Newspitality

"We don't need your internet". Branding makes the national pride (and plagiarism) go round.

Series created by the graphic designer Václav Kudělka, to show how the world's most famous social networks and websites might look under Russia's…

Mar 26, 2022 • 

Patricia Soares da Costa

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February 2022

#branding in times of war with #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine

Brands and influencers' reactions to the first TikTok war

Feb 24, 2022 • 

Patricia Soares da Costa

, 

Tiago Baldaia

, and 

Nuno Rocha

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October 2021

Balenciaga's stiletto clogs keep Crocs riding the anti-fashion wave

The rubber confort shoes are really having a moment.

Oct 27, 2021 • 

Patricia Soares da Costa

1

September 2021

🍅 La Tomatina: from street fights to your fries

The world’s largest food fight was cancelled, and Heinz bottled it.

Sep 27, 2021 • 

Tiago Baldaia

2

🔓 Passwords on their way to extinction

With 18 billion password attacks every year, Microsoft, Apple and Google are going password free.

Sep 16, 2021 • 

Tiago Baldaia

2

🤖 AI created a social media influencer and it got $850k worth of deals in less than a year.

Social Media influencers tend to struggle to get enough deals from brands, and now they will have to face a new competitor: AI. Why are brands flocking…

Sep 14, 2021 • 

Nuno Rocha

2

📧 If email is dead, why did Intuit buy Mailchimp for 12B$?

Intuit just bought Mailchimp for $12 billion, making it the largest-ever acquisition of a bootstrapped company. Mindblowing? Not at all.

Sep 14, 2021 • 

Nuno Rocha

2

Simple and horrifying: turn anyone into a porn star with deepfake technology swapping faces

Breaching an ethical line no other service has crossed before, all it requires is a picture and the push of a button.

Sep 13, 2021 • 

Patricia Soares da Costa

2

August 2021

Football meets music, Visa meets crypto, and movies meet video games. All in less than 12 minutes.

Your marketing and communication squeeze of this week

Aug 27, 2021 • 

Tiago Baldaia

, 

Patricia Soares da Costa

, and 

Nuno Rocha

2

Brands help Afghan refugees: Airbnb offers free accommodation, plus airlines, retailers, telcos

Brands have become part of the emergency evacuation efforts

Aug 25, 2021 • 

Patricia Soares da Costa

2

Ajax website crashes with Bob Marley inspiring third kit

'Three little birds' are now singin' sweet songs on players' jerseys

Aug 24, 2021 • 

Tiago Baldaia

2

Crypto: Visa buys a CryptoPunk, Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey is mining bitcoin

As bitcoin tops $50,000, hitting a more than 3-month high

Aug 24, 2021 • 

Patricia Soares da Costa

2