Coca-Cola Spends 4 Years Developing a Warm Carbonated Drink For Japan
Is hot ginger ale a thing? In Japan, it apparently will be—or wants to be. Whichever.
A $209.99 In-App Purchase That Could Save a Baby From HIV
There are medications an HIV-positive expectant mother can take throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding that grant her child a 98 percent chance of being HIV free. $205 is enough to keep a mother in medication from conception to weaning. The largest in-app purchase in Coca-Cola and (RED)'s new free-to-play iOS game is…
This Video Game Studio Says No One Can Taste the Difference Between…
Oh come on. Come on. Who can't taste the difference between Coke and Pepsi? Coke is drier and chocolatey...er. Pepsi is sweeter and ... fizz...ier? For real, there is a complete and total difference between the two soft drinks, one that developers at Double Fine failed to recognize with any consistency. Come on.
Activision Boss Bobby Kotick Has a Coca-Cola Board of Directors…
President and CEO of Activision Bobby Kotick joins the board of directors of The Coca-Cola Company today, applying his business talents to the makers of the most popular carbonated beverage in the world. Can flavor-based DLC be far behind? [Coca-Cola - Thanks, Tal!]
The Pause That Refreshes
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Concept for a Coca-Cola can celebrating video games, inspired by the art of the French street artist Space Invader. Not an actual can of the soft-drink giant, but a concept by the designer Erin McGuire. Concepts for Coke Zero and Diet Coke are at the link.
You've Got Raving Rabbids On My Coke Zero
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Drink up! Starting this summer, Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids are appearing on Coca-Cola Zero cans in France as part of a "Lapins Crétins" (stupid rabbits) campaign.