i'll take "smart phone ads" for $200, alex

[rone]

[SFX: didgeridoo]

ANNOUNCER: Huh ta speak Ostrayleen.

[Sleazy guy walks up to well-endowed woman and puts both hands on her breasts.]

ANNOUNCER: Multi-touch interface.

[Woman knocks out sleazebag with a right hook.]

ANNOUNCER: Haptic feedback.

[Enormous can of horse piss is slammed on the counter.]

ANNOUNCER: Beeah—*BZZZZT*GAAAH!

Comments

[baljemmett.livejournal.com]

Blimey, yes, that's pretty sizeable -- rather like (the former) Scottish & Newcastle over here, now owned by Carlsberg and Heineken. In fact, I believe they hold the license for Fosters (the brand) in the UK... That certainly explains why people would be a little upset. (See also Kraft buying Cadbury, but don't get me started on that; public in ignorant knee-jerk reaction, film at 11.)

As for Murdoch, fair enough -- and I suppose technically he is, of course -- but I also had in mind the huge chunks of British broadcast infrastructure which are now owned in large part by Macquarie (through Arqiva and Red Bee). But it wasn't a serious criticism, by any means :)

[blarglefiend.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I'd forgotten about Macquarie. I plead self-defence mechanism, they're a bunch of hateful sods even here. They own many of the big toll-roads and airports. And politicians.