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Yes, Santa has an iPod and Playlists

Switch was an advertising campaign launched by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) on June 10, 2002. It featured what the company referred to as “real people” who had “switched” from the Microsoft Windows platform to the Mac. The Switch campaign, while distinctive, was not very effective, and was gradually phased out in 2003.

“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” is an American Christmas song with music and lyrics by Tommie Connor. The original recording by Jimmy Boyd on 15 July 1952 when he was 13 reached #1 on the Billboard charts in December 1952, and on the Cash Box chart at the beginning of the following year.

The iPod is a line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first line was released on November 10, 2001.

In its most general form, a playlist is simply a list of songs. They can be played in sequential or shuffled order.

John William “Will” Ferrell (born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. One winter, he even served as a mall Santa Claus.

Try the All New Hobbit Inspired Menu Only at Denny’s

The Hobbit is an upcoming film series consisting of three epic fantasy-adventure films directed, co-written and produced by Peter Jackson and based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel of the same name.

A tie-in is an authorized product based on a media property a company is releasing, such as a movie or video/DVD, video game, television program/television series, board game, web site, role-playing game or literary property. Tie-ins are a form of cross-promotion used primarily to generate additional income from that property and promote its visibility.

During the 1990s, Denny’s was involved in a series of discrimination lawsuits involving several cases of servers denying or providing inferior service to racial minorities, especially black customers.

iPhone 5 Thumb

The [iPhone 5] display is 1,136 × 640 pixels with an aspect ratio of almost exactly 16:9. With a diagonal of 4″ it has a display size of 1.96 square inches, compared to 1.94 in iPhone 4 and 4S.

The thumb is the first digit of the hand. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outer-most digit.

Common sense is defined by Merriam-Webster as, “sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts.” Thus, “common sense” (in this view) equates to the knowledge and experience which most people already have, or which the person using the term believes that they do or should have. The Cambridge Dictionary defines it as, “the basic level of practical knowledge and judgment that we all need to help us live in a reasonable and safe way”.

When E. F. Hutton Talks, People on an Airplane Listen

E. F. Hutton & Co. was an American stock brokerage firm founded in 1904 by Edward Francis Hutton, his brother Franklyn Laws Hutton, and later led by well known Wall Street trader Gerald M. Loeb. The firm was best known for its commercials in the 1970s and 1980s based on the phrase, “When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen” (which usually involved a young professional remarking at a dinner party that his broker was E.F. Hutton, which caused the moderately loud party to stop all conversation to listen to him).

A brokerage firm, or simply brokerage, is a financial institution that facilitates the buying and selling of financial securities between a buyer and a seller.

Corporate [check] kiting involves the use of a large kiting scheme involving perhaps millions of dollars to secretly borrow money or earn interest. While limits are often placed on an individual as to how much money can be deposited without a temporary hold, corporations may be granted immediate access to funds, which can make the scheme go unnoticed. This was the case with E. F. Hutton & Co. in the early 1980s.

Benton & Bowles (B&B) was a New York-based advertising agency founded by William Benton and Chester Bowles in 1929.

The New iPad is This Good

The iPad (announced as The new iPad, colloquially known as iPad 3 or iPad HD) is the third and current generation of the iPad, a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed the device at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012.

[Apple Inc. was] established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977, the company was named Apple Computer, Inc. for its first 30 years.

A tablet computer, or a tablet, is a mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen rather than using a physical keyboard.

The vertebrate retina (from Latin rēte, meaning “net”) is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye.

Samsung’s Got A Thing Called Love

The Samsung Galaxy Note is an Android smartphone and tablet computer that was introduced in October 2011. It has attracted attention because of its 5.3-inch screen size – between that of conventional smartphones and tablets – and because of its included stylus.

“I Believe in a Thing Called Love” is a 2003 single by the English rock band The Darkness. The song went #1 on the iTunes Rock charts in February 2012 after Justin Hawkins appeared in a commercial during Super Bowl XLVI.

The Darkness are a British glam rock band from Lowestoft, Suffolk, formed in 2000. The band consists of Justin Hawkins (lead vocals, guitar), his brother Dan Hawkins (guitar, backing vocals), Frankie Poullain (bass, backing vocals) and Ed Graham (drums) and are characterised by their classic rock influences and elaborate stage performances.

Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975) is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, alongside his brother, guitarist Dan Hawkins.

[Super Bowl XLVI] was the most-watched program in the history of United States television, with 111.3 million US viewers, according to Nielsen, meaning that over 33% of the American population watched the initial broadcast.

Samsung produces around a fifth of South Korea’s total exports and its revenues are larger than many countries’ GDP; in 2006, it would have been the world’s 35th-largest economy.