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Jennifer Lopez Gillette Venus Global Brand Ambassador Ad Campaign!

American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez has launched her own rendition of Bananarama’s ’80s hit “Venus” as part of her new campaign as the face legs Gillette Venus Razors! Listen to Jenny’s “Venus” remake — remixed by producer RedOne — below and check out the first snaps of her new Gillette ads. The songstress — who [...]

Pink, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey PETA Ad: “Fur-Free & Fabulous Campaign”

In what could be the greatest infusion of Girl Power to hit the music scene since Beyonce ordered wayward fellas to “Put a Ring On It Already!” — pop divas Pink, Lady Gaga, and Mariah Carey have joined forces for a collaboration…against fur! The gals have signed on to appear together in an anti-animal cruelty [...]

Tiger Mistress Rachel Uchitel NOH8 Gay Marriage Campaign

The most famous of Tiger Woods’ former lasses is keeping her lips sealed again — but this time it’s for a good cause. The NYC nightclub who set off The Tiger Woods Sex Scandal in late 2009 was photographed posing for the NOH8 campaign with duct tape over her mouth and the group’s logo on [...]

Intel Capital Commits $200 Million as Part of President Obama’s “Startup America” Campaign

Intel Capital joins Public and Private Companies and Foundations to Invest in American Entrepreneurs

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
  • Intel Capital continues its Invest in America Fund commitment with new $200M pledge
  • Intel Capital executive joins the Startup America partnership board of advisors
  • Previous $200M Invest in America Fund commitment for 2010 and 2011 was met in less than one year

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 31, 2011 – Intel Corporation announced that it has joined President Obama’s Startup America campaign to strengthen entrepreneurship in the United States. As part of this partnership, and in conjunction with its ongoing Invest in America initiative, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization has pledged to invest another $200 million in American technology companies and joined the campaign’s board of advisors.

“Intel is dedicated to creating a culture of investment in the United States that supports American startups and the country’s future competitiveness,” said Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital and Intel executive vice president.  “We are pleased to join the Administration in the effort to help new businesses succeed in the United States and consider this partnership an important opportunity to promote education, innovation and entrepreneurship to maintain a globally competitive economy.”

“Startup America” is a White House campaign to celebrate, inspire and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation. This coordinated public/private effort brings together an alliance of the country’s most innovative entrepreneurs, corporations, universities, foundations, and other leaders, working in concert with a wide range of federal agencies to dramatically increase the prevalence and success of American entrepreneurs.

Intel Capital’s new $200 million commitment comes almost a year after the launch of the Invest in America Alliance, an Intel led initiative supported by many leading venture capital firms and corporations aimed at further anchoring the nation’s competitiveness on the global stage. As part of the Invest in America Alliance, which was announced in Feb. 2010, Intel committed to invest $200 million over two years in U.S.-based growth-oriented industries through its Invest in America Fund. Intel Capital met this original commitment in less than a year.

The Intel Capital Invest in America portfolio companies are addressing areas on the forefront of technology innovation from distributed energy resource management and cloud platform technologies to educational gaming and dynamic mobile video optimization. As these companies grow and create the next breakthroughs in technology innovation, they serve as a strong example of how private sector efforts can complement state and federal programs to foster fast growing, emerging industries with high job creation potential.

Intel believes a culture of investment is essential to keeping the U.S. on the leading edge of technology innovation and stimulating economic activity.  Last week, Intel announced plans to invest $100 million directly into U.S. university research over the next 5 years. Intel Corporation is engaged with a number of university research centers to focus on projects in select technology areas that align with the company’s research agenda including visual computing, mobility, security and embedded solutions.

About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.

About Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet, semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$9.8 billion in over 1,100 companies in 48 countries. In that timeframe, 189 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 258 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2010, Intel Capital invested US$327 million in 119 investments with approximately 44 percent of funds invested outside the U.S. and Canada. For more information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit www.intelcapital.com.

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Vanessa Hudgens Candie’s Ad Campaign Spokesmodel Spring 2011!

Baby V is stepping into Britney’s Candie’s shoes! On Tuesday, Candie’s announced that High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens will succeed pop songstress Britney Spears as the brand’s new celebrity spokesmodel, following in the footsteps of a bevy of beauties who have lent their famous faces to previous Candie’s campaigns, including Hayden Panettiere, Fergie, Hilary [...]

Keith Olbermann For Senate? Online Campaign Wants Olbermann To Replace Lieberman As Connecticut Senator

Senator Keith Olbermann? An online campaign calling for former MSNBC political pundit Keith Olbermann to take over Joe Lieberman’s soon-to-be vacated Connecticut Senate seat is gaining momentum on the Interwebs. On Friday, Olbermann abruptly quit his popular cable series, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, just a month after he was briefly suspended for making political contributions. [...]

Kristen Bell Neutrogena Ad Campaign Spokesmodel

Say hello to the new face of Neutrogena: Former Veronica Mars actress Kristen Bell! Bell will be the new face of the Neutrogena Naturals line, E! News reported Monday. Neutrogena’s staying mum on the details of the deal, but a source close to the situation says the Detroit native, 30, will earn somewhere in the [...]

