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Mortgage relief: Houses turned into billboards - Business - Real estate - msnbc.com
www.msnbc.msn.com | Feb 13, 2012
When they saw the house on El Dorado Drive in this Los Angeles suburb being painted a startling orange and green and giant billboards hung on the outside, Scott and Beth Hostetler's neighbors were initially angry and confused. Some even considered calling the police.

Lamar Advertising of OKC Offers Billboard Use As Facebook Prize | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Jan 12, 2012
Lamar Advertising of OKC Offers Billboard Use As Facebook Prize. Oklahoma City community vying for top prize in the “Win-A-Billboard” Facebook contest. - PR11770617

Domino's Mobile App Lets You Order Right Off a Billboard | Adweek
adweek.com | Jan 5, 2012
Domino's and Blippar have created a mobile ordering app in Britain for hungry (and desperate) people with smartphones. The app interacts with billboards advertising the pizza chain's 555 deal.

Bell to stop ‘throttling’ Internet traffic - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Dec 19, 2011
Company tells CRTC that the controversial traffic shaping practice will end in March

One Per Cent: Play Pong on a giant screen to win a McDonald's burger
www.newscientist.com | Jun 6, 2011
McDonald's in Sweden has used an interactive billboard that lets hungry users play the classic video game to earn themselves a free burger

How a Young Entrepreneur Cobbled Together a Business By Recycling Vinyl into Shoes
www.entrepreneur.com | May 24, 2011
Paperfeet is building an eco-friendly business out of discarded billboard materials.

Rebecca Black Congratulates Herself On 100 Million Views With A Giant Billboard - SocialTimes.com
socialtimes.com | Apr 19, 2011
By now everybody has heard the news that Rebecca Black has surpassed 100 million YouTube views for her music video ‘Friday’, so how is she celebrating? Apparently by getting herself a huge billboard smack dab in the middle of Hollywood.

Newsvine - Billboard Music Awards returning to TV in May
www.newsvine.com | Feb 17, 2011
Billboard said Thursday it plans to bring back its annual music awards show on television after it has been dormant since 2006.

Music Success Now Measured in Social Networking
www.socialtimes.com | Dec 3, 2010
Music is acquired, listened to and shared through social networking, so it was only a matter of time before it was measured there too. And here it is. Billboard has just launched its Social 50 chart, which ranks the most active artists on the world's leading social-networking sites. And, no su ...

Ghost billboard erected on US-Canada border
www.wired.co.uk | Oct 22, 2010
An art studio has created a sculpture on the US-Canada border, which consists of a blank space in the shape of a billboard, surrounded by tangled metal