
McDonald’s has agreed not to air a controversial ad on TV after Burger King called it “degrading,” but that hasn’t stopped the ad from going viral on YouTube.

McDonald’s has agreed not to air a controversial ad on TV after Burger King called it “degrading,” but that hasn’t stopped the ad from going viral on YouTube.
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McDonald’s Australia wants to play I Spy with you! Earlier this month they launched an interactive I Spy game at YouTube.com/IspywithMcDonalds and they want you to find and click on all your favorite McDonald’s characters, from Grimmace to the Hamburglar, Birdie and Ronald.

Need a doughnut or coffee fix? Jump on Twitter. Craving a McShake, and want to make it a feel-good, do-good combo? “Check in” to Foursquare. Want to know why, and how? Read on…

A few days ago a hilarious video of Elmo placing an order at the Taco Bell drive thru went viral and inspired this list of the top 10 fast food drive thru pranks on YouTube.

McDonald’s teams up with Zynga to offer a their own branded farm in Farmville, MeYouHealth launches healthy online games to make healthy decisions fun, and RedBull works with Giant’s pitcher Tim Lincecum and Facebook Places to promote its energy softdrink. Yesterday the FDA asked for more funds to ” update its scientific tools” meanwhile consumer groups build out blogs and Facebook Pages to spread information. Looks like even when there are resources available for free, the U.S government still falls way behind the mark. Marketing is killing education in social media and our eating habits are starting to revolve around checking-in and reward points. How is this going to affect the future health of upcoming generations?

Back in January, a Toledo woman named Melodi Dushane went on a rampage in a McDonald’s drive thru when she was told chicken nuggets weren’t available at 6:30 in the morning. She screamed and yelled, lashed out at McDonald’s employees and even broke the drive thru window, and now the security cam footage of the incident is on YouTube and spreading like wildfire. The clip has 537,000 views in two days and is getting coverage across the web but our question is, where are all the remixes?
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