Super Bowl 2010 Highlights For the Web Video World
Some of the lessons learned from the commercials during Super Bowl 2010: Beer solves lots of problems, women hold men back from their dreams and this year, pants are optional. But there were also some highlights for the web video world. Flo TV pushed their mobile TV viewing device to hen-pecked men dragged out shopping to the game, but they also got behind will.i.am’s My Generation remix. Google had a relatively clever ad in the second half pushing their search ability but, um, did anyone need to be told that Google is a …

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