Technology
CES 2019: How Google Took Attendees for a Ride
Google once again made its presence known at CES, Jan. 8-11, with a two-story Google Playground installation outside the Las Vegas Convention Center in Central Plaza that offered a big and bold LED façade, spacious plaza and a closed-off upper level that housed what was the talk of the show: The Ride. In fact, if...
Best of the Fest: Six Brands Engaging Consumers and Creatives at Sundance
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, is in full swing, with dozens of brands activating for an audience of filmmakers, industry folk, film enthusiasts and VIPs throughout its Jan. 24 through Feb. 3 run. But while scores of fashion and apparel brands head to Sundance with swag and gear for celebs frequenting...
CES 2019: Twitter Commons Returns with Texture and a Business Message
For a fifth year, Twitter created an oasis of connection at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas during CES with Twitter Commons, where the brand’s partners and clients could hold meetings, sip on artisanal coffees and, quite simply, escape. The Twitter Commons theme this year leaned heavily on a business message geared toward brands and agencies...
Blindfolded Attendees Experience Netflix’s “Bird Box” Inside a Double-Decker Bus
Netflix’s Dec. 21 film “Bird Box” has permeated the cultural landscape with countless memes, a dangerous Bird Box challenge (which Netflix swiftly denounced on social media) and an astonishing announcement from the streaming platform that some 45 million accounts had watched the film in its first seven days. But long before the craze took hold,...