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Apple Pulls Anti-Virus Advice Due To Bad PR?

According to Computerworld, Apple yanked a "controversial" support document from its website Tuesday, after it began a heated debate among the Apple faithful. What was the controversial advice? Apple suggested its users run anti-virus software. More »

1:49 PM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Meg Marco
6,277 views, 83 comments

public relations

Amazon Lets You Do The PR For Them

Amazon.com is doing holiday PR a little differently this year. They've announced something called the "Holiday Customer Review Team," which is comprised of "six of its top reviewers." More »

11:09 AM on Wed Nov 26 2008
By Meg Marco
8,032 views, 33 comments

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GM's Prez Begs Customers To Plead On GM's Behalf

Consumerist reader Darkrose writes, "I just got this in my e-mail. Thought you guys might be interested in it." In the email, GM's president Troy Clarke is in high PR mode, pointing out the grave consequences and emphasizing that GM wants not "a bailout but rather a loan that will be repaid." We thought other readers who aren't GM customers would find it interesting.

Tonight, the president of Ford Motors will be on Campbell Brown's "No Bias, No Bull" program on CNN at 8pm ET/5pm PT, presumably to hit similar talking points. Dance, auto monkey! Dance for the TV audience! More »

1:57 PM on Tue Nov 18 2008
By Chris Walters
7,947 views, 238 comments

Most discussed bostonhockey: Can someone explain this to me: so, we're to bailout a company - or rather, three companies - that failed more »

conversations with PR flaks

UNIQLO Dispenses HEATTECH Innerware From "Giant Human Vending Machine" ...What's That?

To promote its new line of HEATTECH innerware (that's the new word for thermal underwear), UNIQLO will be giving out free samples of it in a "giant human vending machine" from 10AM-1PM in the middle of Times Square on November 18th. Intrigued by the concept of a giant human vending machine but befuddled about its execution, I engaged in parlay with their PR flak, with amusing and quirky results. So now, we bring you the first installment in our new series: Conversations With PR Flaks... More »

2:45 PM on Thu Nov 13 2008
By Ben Popken
4,560 views, 30 comments

Most discussed illtron: OK, where do I begin? 1. How many Uniqlo stores in the US *are not* in New York? I know of more »

aig

AIG's CEO Issues Statement About $343,000 Phoenix Seminar

Bothered by news reports about another high-priced junket, AIG's CEO Edward M. Liddy issued a public statement to correct the innacuracies he saw. AIG Media Relations emailed it to us and wanted to make sure we shared it with our readers, and since we're all about sharing at The Consumerist, here it is: More »

9:46 AM on Wed Nov 12 2008
By Ben Popken
16,324 views, 110 comments

Most discussed ADismalScience: This conference was approved because it provides the kind of communication we must conduct with the people who sell our more »

PR

Capital One Explains Minimum Balance Calculation Changes

Capital One wrote to explain why they were changing lowering the minimum balance calculations, as we posted about yesterday. Pam Girardo in Capital One External Communications wrote: More »

9:08 AM on Tue Oct 28 2008
By Ben Popken
3,489 views, 7 comments

Point Counterpoint

Verizon's Policy Blog V. SmarterChild

Verizon's so-called "policy blog" is a grotesquely self-serving marketing orifice, perhaps the worst corporate blog we've ever read. We decided to stack Verizon's inane sales schmaltz against the internet's preeminent bullshit-spewing chatbot, SmarterChild.... More »

12:00 AM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Carey
11,160 views, 36 comments

spore

Amazon Pulls Negative Reviews Of 'Spore,' Then Reinstates Them

Earlier today, about 2200 reviews of the game Spore disappeared from the product page on Amazon.com, almost all of them negative. Did Amazon censor the reviews because of their anti-DRM nature? Amazon says no, that it was a technical glitch, and they restored the reviews by the end of today. An Amazon spokesperson told Ars Technica, "Amazon doesn't censor or edit customer reviews based [on their content] and we'd only remove a review if it fell outside our guidelines." Spore's rating is back to a single star, and it's #5 on Amazon's video games chart. More »

7:26 PM on Fri Sep 12 2008
By Chris Walters
11,024 views, 77 comments

Most discussed Craysh: @Maztec Actually, the extent in which the game requires you to go through to install said game is perfectly acceptable to more »

bed bath and beyond

Charges Filed Against Bed, Bath & Beyond Manager Who Refused To Allow 911 Call

Police have charged Elizabeth Miller, the manager of the Bed, Bath & Beyond in Lexington, Kentucky, who refused to let a couple use the store's phone to call 911 to report a three-year-old locked in a van, and refused to make an announcement over the store's PA system. The charge is "failure to report dependency, neglect and abuse, a Class B misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of 90 days and a maximum fine of $250." More »

5:48 PM on Thu Sep 11 2008
By Chris Walters
69,055 views, 131 comments

Most discussed Corporate-Shill: So next time a couple "honest looking" people go into BBB and report an auto accident with injuries or child more »

dell

Dell Downgraded From "Evil" To "Bumbling"

"They've been downgraded from evil to bumbling." - Me in FORTUNE about Dell's online thrusts that attempt to repair their image and listen to their customers more. What do you think? Do you feel any better about them than you did two years ago, or are do their customers still writhe in the eternal flames of "Dell Hell?" Would you add Dell to your Facebook?

Michael Dell 'Friends' his customers [FORTUNE]

2:39 PM on Thu Sep 11 2008
By Ben Popken
4,741 views, 51 comments

Most discussed iMe2: I have sent the same laptop back twice for cracking the screen and was able to do so with fast more »

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