Design News & Updates

November 29, 2014

Fifty Shades Of Grey Gets a Naughty Trailer

Once again, we have a much-anticipated new trailer for a much-anticipated new movie where the method of distribution is arguably as interesting as the trailer itself. And quite frankly, I can think of no better place to debut said trailer than during ABC’s much-watched (by the prize demographic among others) Scandal. The demographics are ripe for the picking, and I can’t imagine anyone who turns into Shonda Rhimes’s Scandal would get offended by a trailer for Universal’s feature film adaptation of E.L. James’s BDSM-tinged Twilight fan-fiction novels. Now if they dropped this trailer during Modern Family or (the more realistic and frankly superior) The Middle, I could see an uproar, but Scandal is about as safe a prime-time debut for this trailer as you can imagine.   What is interesting is that you have a Universal movie, which of course comes from Comcast Corporation, debuting on a show produced by […]
November 11, 2014

Carriers Reveal Nexus 6 Launch Plans

    The Nexus 6 smartphone is coming soon to major U.S. mobile carriers—just in time for the holiday shopping season. Google introduced the 6-inch handset last month, alongside the next-generation Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system and Nexus 9 tablet. The phone—supplies of which have already been depleted in the Google Play store—is also coming to the major carriers.     AT&T started taking pre-orders on Wednesday for the Midnight Blue model. Get it for $249.99 with a two-year agreement or $682.99 without a contract. You can also purchase one via AT&T’s early upgrade Next plans: AT&T Next 24: $22.77 per month for 30 months (upgrade after 24) AT&T Next 18: $28.46 per month for 24 months (upgrade after 18) AT&T Next 12: $34.15 per month for 20 months (upgrade after 12) As an added incentive, new and existing AT&T users who activate a new line of service on AT&T […]