Angry Birds Go – Finally multiplayer!

Tweet Don’t be alone: Angry Birds Go! brings fans together with new party mode feature Currently available as one-on-one, local multiplayer feature will evolve to allow group play.

Rovio have announced the downhill racing game now features a party mode where two players can play against each other on different devices connected through WiFi. For the first time in an Angry Birds title, fans can get competitive and play one-on-one with friends on different devices, in the same game, at the same time and in the same location.

"In trying to make friendly multiplayer happen in our games, there was no question that Angry Birds Go! would be the perfect fit. Anyone who played console games as a child remembers the excitement when playing with a group of friends. This is our goal with Angry Birds Go!" said Wilhelm Taht, Head of External Products at Rovio.

The party mode is an exciting development for Angry Birds Go!, bringing a truly social aspect to the Angry Birds mobile gaming experience for the very first time. Easier and more casual than ever, fans can race against their friends in Angry Birds Go! over the same network. Currently available in one-on-one player mode, the feature will be developed to allow multiple party play, allowing groups of friends to race against each other, and many other features.

To experience party mode first hand, download Angry Birds Go! for iOS or Android.

The Box - Pure freaking magic!

Tweet Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping onto moving surfaces. The short film documents a live performance, captured entirely in camera. This is freaking awesome. Pure Magic!

The Zombie Kiss Cam – Gröna Lund Scare

Tweet On April 25th we open our scariest attraction ever. To tell the people of Stockholm that they are about to face their worst nightmares we made a spectacular April Fool's prank. To release our new haunted house, a terrifying place called House of Nightmares, we planted a scary surprise in a Stockholm cinema. Just as the movie was about to start we launched a romantic kiss cam and realesed a not-so-romatic zombie ...

Ads Don't Get Much More Joyfully Hypnotic Than Samsung's Latest

Tweet Kinetic collage for the Galaxy Note 4 S-Pen. Ad agency Heaven and the directing duo Vallée Duhamel rolled out this quirky video set to electronic music for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 S-Pen. Titled "Creativity at Work," it makes a sort of kinetic collage out of all the arts and crafts materials the S-Pen can emulate. This is one of those times where I think the "Making-of"-video is more interesting than the final product. What do you think?

Pepsi MAX Filled Up a Room With Ping-Pong Balls on Mousetraps, Then Threw Another Ball in There.

Tweet Following in the footsteps of other omnipresent consumer brands with something arty to prove, Pepsi MAX made a huge mess with mousetraps and Ping-Pong balls for a video it calls "Chain Reaction." With the help of London filmmakers HarrimanSteel, a perfect grid of mousetraps was laid out, with a Ping-Pong ball balanced on each one. After all that work, a single ball was launched under some of the most dramatic lighting I've ever seen to upset the whole display. The ball then rolls down a big science-museum funnel into another Ping-Pong ball/mousetrap installation, this one with colored spheres. All this happens to the beat of music that sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks' take on dubstep, and I don't know how to feel about that at all. I shouldn't like the more pretentious visual choices being made here, but I do, because it's fun to watch huge companies clutch their pearls at the thought of being a constant, low-humming presence in the back of consumers' minds. I'm not sure it justifies the filmmakers hugging at the end like they've landed a rover on Mars, though. VIA

Norwegian Airlines: Live Streaming Cab in NYC

Tweet Check out the ‘Norwegian Red Cab’ streaming live from NYC. An interactive experience that enables visitors in a shopping mall in Oslo to control a cab, and discover New York City, in Real-time with a NYC tour guide meets cab driver. I guess it’s kind of like Remote Control Tourist in a way. It’s all to crate awareness around Norwegian Airlines new direct long-haul destinations from Oslo to New York, Miami, LA, San Francisco. Created by the guys at M&C Saatchi in Stockholm.

Zeitgeist 2014: Year In Review #YearInSearch

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eBay Christmas 2014: ‘The Joy of Giving’

Tweet There’s nothing better than the joy of giving the perfect gift and this year, ebay.co.uk set out to spread a little Christmas magic across the Britain. Find your loved ones the perfect gift at http://www.ebay.co.uk/christmas or Tweet a hint of what you’d like for Christmas with the hashtag #ebaychristmas

Ad for Totino's Pizza, and It's So, So, So Weird

Tweet There's literally nothing better than pizza. So, it stands to reason pizza brands shouldn't really need to advertise. But if you're a brand trying to rise to the upper crust of pie purveyors, you might as well go super weird. Totino's just teamed up with Tim & Eric (aka, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) and released "Pizza Freaks Unite," which is arguably the weirdest ad for pizza since Pizza Hut Japan's "Pizza Cats."

Welcome to transparent banking

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MIT’S SHAPESHIFTER

Tweet The interface of the future won’t be made of just pixels, but time and form as well. And that future is only five or ten years away. It’s time for designers to start thinking about what that means now.

The 20 Most Viral Ads of 2014

Tweet It might seem early for year-end lists, but Unruly Media is out of the gate with its annual roundup of the most-shared commercials. And not surprisingly, the year's biggest global event—the World Cup—produced some of its most-viral ads.

NO20 KLM: "Lost And Found Service" 670,401 shares



NO19 P&G: "Pick Them Back Up" 688,364 shares



NO18 BBC: "God Only Knows" 725,867 shares



NO17 John Lewis: "Monty the Penguin" 770,187 shares



NO16 CoorDown: "Dear Future Mom" 804,082 shares



NO15 Volkswagen: "Eyes on the Road" 805,766 shares



NO14 FCKH8: "Potty-Mouthed Princesses Drop F-Bombs for Feminism" 813,436 shares



NO13 Disney (Frozen): "Let It Go Singalong" 896,324 shares



NO12 Save the Children: "Most Shocking Second a Day Video" 973,164 shares



NO11 Castrol: "Footkhana: Neymar Jr. v Ken Block" 1.05 million shares



NO10 DTAC: "The Power of Love" 1.1 million shares



NO09 Thai Life Insurance: "Unsung Hero" 1.29 million shares



NO08 Nike: "Winner Stays" 1.43 million shares



NO07 Always: "Like a Girl" 1.48 million shares



NO06 Wren: "First Kiss" 1.55 million shares



NO05 American Greetings: "World's Toughest Job" 1.89 million shares



NO04 Budweiser: "Puppy Love" 1.98 shares



NO03 Nike: "The Last Game" 2.15 million shares



NO02 Twentieth Century Fox (Devil's Due): "Devil Baby Attack" 2.15 million shares



NO02 Activia: "Shakira - La La La (Brazil 2014) ft. Carlinhos Brown" 5.82 million shares