Neowin News Feed for: Stunt

PR firm responsible for EmmaYouAreNext.com hoax; wants 4chan shutdown

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:54:01 +0000

PR company Rantic staged its very own sensationalism stunt at the weekend involving Emma Watson, 4chan and Barack Obama, with the ultimate goal of getting 4chan shutdown. Read more...

Ballmer makes a scene over an iPhone during private meeting

Sean Bradford — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:14:41 +0000

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, is known for pulling some pretty interesting stunts and making direct comments putting down competitors of Microsoft. For example his comment back in July stating that Apple's Mac growth is a... Read more...

Horror at Sony's depraved promotion stunt with headless goat

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:27:50 +0000

Electronics giant Sony has sparked a major row over animal cruelty and the ethics of the computer industry by using a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game. The corpse of the decapitated... Read more...

Acclaim: Another bizarre publicity stunt

Sun, 06 Oct 2002 14:51:03 +0000

Thanks to tala ygartua for sending this in, I'll have to say to the least, I'm surprised about this. A computer game company which offered to pay drivers' speeding fines as part of an advertising... Read more...

Apple chief's $1 salary a cunning stunt

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 03:40:50 +0000

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs's pledge to take home just $1 from the company was exposed as a publicity stunt after his real package was disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission. ... Read more...