| 08/27/2008 03:56 AM |
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Apple iPhone ad banned by Advertising Standards Authority over misleading internet claims (Guardian Unlimited)
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A TV ad for Apple's iPhone has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog for misleading consumers after it over-hyped the internet capabilities of the smart phone. The ad showed the internet navigation prowess of the iPhone, with images zooming in on a weather forecast for Cape Town and a map of how to get to Heathrow airport. "You never know which part of the internet you'll need ... ...
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| 08/27/2008 08:44 PM |
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Actors, advertising industry agrees to extend commercials contract through March (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
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LOS ANGELES - Two actors unions and the U.S. advertising industry said Monday they agreed to extend a contract covering commercials on TV, radio, the Internet and other new media by six months through March.
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| 08/28/2008 12:43 AM |
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iPhone ad banned over 'all Internet' claim in UK (ZDNet Asia)
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The ad said "all the parts of the Internet are on the iPhone". An advertising oversight board ruled that the boast was misleading.
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| 08/27/2008 10:08 PM |
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iPhone ad banned over 'all internet' claim (ZDNet Australia)
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The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an ad for the iPhone which promised users access to 'all parts of the internet' on their Apple device.
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| 08/27/2008 12:12 PM |
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All Parts of the Internet, Except... (WebProNews)
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Jessica Smith, the woman who filed a class action lawsuit against apple over the iPhone 3G, ought to enjoy this. Apple's iPhone ad claiming to include "all parts of the Internet" has been banned in the UK for false advertising. read more
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| 08/27/2008 02:39 PM |
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Apple iPhone ad pulled in UK over 'misleading' Internet claims (BetaNews)
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The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that an ad for the iPhone was misleading, and cannot be aired again as it misrepresents the device's Internet capabilities.
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| 08/26/2008 10:38 PM |
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Apple iPhone Ads Misleading; Not "All The Internet" : UK Ad Authority (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
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Well, someone stood up for it: the Advertising Standards Authority in UK has ruled that one of the most prominent Apple iPhone ads is misleading for the consumers, reports BBC. This is the ad which says that "all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone", when in fact it did not support Flash or Java - two programs that form part of many online sites, the authority says.
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| 08/27/2008 01:27 PM |
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UK's Advertising Standards Authority yanks iPhone ad for being misleading (Engadget)
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Filed under: Cellphones Apple's iPhone 3G ads paint a pretty cheery picture of the device in action, but just as many of you have noted, the omission of Flash and Java means there's a big difference between what the "the real internet" and what's on the iPhone -- enough so that the UK's Advertising Standards Authority has pulled one of Apple's latest ads from the airwaves because it claims ...
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| 08/28/2008 03:50 AM |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 to Include 'Porn Mode' (Fox News)
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Microsoft’s latest internet browser includes a piece of software that allows internet users to hide the audit trail of websites they have visited.
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| 08/27/2008 03:51 AM |
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Apple misled iPhone users over internet capability (Independent)
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The iPhone, the latest must-have gadget from Apple, fails to give users complete access to the internet, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rules today.
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