pepsi’s latest TVC featuring *hold your breath* *Bhansali meets Farah* a combo package of Bollywood’s latest finds – … Continue reading →

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More Socialising

Posted on February 18, 2008 by manu prasad

I’d written this a while back on social networking sites and their relevance/irrelevance, and now i see this. If you’re too lazy to click, Orkut is letting developers make their social applications available to Orkut users. In the post I … Continue reading →

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Added Advantage

Posted on February 13, 2008 by manu prasad

I happened to see the new ad of Pizza Hut. Now, I am not very sure if the following is a figment of my imagination, so bear with me. Bappi Lahiri is a brand ambassador now (no, thats not where … Continue reading →

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So, which is the bigger evil?

Posted on February 5, 2008 by manu prasad

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