Arts & Entertainment Google Chrome Ads Make Heartstrings Zing We're suckers for both father-daughter drama and the occasional "It Gets Better" shlock. We're also suckers for Google Chrome. It should come as little surprise, then, that these new ads for Google Chrome
SF News Barrage of Game-Promotion Ballons and Fliers Pollute San Francisco [UPDATES] Why were there so many red balloons floating around downtown San Francisco today? Well, someone thought it would be a great (albeit pollutive and thoughtless) way to hawk a new video game. We
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Women Laughing Alone With Salad Next to creamy thimblefulls of yogurt and sinfully dark chocolate, women love nothing more in life than a bowl of salad. If food commercials are to be believed, that is. Seriously, females cannot
SF News Reviewing S.F. Board of Supervisor Candidates' Ads As election season approaches, SFist will review ads aimed at culling votes for Board of Supervisor candidates. We'll try to feature several ads a week. Or so. If you want your video pressed
SF News Why Did Facebook Yank Marijuana Ads? Although Facebook claims to have removed the pro-marijuana legalization ads so users wouldn't, you know, get baked, public health might not be the real reason. (Shocking.) As Valleywag reports, Facebook, quite possibly, wanted
SF News Reviewing S.F. Board of Supervisor Candidates' Ads As election season approaches, SFist will review ads aimed at culling votes for Board of Supervisor candidates. (And, contrary to what some candidates falsely assume, SFist does not endorse any specific candidate. But,
SF News Burners Upset Over Orchard Supply Hardware Ad? SF Weekly reports that San Jose-based hardware supply chain Orchard Supply Hardware produced an ad targeted at Burning Man ticket holders. "At Orchard Supply Hardware, we like to help people make the most
SF News LAN Airlines Responds to 'Bareback' Ad After spotting this "Bareback In Brazil" travel ad seen throughout San Francisco, SFist contacted LAN Airline for their side of the story. Much to our surprise, that said they had nothing to do
misc Gay-Friendly Airline's 'Bareback' Ad LAN Airlines, a "gay-friendly" airline that served as the official international airline for San Francisco Pride 2010, has a new ad campaign popping up at Muni stops all over San Francisco. Hmm. Do
SF News SF Chronicle Prints 3D Ad In Friday Edition If you buy a print version of the SF Chronicle today, you will find pop-out 3D glasses and a full-page 3-D ad (page A3). The three-dimensional magic shows a man's body and head
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Billboard Liberation Front Strikes Again SFist drove by this billboard near the Cala in Nob Hill on Saturday and mused about how the original phrase, "use them all," could so easily be riffed on by flocks of sarcastic
SF News Anti-Gay Website Hacked with Viagra Ads, Now Finally Useful by Matt Baume Things the National Organization for Marriage hates: gays. Things the National Organization for Marriage loves: cialis. Don't believe us? Fine: go check out their site. Google terms like "nom blog"
misc Just Sayin': <em>SF Weekly</em> Is Looking Dangerously Thin We know it's a shit time for media in general, and we're all chasing after the same few advertising dollars, but the latest issue of SF Weekly, with the glossy purple cover and
Arts & Entertainment Noon Product Launch to Feature Synchronized Skydivers, Jets Hawking their new Touch 3G phone, T-Mobile will drop 100 stunt skydivers into the air to perform synchronized formations over the city at noon today. The launch/spectacle will also feature "fly-by jets
SF News VVM Promotes Advertisers Via Social Networking Site Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at The Stranger investigates the craftiness between Village Voice Media, which owns SF Weekly, and the Yelp.com-like site Likeme.net, in which VVM owns a majority stake. It seems most
misc Follies In Cable Car Advertising Guess what we don't want to think about while riding San Francisco's whimsical, romantic, and downright gorgeous cable cars? Unkempt sphincters.
Arts & Entertainment Spammers Unite for Free Booze, Cubicle Tchotchkes ad:tech San Francisco landed here yesterday and is currently underway at Moscone Center until Thursday. We've acquired access to the exhibition hall and had a chance to briefly peruse the delightful offerings
misc You Cannot Has TransLink This is possibly the most ballsy example of reverse-psychology advertising we've ever seen. (With the possible exception of their "memento mori, Vawanda" campaign a few months ago.) You've got a rolling billboard at
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Zipcar, for renting cars by the hour or by the day. SF Dish, where AMEX cardmembers can dish about
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: December 10-16 David Bazan is traveling up the West Coast before he jumps over Europe to finish his tour. He'll be stopping in at the Bottom of the Hill, where he'll play his witty folk/
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Dewars Repeal Day, because you shouldn't take the right to have a drink for granted. Go Eight, a Hanukkah
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Dewars Repeal Day, because you shouldn't take the right to have a drink for granted. Go Eight, a Hanukkah
SF News Michael Savage: Anti-Corporate Hero Today, Hate Hurts America (chortle) and the Interfaith Coalition announced that WalMart and AT&T either stopped advertising or now refuse to place ads on Michael Savage's "Savage Nation" program, joining a
