Cast your vote! The good, the bad and the ugly adverts...

Doritos has extended the closing date for its 15 Seconds of Flavour advertising competition, with entrants now having until 21 June 2010 to submit their videos.

Doritos has made four 15-second television adverts to promote its new Collisions flavours but the ads are only half-finished. All entrants have to do is produce an innovative 15-second ending that cleverly refers to the dual nature of Doritos Collisions. After uploading their video clip to the website, they can make use of social networking tools to promote it.  Students of the Centre for Fine Art Animation and Design have submitted a number of entries. The art and design tertiary institution, based in Durban, teaches broadcast graphics, animation and advert production and editing.

Students have been encouraged to enter the Doritos competition to expose their talents. This is a good way to judge public opinion as the winners will be chosen through a public vote. Members of the public may also win their share of R20 000 in cash, merely by rating their favourite Doritos Collisions adverts submitted by South Africa's hottest young creative minds. View the adverts and cast your vote...

Apple beats Microsoft

The New York Times, May 26th 2010 reports that Apple now beats Microsoft. Apple is the world's most valuable tech company today, hitting a market cap of $227.1 billion to unseat Microsoft's $226.3 billion.
"Wall Street has called the end of an era and the beginning of the next one: The most important technology product no longer sits on your desk but rather fits in your hand...." More

Kindle from Amazon

Introducing Kindle™ Three years ago, Amazon set out to design and build an entirely new class of device—a convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers. The result is Amazon Kindle. The Kindle provides an exceptional reading experience. Thanks to electronic paper, a revolutionary new display technology, you’ll find reading Kindle’s screen is as sharp and natural as reading ink on paper—and nothing like the strain and glare of a computer screen. Kindle is also easy on the fingertips. It never becomes hot, and is designed for ambidextrous use so both “lefties” and “righties” can read comfortably at any angle for long periods of time.  Read more....