Ozzy Osbourne Danny Trejo Lipton Brisk Iced Tea Ad Campaign

Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne and Machete star Danny Trejo have teamed up with Lipton for a series of “claymation commercials” promoting the company’s Brisk Iced Tea brand. Danny and Ozzy are the first of several celebs set to appear Lipton’s newly-revived of Brisk ads. Late crooner Frank Sinatra was among the high-profile featured in [...]

Fiddling (With Its P.R. Campaign) While Rome Burns

Instead of putting out the fire, or even changing things so that they are less likely to catch fire in the future, the Obama administration (like the Bush administration before it) is just fiddling with it’s P.R. campaign.With everything from the finan…

Rumer Willis Badgley Mischka Ad Campaign Debuts

Rumer’s ready for her close-up. On Wednesday, high-end fashion brand Badgley Mischka unveiled the first look at its spring 2011 campaign, featuring actress Rumer Willis. The daughter of Hollywood heavyweights Bruce Willis and Demi Moore appears in a campaign shot by Tony Duran on a beach in Malibu. “It was so amazing to play on [...]

Katie Holmes Ann Taylor Spring/Summer 2011 Ad Campaign Ambassador

Katie Holmes is the new face of clothing retailer Ann Taylor. The former Dawson’s Creek actress, 32, has been tapped as an ambassador for the company’s forthcoming Spring ad campaign, The New York Post said Wednesday. Katie’s ads were shot by photographer Tom Munro and will break in the March issue of fashion publications. Holmes [...]

Lea Michele PETA Campaign Protest Against NYC Horse & Carriage Industry

Pink did it. So did former Gov. David Paterson. Now Native New Yorker Lea Michele has joined list of opponents rallying against Central Park’s fleet of horse-drawn carriages. It’s a Big Apple institution. For more than 100 years, well-bred hoofers have been used to cart tourists and lovers alike around on tours of the sprawling [...]

Spam Campaign May Mark Comeback for Storm, Waledac Operators

A botnet behind an e-card spam campaign during New Year’s is believed by some to be an update to the infamous Storm and Waledac botnets. – The minds behind the Storm and Waledac botnets are at it again, according to
some security researchers.
A botnet that may be linked to Storm and Waledac has been tied to a
spam campaign blasting
out e-cards celebrating the new year.
quot;I have little doubt that this operation is a direct des…


China Brags About Deleting 350 Million Pages in Web Censorship Campaign

China’s Great Firewall deleted 350 million pieces of harmful information as part of that government’s 2010 campaign to clean up the Internet by shutting what it judged to be harmful sites. – Chinese government officials touted the success of its extensive system of
filtering and blocking Internet content in 2010, saying the Internet is
quot;cleaner than before. quot;
More than 350 million pages, or quot;pieces of harmful information, quot;
which includes text, pictures and videos…


Malware Campaign Cyber-Espionage or Cyber-Crime?

A malware campaign that infected government computers with the Zeus Trojan has prompted some to ask whether this is an example of cyber-espionage. – The crew behind the Kneber botnet that made headlines last year may
have surfaced again in a malware campaign targeting employees of
various governments.
The botnet, which pushes out the Zeus Trojan, was spotted around
Christmas time spamming out malware through a phony holiday
message from th…


ViVOforce Launches Campaign Management, Marketing Automation Platforms

Both products are provided as a software-as-a-service (SAAS) application and are aimed at midmarket businesses. – Sales and marketing automation solutions specialist ViVOforce announced the
launch of two products designed to meet the marketing and sales challenges of
small to medium-size business clients and enterprise clients. Both products are
provided as a SAAS (software-as-a-service) application, meaning…


Analysts: Election campaign begins

A statement made by MlaÄ‘an Dinkić taking “some credit” for Boris Tadić’s presidential victory in 2008 raises several questions, say analysts. They are concerned about the state of relations within the ruling coalition, and also that the tone of the statement made during recent interview could mean that an election campaign has already begun.

“Chuck” Star Yvonne Strahovski PETA Ad Campaign

Yvonne Strahovski, who stars on NBC’s spy hit Chuck, has teamed up with animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The holiday season is here, and next to electronics and fugly ties for dad, our fine furry and feathered friends often find themselves atop a many of Gift Wish List. This [...]

SingTel Optus loses bid to halt Vodafone mobile-phone campaign

Singapore Telecommunications’s Australian unit, previously ruled to have misled customers with its data-service advertisements, lost a bid in Sydney federal court to stop Vodafone Group Plc. from publicising its “infinite” mobile-phone plans.

Australia Federal Court Judge John Nicholas today denied SingTel Optus Pty Ltd.’s request for a temporary injunction barring Vodafone from advertising the plans, which offer unmetered calls to fixed-line and mobile-phone numbers for A$45 ($59) a month.

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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Alleges Smear Campaign On “The TODAY Show”

On Friday, WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange — No. 3 on TIME’s list of the year’s Most Influential People — appeared in an interview with The TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer, where he argued that “Something is wrong in Sweden and the US” regarding the manner in which investigations against him and his website are being conducted. [...]