John Laposky

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Now Lady Gaga Knows What We Go Through Every Year

The running joke around the TWICE Daily newsroom at CES was how Lady Gaga seemed to be everywhere at this year’s show. Monster Cable trotted her out to show their Gaga earbuds, and then Polaroid named her creative director for a new line of cameras. So how did Ms. Gaga enjoy her first CES? Well, according to Entertainment Weekly , she had to cancel her concert in Indiana on Thursday... More

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J&R’s New York State Of Mind

Probably the most uniquely New York-centric CE retailer around is J&R Music and Computer World in downtown Manhattan. Its “single” superstore, which opened in 1971, is in reality a string of individual stores lined up along one city block with a maze-like series of front doors and stairways that interconnect each department. It’s like no other retail location... More

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Color Wars

As I have said before in this forum, CE companies seem to save their best ads for consumers outside the U.S. The latest example is a short film from Samsung, produced to tout the social-networking capabilities (as well as the shiny new color options) of the company’s Corby S3650 phone in South America: More than 200 people took part in the massive paint fight in Sao... More

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OK, Everybody Say’Cheese’ For 53 Minutes

If you were one of the 50,000 or so fans at Game 1 of the World Series on Sunday in The Bronx, or knew someone who was, get ready for the best game of “Where’s Waldo?” you ever played. MLB.com had photographer David Bergman produce this panoramic image from the game by stitching together 675 photos (45 across by 15 down) taken over a 53-minute span starting at 8:02... More

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Windows 7 Whopper

Burger King Japan and Microsoft have teamed up for an unusual cross-promotion this week. Behold the Windows 7 Whopper. Measuring 5.1 inches in diameter, the “Amerikanbanzu” (”super giant”) Windows 7 Whopper features seven ¼-pound beef patties totaling 1.75 pounds. The first 30 customers can purchase a Windows 7 Whopper for the special price of ¥777... More