Friday Odds and Ends

-Apple returns to spoil Microsoft’s Windows 7 party. link

-Ask.com’s jingle-happy TV campaign and website to promote its Deals feature is being slammed by Tweeters. link

-PepsiCo’s Quaker Oats named Toronto-based Omnicom agency Juniper Park as AOR for its entire North American portfolio of Quaker Oats & Snacks brands. link

-Could Twitter finally earn revenue? link

-Havas’ Q3 results were weaker than expected. link

-ABC uses skyvertising to promote its rehash of 80s sci-fi miniseries V. link

-The FCC inches closer to net neutrality. link

-The ad-supported onslaught will soon be upon us. link

-VW’s launched a new iPhone app to please gamers and build awareness of its GTI. link

-Coca-Cola has launched a social media program as part of its continuing “Open Happiness” campaign. link

-Mattel launched an e-commerce site for its various brands. link

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